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Category Archives: News
The Times and Sunday Times Reviews
Another couple of very nice reviews, in The Times and Sunday Times this weekend. Marcel Berlins writes that the ‘war damaged’ hero of The Suicide Club, is a strong, sympathetic …
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Reviews of The Suicide Club
Three reviews of The Suicide Club. Barry Forshaw in The Financial Times, writes of an ‘adroit balance of elements’: ‘economical but utterly persuasive character drawing, a pungent sense of locale …
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The rise and rise of the period thriller
Some thoughts for Crimetime on the appeal of period spy thrillers: for writers and readers. God commands Moses in the bible to send spies into the land of Canaan to …
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Comrades, Conspirators and Reluctant Warriors at Peterborough Library
I’m looking forward to talking about ‘Comrades, Conspirators and Reluctant Warriors’ with historical thriller writers, Bill Ryan and Robert Ryan at Peterborough Library on Wednesday 15 October. Expect we’ll talk …
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The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club is at the copy editor’s and publication is 6th November, just before Armistice Day. It is a spy thriller set at Field Marshal Haig’s HQ in France …
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The Suicide Club – published 6 November
The manuscript of my latest book, The Suicide Club is with the copy editor and the publication date is set for the 6th November, armistice week, which is very appropriate, …
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Traitors, conspirators and secret warriors
Looking forward to chatting to authors William Ryan and Michael Ridpath and an audience in Kent on Thursday [February 6] about writing, the nuts and bolts of the craft, and …
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The Interrogator Kindle 100 special offer
What can you buy for £1.49? A poke of chips is £1.50 at my local carry-out. My younger son says; ‘a bag of Haribos’. I say, ‘an historical thriller The …
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Christmas with the Camerons
Here’s a piece I wrote for my publisher about Christmas, religious belief, and chaplains in the trenches of World War One. It was inspired [if that’s the right word] by a …
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Traitors and Spies in Edinburgh
If you’re stuck for something to do November 7, how about traitors and spies, and history, and thrillers – BOOKS. CWA winner, Aly Monroe, and I are going to venture …
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