Last year one of my favourite books was the debut spy thriller by Adam Brookes titled Night Heron. It was set in modern-day China and dealt with a British journalist Philip Mangan who became embroiled
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Real Tigers by Mick Herron review
Real Tigers by Nick Herron is the third novel in the author’s Slough House series. The books are about disgraced MI5 agents who are sent to work in a building called Slough House. There they
Read morePalace of Treason by Jason Matthews bargain
Just a quick alert to say that I found the new hardback of Palace of Treason (that I previewed before) in Asda for just £5. The book is only £10 to begin with so it
Read moreFirst Response by Stephen Leather review
Last year when I reviewed Stephen Leather’s latest Dan Shepherd book I mentioned that I’d like to see the author tackle a terrorist plot and security response in realtime for a whole book: “As noted
Read moreThe Madagaskar Plan by Guy Saville review
The Madagaskar Plan by Guy Saville is the follow up to his first novel The Africa Reich that came out in 2011. That book was an alternate history work set in 1952, twelve years on
Read moreThe Night Manager by John le Carre TV Tie-In
The BBC’s adaptation of John le Carre’s 1993 novel The Night Manager is to be broadcast in February. Ahead of it we can look forward to a new TV Tie-in edition from penguin books which
Read moreNo Mortal Thing by Gerald Seymour out now
No Mortal Thing, the new novel by Gerald Seymour has its official publication date on 7 January 2016. However yesterday I did see hardback copies for sale in my local branch of Tesco for £9.
Read moreDeath is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh review
Death is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh is the second of the author’s Plague Times trilogy. The first instalment was titled A Lovely Way to Burn. I had not read the first book but
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