The Reluctant Contact is a mystery thriller set in 1977 on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago. While Spitsbergen is Norwegian territory during the Cold War the Soviet Union had coal
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Munich by Robert Harris out now
The new novel by Robert Harris titled Munich was officially published yesterday. I’ve always felt that a new “Harris” is always a bit of a highlight of the publishing year and getting each new novel
Read morePhilip K Dick’s Electric Dreams TV tie-in
This is a little bit off-topic but I’m a big Philip K Dick fan so why not… Channel 4 has done a new anthology series based on ten of the short stories by Philip K
Read moreThe Silkworm by Robert Galbraith TV tie-in edition
I’ve just discovered that Sphere books have put out a TV tie-in edition of the second Cormoran Strike novel by Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm. This is addition to the tie-in of The Cuckoo’s Calling. Robert
Read moreI Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Out now is I Am Behind You, the new novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In. Well, I say “new” in the sense that this is a 2016 English translation
Read moreA Legacy of Spies by John le Carre out now
Just a quick reminder that the new John le Carre novel, A Legacy of Spies, is out today. After 25 years, Smiley is back… Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British
Read moreThe Reluctant Contact by Stephen Burke
I noticed listings for The Reluctant Contact by Stephen Burke earlier in the year and thought it sounded right up my street. I mean 1970s-era Cold War espionage goings-on in the arctic, what’s not to
Read moreThe Tiger’s Prey by Wilbur Smith with Tom Harper
I have to confess I’ve never read a Wilbur Smith novel. I guess I’ve always thought that they were not quite my “thing”. That being said the new Wilbur Smith novel, The Tiger’s Prey, is
Read moreThe Saboteur by Andrew Gross preview
I don’t know much about Andrew Gross other than he’s one of those bestselling authors who co-wrote books with bestselling author James Patterson. My eyes kind of slip over those books when I see them
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