A Traitor’s Call by David Goodman (Headline, 27 May 2027) 2026 was an extraordinary good year for espionage novels, with an impressive roll call of high quality...
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Way back in 2006 I read and warmly reviewed Patrick Quinlan’s entertaining debut crime novel Smoked. Although I enjoyed it, and Quinlan’s subsequent book...
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The Heights by Ian Rankin (Orion, 8 October 2026) Ian Rankin is in good form with his first standalone crime novel in over two decades. Drawing on a limited release...
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2026 has already seen an abundance of outstanding spy novels, including top drawer books from Charles Cumming (Icarus 17), James Wolff (Spies And Other Gods), William...
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I have collected over recent weeks a number of interesting older covers from small and obscure publishers. I have also added to my collection two different Horwitz...
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