The Most Difficult Thing by Charlotte Philby The Most Difficult Thing is an engaging debut by the granddaughter of notorious Russian double agent, Kim Philby. ...
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White Hot Silence by Henry Porter After a nearly ten-year absence from the writing scene, Porter returned to thriller writing late last year with Firefly. It was a...
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Retrieval by Colin Dunne (Hamlyn, 1985) Colin Dunne wrote four novels in the 1980s which sat comfortably in that literary space between spy novel and tough guy...
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Canberra Weekly – 13 June 2019 This week’s column featured three new crime novels by Alex North, James Ellroy and Fiona Erskine. I previously did longer...
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Founder Member by John Gardner (Corgi, 1973) The Airline Pirates by John Gardner (Coronet, 1972) Two early seventies covers from John Gardner’s semi-comic series...
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The Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine Fiona Erskine makes a sparkling entry unto the thriller scene with her first novel about Dr Jaq (Jacqueline) Silver, an...
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