The Soukour Deadline by Antony Trew (Fontana, 1977) Antony Trew is largely forgotten these days as a thriller writer, and if he is remembered it is mainly for his naval...
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Plantation/slaver pulp was a popular, but unpleasant, sub-genre championed by many publishers in the 1970s. In the United Kingdom, New English Library (NEL) was a...
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I recently read and enjoyed Andrew Garve’s crime novel Frame-Up, which inspired me to re-read his spy novel The Ascent Of D.13 (1969), the details of which had...
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Before the domination of the Australian paperback market by Horwitz, there were a range of smaller publishers that produced a regular supply of mysteries. One of these...
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With Christmas and New Year on the very near horizon, 2025 is virtually wrapped up, and my reading over the holiday period will be largely focused on the new releases...
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Short stories are always good to dip into over the Christmas holiday period and I recently came across two enjoyable collections, one new and one old! Silent Nights...
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