The Churchill Diamonds by Bob Langley (Sphere, 1986) Bob Langley’s The Churchill Diamonds, (Sphere, 1986), is the sort of historical adventure novel that you do...
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I have been writing an article for Justin Marriott’s esteemed The Paperback Fanatic on World War II Assassination novels of the 1970s and 1980s, which looks back...
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Vintage paperback collectors generally bemoan the shift in the late 1960s/early 1970s from illustrated covers to photographic covers. While the photographic covers...
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Spies and ghosts are not an usual combination. There are exceptions, such as Raymond Hawkey’s compelling It, but in general serious spy novels and the...
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After a successful run of high quality adventure thrillers in the MacLean/Bagley style, Gavin Lyall turned towards spy thrillers in 1982 with a short series about Major...
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I have been enjoying working my way through old thrillers that I have collected over the years, and seeing how well they have held up, and whether they are as good as I...
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