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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Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during the 1980s are a terrific set of books and one of my favourite police series. The last Duffy...
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The Bengali Inheritance by Owen Sela (Coronet, 1976) Owen Sela is now largely unknown to modern spy fiction readers, although there is a small group who remember his...
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I have just finished Mark Billingham’s The Last Dance (Sphere, 25 May 2023) and really enjoyed it. The Last Dance is the opening entry in a new series for...
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One Bright Summer Morning by James Hadley Chase (Panther Granada, 1978) James Hadley Chase (pseudonym of Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond) was a British crime and thriller...
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The Cutting Crew by Steve Mosby (Orion, 2005) Alex North’s novels The Shadow Friend (aka The Shadows) and The Whisper Man have deservedly attracted considerable...
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