Emma Makepeace is back! Last autumn, I absolutely devoured The Chase – Glass’s first book in the ‘Alias Emma’ series, and I was delighted to join the blogtour for the second book in the series, The Traitor. It begins with a body in a suitcase, Emma is called to join her boss Charles Ripley at Read More
Tag: MI6
Thriller central
I’ve enjoyed reading several of Henry Porter’s novels (my review of his second book, A Spy’s Life is here). They are solidly plotted, full of action with great lead characters. His latest, Firefly, has a great tagline on the front cover of my ARC, ‘The prey – a boy genius. The predator – a deadly Read More
The man they couldn’t kill…
Nomad by James Swallow Swallow’s espionage thriller comes blazoned with a sticker saying ‘For fans of I am Pilgrim‘ – a 900+ page, but apparently brilliant, book I’ve yet to read. The veteran author Wilbur Smith says it’s ‘Unputdownable’ and it has an intriguing cover blending Arabic and circuit boards. It got me Read More
Can’t wait for this TV adaptation, but had to read the book first…
The Night Manager by John Le Carré I can’t be the only person who is eagerly anticipating the BBC’s adaptation of Le Carré’s 1993 novel The Night Manager this weekend. Hiddleston and Laurie feel like perfect casting, and I’d watch anything with Olivia Colman in. Interestingly, Colman’s character is male in the book, but Le Read More
