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Red Joan: Book Review

This is a guest post by Sarah Jasmon– author, journalist and copywriter. Red Joan, written by Jennie Rooney and published by Chatto and Windus in 2013, is loosely…

A Kill in the Morning to be published by Transworld

My book A Kill in the Morning is to be published by Transworld! Here’s is the official picture of me celebrating. Underneath the cool exterior I am a maelstrom of…

How to Start a Story

Trying to start writing a story is a daunting prospect. Whether it’s a short story or a novel, sometimes it’s putting the first few words on the page that’s…

A Kill in the Morning shortlisted for Terry Pratchett Prize

My book A Kill in the Morning has been shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett Prize! Here’s a picture of a bemused me trying to absorb the news. About…

The Riddle of the Sands: Book Review

The Riddle of the Sands, written by Erskine Childers and published in 1903, is the prototype of all modern spy novels. Arguably, the only earlier spy novels are The Spy,…

Fatherland by Robert Harris: Book Review

Fatherland, written by Robert Harris and published in 1992, is set in a world where Nazi Germany won the Second World War. By the nineteen sixties, Germany dominates…

Writing Spy Fiction with an Unputdownable Plot

When you’re writing spy fiction, you have one overriding goal: to keep the reader turning the pages. There’s no greater compliment to the spy thriller author than for…

A Kill in the Morning

A Kill in the Morning is a spy thriller written by me, Graeme Shimmin, and published by Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House, in 2014. It’s an…

Angel in Amber

Angel in Amber is a near future spy thriller written by me, Graeme Shimmin. It’s about a three-way covert conflict between a trigger happy USA, a united Europe…