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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…
This is the astonishing story of how a prolific, hugely popular, but now almost forgotten spy novelist, William Le Queux, single-handedly caused the creation of Britain’s spy agencies. It’s the true…
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, 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,…
North by Northwest stars Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, Eve Marie Saint as Eve Kendall and James Mason as Phillip Vandamm. Alfred Hitchcock directed it from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman. It was…
Hanna stars Saoirse Ronan as Hanna Heller, Eric Bana as Erik Heller and Cate Blanchett as Marissa Wiegler. Joe Wright directed it from a screenplay by Seth Lochhead…
Argo stars Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, Bryan Cranston as Jack O’Donnell and John Goodman as John Chambers. Ben Affleck directed it from a screenplay by Chris Terrio….
Complicit stars David Oyelowo, who played Danny in Spooks/Mi5, as Edward Ekubo and Arsher Ali, who was in Four Lions, as Waleed Ahmed. Niall MacCormick directed, from a screenplay by…
Cypher (also known as Brainstorm in some countries) was released in 2002. It stars Jeremy Northam as Morgan Sullivan/Jack Thursby and Lucy Liu as Rita Foster. It was directed by…
Salt stars Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt, Liev Schreiber as Ted Winter, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peabody and Daniel Olbrychski as Orlov. Phillip Noyce directed it from a screenplay…