Blogs in January 1970

A Deniable Death 1st January 1970

Two men who hate each other are committed to working together on a job far more dangerous than they knew when they signed up. These men are surveillance experts, lying in a mosquito-infested Iranian marsh for days, part of...

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Blood Rose 1st January 1970

The gruesome murder of a homeless teenage boy suggests a methodical serial killer is at work in Walvis Bay, a depressed port, isolated in the vast sweep of the Namib Desert. It is a corrupt, claustrophobic place with a...

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Safe House 1st January 1970

When Rob Hale wakes up in hospital after a motorcycle crash he is told that Lena, the woman he claims was travelling with him, doesn’t exist. The woman he describes bears a striking resemblance to his recently deceased sister,...

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A Walk across the Sun 1st January 1970

Ahalya Ghai is just seventeen when a tsunami rips through her Indian village. Ahalya and her sister Sita are the sole survivors of their family. Destitute, their only hope is to find refuge at a convent in Chennai, many...

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The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter 1st January 1970

A twenty-nine-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings: a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A loner. Freelance....

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