Blogs in January 1970

Blood and Ice 1st January 1970

When journalist Michael Wilde is commissioned to write a feature about a remote research station deep in the frozen beauty of Antarctica he is prepared for some extraordinary sights. But on a diving expedition in the polar sea he...

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The Venice Conspiracy 1st January 1970

“A city’s dark secret holds the key to the gates of hell”…. Tom Shaman, on a visit to Venice, finds himself immersed in a series of ritual killings. He teams up with his colleague and together they delve into...

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A Most Wanted Man 1st January 1970

A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is...

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Stettin Station 1st January 1970

November 1941. John Russell is living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two Berliners: his thirteen-year-old son, Paul, and his actress girlfriend, Effi. One of a dwindling handful of much-censored journalists, Russell finds...

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A Simple Plan 1st January 1970

Late afternoon, on December 31st, Hank, his brother, and a friend accidentally discover a wrecked plane. Inside they find the dead pilot, together with a sack containing four million dollars. The dilemma – they “should” notify the authorities…..but instead...

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