Blogs in June 2020

Joe Country 10th June 2020

SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER ‘Mick Herron is fast becoming the go-to author for British espionage, and the sixth novel in his Slough House series, Joe Country,...

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A Pilgrimage to Eternity 9th June 2020

At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular, Timothy Egan sets out on a thousand-mile pilgrimage along an ancient route, through the theological cradle of Christianity, to explore one of the biggest...

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The Russian Lieutenant 9th June 2020

When a Russian warship arrives in Portsmouth Dockyard, a handsome uniformed officer strides down the gangway to meet Marina Peters, an English girl of Russian ancestry, who had discovered him on a dating website. She works for the Royal...

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Master Of War 9th June 2020

Amid the carnage of the 100 Years War – the bloodiest confilct in medieval history – a young English archer confronts his destiny… England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy – dance on the end of a...

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The Englishman 9th June 2020

(Raglan Book 1) Penal Colony No. 74, AKA White Eagle, lies some 600 kilometres north of Yekaterinburg in Russia’s Sverdlovskaya Oblast. Imprisoning the country’s most brutal criminals, it is a winter-ravaged hellhole of death and retribution. And that’s exactly...

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