Every day, up and down the country, hundreds of people come together to discuss books, in front rooms, kitchens, libraries and pubs. Over the last three decades, the book group has become a massive cultural phenomenon. In sheer numbers of people taking part, it's one of the biggest cultural activities taking place in the UK, [...]
At the heart of Sympathy for the Devil, there's a real-life spy exchange. In April 1964, a young, idealistic British lecturer visiting the Soviet Union with his wife Barbara stumbled into the arms of the Soviet intelligence services, the KGB. What exactly Gerald Brooke was doing in Russia remains a bit of a mystery, to [...]
The Birdwatcher has been chosen as one of the long listed books for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2017. Very chuffed to be among that line up.
https://youtu.be/jv0Ynlk8Hx0 ... a short video explaining why I set The Birdwatcher in Dungeness. "I wanted somewhere bleak. Somewhere where the landscape could be as much a character as the people themselves."
https://vimeo.com/192777065 The Birdwatcher video. The house at the end is where I imagined the murder of Bob Rayner to have taken place.
