21 September 2017 I Spy New work from Herron and le Carré by J.R. Thomas If the middle years of the last century were the golden years of detective fiction, the last fifty were those of the spy thriller. As Britain’s presence on the international stage slowly shrinks, the reader searching for perplexity seems to… Continue reading Issue 121:2017 09 21:I Spy (J.R.Thomas)
Tag: Eric Ambler
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)
22 December 2016 The Light Of Day by Eric Ambler Reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh Tired of trekking through the bleak landscape of Scandi’s Crimeland, with its flat and colourless prose, its grim narratives and its sudden, random peaks of over-the-top violence? Depressed by yet another girl-in-a-thriller who’s consumed with self-loathing and self-pity because she’s overweight/… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review “The Light of Day” by Eric Ambler (Neil Tidmarsh)
