REVIEW: THE BRITISH AGENT by Simon Conway, published by Penguin 20/8/2026
There are a few writers I will always follow. For years I’ve been an avid reader of Michael Connelly. I will never turn my nose up at a Mick Herron. But then there is Simon Conway. Simon is not someone I’ve ever met or even spoken to on the phone, but he is a writer … Continue reading
An Argument of Blood and A Black Matter for the King, by Matthew Willis & JA Ironside
There is little which is quite so exciting for me as discovering a fresh, new talent in historical writing. In Willis and Ironside I feel I’ve found two writers who can carry me back to the past and can show me a time when, amid the brutality and irrationality of politics, there were still great … Continue reading
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