THE AXE WOMAN by Håkan Nesser

THE AXE WOMAN Håkan Nesser (nesser.se) Translated by Sarah Death Mantle (panmacmillan.com) £18.99 Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work following the sudden death of his wife as they slept in bed together. In order to ease him back into things, his boss hands him a cold case file and asks him to investigate: a man […]

Guest Post: Finishing the SALVATION SEQUENCE by Peter F. Hamilton

THE SAINTS OF SALVATION Peter F. Hamilton (http://peterfhamilton.co.uk) Pan Mac (https://www.panmacmillan.com/) £20.00 The fine people at Macmillan have asked me to say a few words about the experience of writing Saints of Salvation. And I hope you’ve been enjoying the series so far too! So after publishing over twenty books, I still find finishing a […]

EXTRACT: SALVATION by Peter F. Hamilton

SALVATION Peter F. Hamilton Pan Macmillan (www.panmacmillan.com) £20.00 Earth Calling Drifting through interstellar space, three light-years out from the star 31 Aquilae, the Neána abode cluster picked up a series of short, faint electromagnetic pulses that lasted intermittently for eighteen years. The early signatures were familiar to the Neána, and faintly worrying: nuclear fission detonations, […]

An Interview with VIC JAMES

Name: VIC JAMES Author of: GILDED CAGE (2017) On the web: http://www.vicjames.co.uk On Twitter: @DrVictoriaJames Vic James is a current affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms, and Gilded Cage is her debut novel. She has twice judged the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize, has made films for BBC1, BBC2, and Channel […]

THE SEARCHER by Chris Morgan Jones

THE SEARCHER Chris Morgan Jones (www.chrismorganjones.com) Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £16.99 Isaac Hammer’s world seems to be falling down around him. The offices of his intelligence agency, Ikertu, have been raided by the police, and Ike himself has been arrested. The charge? Obtaining information by illegal means: hacking and phone tapping. But this isn’t Ike’s style, and […]

GUEST POST: Foreshadowing by DAVID BALDACCI

Name: DAVID BALDACCI Author of: ZERO DAY (2011) THE FORGOTTEN (2012) THE ESCAPE (2014) On the web: davidbaldacci.com On Twitter: @davidbaldacci To celebrate the launch of David Baldacci’s latest novel, The Escape, as well as the paperback publication of his fourth Will Robie novel, The Target, we’re very pleased to welcome the author […]

STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel

STATION ELEVEN Emily St. John Mandel (www.emilymandel.com) Picador (www.picador.com) £12.99 Within days of the first case, the Georgia Flu sweeps across the surface of the globe, infecting billions and killing them within hours. For those that are left, the world is a strange new place, and as resources dwindle or go stale, the world becomes […]

THE NECESSARY DEATH OF LEWIS WINTER by Malcolm Mackay

THE NECESSARY DEATH OF LEWIS WINTER Malcolm Mackay Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £14.99 Calum MacLean is twenty-nine years old and lives alone in Glasgow. He is a killer for hire, a hit-man who takes jobs to suit his own schedule and which allow him to minimise the risk to himself. When he accepts a job from Peter […]

An Interview with CHRIS MORGAN JONES

Photograph © Alexander James Name: CHRIS MORGAN JONES Author of: AN AGENT OF DECEIT (2011) On the web: http://www.chrismorganjones.com On Twitter: @chrismjauthor Chris Morgan Jones’ first novel, An Agent of Deceit, was published in 2011 to widespread critical acclaim, with many outlets comparing his work to that of John Le Carré. Before setting pen to […]

AN AGENT OF DECEIT by Chris Morgan Jones

AN AGENT OF DECEIT Chris Morgan Jones (www.chrismorganjones.com) Pan Books (www.panmacmillan.com) £7.99 There seems to be cyclic nature to the popularity of certain, seemingly long-dead, genres. In recent years we have seen upsurges in the popularity of westerns and pirates, for example, while the most recent rebirth, helped along greatly by Tomas Alfredson’s big screen […]