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VE70, Flyers and Len Deighton’s Bomber
Reflections on recent encounters with RAF airman, flyers and radar engineers. Reminders of Len Deighton's novel of flying Bomber.
Influences in Modern First Edition Collecting
This is a tribute to those who influenced me as a collector, bookseller and publisher over the last 30 years. It discusses books and booksellers such as Peter Jolliffe, and London bookshops.
Lionel Davidson hailed as the best spy novelist
Jake Kerridge in a Daily Telegraph article has discovered the merits of Lionel Davidson (died 2009). In a broad and beautifully empathetic article Jake paints a picture of the British thriller writer who was
Collecting Robert Stone
American literary lion Robert Stone (1935 - 2015) as a collected author.
2014 Edgars – 2 out of 6 are Scorpion books
The final short list of six mystery novels for the 2014 Edgars has been announced. The winner will receive the Edgar for best novel on 1st May at a banquet at the Grand Hyatt Hotel,
Ian Rankin sells in 2013
Excluding our new books the best selling author for Scorpion Press in 2013 was Ian Rankin. All the Rankin titles issued continued to sell. These included the anthology No Alibi (1995), short story collection,
James Lee Burke, Light of the World
“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post) and “the reigning champ of nostalgia noir” (The New York Times Book Review) introduces his most evil character yet in the twentieth thriller in the outstanding Dave Robicheaux
Louise Penny mystery sells
Louise Penny’s latest Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel has had a terrific take up with a No 1 slot on the New York Times bestseller list. The Scorpion Press edition with the
Short Personal Tribute to Margaret Yorke
Margaret Yorke died in November 2012 aged 88. I met her at several crime writer events some twenty years ago and we kept in touch for the occasional project. She was a keen advocate
Is Spy Fiction back?
Agents of Treachery: Spy Stories edited by Otto Penzler, Corvus 2010 Since the mid 1990s espionage or spy fiction has been a thin market. The sinews of the Cold War and the games of misinformation
