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Hard to write this, there's good reason why I prefer to stay behind the camera...
Tributes by @jennyjennylord and @ShakespeareLisa to The Shadow of the Wind author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, whose death was announced on Friday
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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The latest dead drop from @Paulodaburka. Everything you wanted to know about the fastest growing genre in film and TV…
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Just finished this: brilliant wildly compelling, thrilling read that I cldnt put down. One of the best thrillers ive ever read,propulsively realistic & prophetic. His creation Artemis is becoming a classic. @mccloskeybooks is the top spy thrillerist of our lethal era
@swiftpress
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Writing can be a lonely pursuit, so I hope I managed to convey, on behalf of readers everywhere, just how grateful we are to these wonderful spy authors over dinner last night. @alex_gerlis @janethynne @ShippersUnbound @isberryauthor @CharlesCumming @MerleNygate @mccloskeybooks @DrCJMerritt @Paulodaburka @ShakespeareLisa #spybrary
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Can't imagine a better group of spy-fiction types to hang w/. Dinner at @BrasserieZedel in London w/ @Paulodaburka @ShippersUnbound @janethynne @CharlesCumming @alex_gerlis @MerleNygate @spybrary @ShakespeareLisa @DrCJMerritt @mccloskeybooks (Note: Charles & David are that tall)
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The Spectator is hiring. Our brilliant Broadcast Producer is moving on. Come and join us and build on the 500,000 subscribers for our YouTube TV and hugely successful podcasts and keep the politics team on the straight and narrow spectator.com/article/job-va…
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Starting this today.
Exciting. Look whats turned up
The best spy thrillerist of this time
@mccloskeybooks @_SwiftPress
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And we're thrilled Merle will be our guest, 19th November @hull_libraries (Central and online).
It's free to join us: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir…
Happy Publication Day to @MerleNygate - her new spy novel is out today @bedsqpublishers!
With praise already from @isberryauthor, Charles Beaumont @Cb20226, @spybrary, @ShippersUnbound, @Spymasterspod, @MattNixson Express, @thetimes, @NJCooper_crime @Lit_Review, & more to come!
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Happy pub day to @MerleNygate, one of my fave people & spy novelists (& proud to be in the small sisterhood of female spy novelists w/ Merle). Run out & read THE PROTOCOLS OF SPYING! @ShakespeareLisa @bedsqpublishers @noexitpress
Happy Publication Day to @MerleNygate - her new spy novel is out today @bedsqpublishers!
With praise already from @isberryauthor, Charles Beaumont @Cb20226, @spybrary, @ShippersUnbound, @Spymasterspod, @MattNixson Express, @thetimes, @NJCooper_crime @Lit_Review, & more to come!
Happy Publication Day to @MerleNygate - her new spy novel is out today @bedsqpublishers!
With praise already from @isberryauthor, Charles Beaumont @Cb20226, @spybrary, @ShippersUnbound, @Spymasterspod, @MattNixson Express, @thetimes, @NJCooper_crime @Lit_Review, & more to come!
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"Espionage is back in the bestseller lists thanks to the likes of Mick Herron, David McCloskey, Tony Kent and I. S. Berry." Honored to be mentioned in this @Daily_Express piece, wh. incl. rave reviews of 2 of my fave authors, @alex_gerlis & @MerleNygate.
express.co.uk/entertainment/…
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New podcast! The brilliant @MerleNygate talks to the Spymasters podcast about her new book set in the aftermath of October 7th. We talk spies, fiction and how to weave current affairs into a novel. wherever you get your podcasts #spies @spybrary @CrimeTimeUK
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On the Radar: our new crime books column is live on the site. Head over there to check out new titles by Martin Sterling, @Freida_McFadden, Jennifer @AuthorFawcett , KJ Charles and @MerleNygate
crimefictionlover.com/2025/0…
#mystery #thriller #espionage #crimefiction
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A wonderful review for our November guest 😍📚
Congratulations to @MerleNygate and @noexitpress as her latest novel #TheProtocolsOfSpying is one of the @thetimes thriller picks of the month. I'm on the @RandomTTours next so I'll be blogging my thoughts. Merle is also at @HullNoir on 19 November, free person or on livestream
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I asked Merle Nygate to talk to Crime Time about her excellent new novel, The Protocols of Spying..
crimetime.co.uk/the-protocol…
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‘Brave, powerful, fair - exciting, credible, involving.’ Heartfelt thanks to @NJCooper_crime for the amazing review in @Literaryreview for #theprotocolsofspying. Thrilled you got what I was trying to do. @noexitpress @BedfordSqBooks
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At the @aspectsofcrime launch it was great to see Lisa Shakespeare again, and to meet Merle Nygate, Simon Dinsdale, Charlie Higson and Guy and Lou.
Sorry if I've missed you out - it was a whirlwind evening
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Very honored to see Moscow X shortlisted for the 2025 Ned Kelly Awards, and in terrific company!
@_SwiftPress @auscrimewriters
CONGRATULATIONS to author @mccloskeybooks for his amazing book Moscow X which has been shortlisted for the 2025 Ned Kelly Awards – BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION
@_SwiftPress
#davidmccloskey #NedKellyAwards #australiancrimewriters
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Just finishing this- the newest novel. Its superb and compelling - a desperate yet plausible espionage drama inside the Iran Israel shadow war by the top spy thrillerist of these wild turbulent times @mccloskeybooks
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Spy Novels:brilliant Starter Pack - the greatest thrillerists - le Carre Deighton Greene McCarry - but also masterpieces by David Ignatius @IgnatiusPost & Adam Brookes and superb new contenders like @isberryauthor what a list. By the top thrillerist @mccloskeybooks whose latest The Persian is excellent. Must read
nytimes.com/2025/08/23/books… via @NYTimes
So excited about this first ever @Spymasterspod Prize! And not just because two of 'my' authors @isberryauthor and @MerleNygate are on the shortlist. See you on the 3rd?
#WritingCompetition
We have announced the shortlist for the
@Spymasterspod Book Prize
aspectsofhistory.com/spymast…
Featuring @janethynne @benlyle1 @petertonkin50
@MerleNygate @isberryauthor and William Boyd
Let us know your favourite
#spyfiction #espionage
