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An extract from Double Cross
Posted On: April 30, 2012
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An extract from Double Cross

Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. This is their story.

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Double Cross
Posted On: April 25, 2012
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Double Cross

Ben Macintyre, author of Double Cross on The True Story of The D-Day Spies… their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo….

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Sam Eastland on his Stalin-era thriller Siberian Red
Posted On: April 24, 2012
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Sam Eastland on his Stalin-era thriller Siberian Red

Sam Eastland, pen-name for author Paul Watkins, discusses the third in his Stalin-era Soviet thriller series, Siberian Red.

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Undercover with Nicholas Rankin: Ian Fleming’s Commandos
Posted On: October 28, 2011
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Undercover with Nicholas Rankin: Ian Fleming’s Commandos

In his new book, Nicholas Rankin gives us the true story of Ian Fleming’s Second World War unit – 30 Assault Unit – from which, in his rank of Commander Ian Fleming RNVR, was born the real-life inspiration for James Bond.

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Read an extract from The Maze of Cadiz, by Aly Monroe
Posted On: September 17, 2009
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Read an extract from The Maze of Cadiz, by Aly Monroe

Franco’s Spain is the setting for Aly Monroe’s debut thriller, following the adventures of British intelligence officer Peter Cotton. You can read an extract of this historical mystery here on Bookhugger…

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David Peace on Occupied City
Posted On: August 19, 2009
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David Peace on Occupied City

David Peace, author of the Red Riding quartet and The Damned Utd discusses the writing of his new novel Occupied City, second in the Tokyo Trilogy. Occupied City follows the notorious true story of the 1948 Teikoku Bank Massacre, where 16 bank employees were poisoned by an unknown man posing as a public health official.

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