Showing posts with label Len Deighton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Len Deighton. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Len Deighton a personal appreciation by Mike Ripley

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  Have Pencil, Will Write. They say you should never meet your heroes. Well, they are wrong. One of the proudest moments of my life was when...
Tuesday, 17 October 2023

The Return of Penguin Greens

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  From the 1930s onwards crime novels published by Penguin had covers using a lot of green ink. This led to a clear distinction between two ...
Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Penguin Modern Crime Announcement

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  Penguin Modern Classics CRIME & ESPIONAGE Published by  Penguin Modern Classics  | 13 July 2023 | Paperback £9.99 First published 75 y...
Thursday, 12 January 2023

Penguin Modern Classics to publish three Eric Ambler novels

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On 26th January 2023, Penguin Modern Classics will publish three wildly enjoyable novels from the father of the spy thriller, Eric Ambler: P...
Saturday, 16 October 2021

Flying Solo? Mike Ripley on writing his latest ‘Albert Campion’ mystery.

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When I was first tempted to continue the adventures of Margery Allingham’s famous detective Albert Campion, almost ten years ago now, I had ...
Monday, 18 February 2019

Happy birthday Len Deighton

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Happy birthday to Len Deighton who is celebrating his 90 th  birthday today! For many of us Len Deighton has provided readers with hours ...
Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Spooks, spies and private eyes. Why I chose to write about the secret world by Caroline Carver

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As a child, I’d pretend I was a spy.   I dreamed of having a powerful secret that nobody else knew about, that would help save my family ...
Sunday, 9 July 2017

New Book Series on Espionage and Culture

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For anyone interesting in various aspects of espionage, surveillance we have launched a new series with Routledge and are looking for propo...