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Another knock-out of a read from Graham Hurley. HIs latest novel joins the non-chronological series The Spoils of War Collection where he sets fictional characters alongside some of the main players in the Second World War. This series is absolutely fascinating, it ranges in focus, location, and characters. While you are able to read this as a standalone, I would recommend reading the other novels, they really do allow you intimate access to this time in history. Kane sets sail for the other side of the Atlantic, and brings a Secret Service agent into play as the US and President Roosevelt learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most of this novel, the war is a distance, something on the horizon, yet the importance of behind the scenes warfare plays out. Hurley successfully puts the humanity, the intimacy into the world stage of war, with Quincy Kane’s relationships featuring and allowing us to see who this man really is. This novel also shows how fear and ignorance joined with mob mentality can become a dangerous weapon in its own right. Fierce and provocative yet told with compassion, Kane takes another action-packed step in this fabulous series.
Liz Robinson
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About Graham Hurley
Graham Hurley is a documentary maker and a novelist. For the last two decades he's written full-time, penning nearly fifty books. Two made the short list for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, while Finisterre – the first in the Spoils of War collection – was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award. Graham lives in East Devon with his lovely wife, Lin.
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Maxim Jakubowski's view on JOE FARADAY...
The investigations of a Portsmouth cop and a fascinating look into crime on the British coast. If you like Ian Rankin’s Rebus, this should be your next step. NO LOVELIER DEATH is the 9th book in the Faraday series.
A Q & A with Graham Hurley
Who’s your favourite author?
The Alan Furst of The Polish Officer and The World at Night.
Where do you live? And why?
Portsmouth. Because so many people ask me why.
What’s the greatest influence on your writing?
Lin Rowden.
What is your philosophy for life?
Check the tide tables and watch for eddies.
Have you had any formal tuition in creative writing? If so, where and what? Did you find it useful?
BA/MA Cambridge University (English – no help at all). No formal tuition in creative writing except a pathological nosiness and a fascination with story. Profound doubts about collective literary endeavour. Why? Because, in the end, writing is a solitary business.
Did you always want to be an author? If not, what did you originally want to be and when and why did you change your mind?
Yes. And like most authors, I’m not sure why. But – emphatically – yes.
Who do you most admire and why?
My mum (seriously). Because she’s never failed to make the very best of an occasionally dodgy hand. Huge fortitude.
What jobs did you have before you started writing?
Ice cream salesman, deckchair attendant, lifeguard, prep school teacher (scripture and cricket), Radio Victory reporter, TV promotion scriptwriter, TV researcher, TV documentary director/producer, Oz TV cop series writer.
If your house was burning down what would you save?
Lin Rowden, the cats, a framed photo of the Otter estuary, me.
What do you do when you are not writing? How do you relax? What are your hobbies?
Sailing, cycling, nosing around, tussling with French, dreaming of the day Tony Blair resigns.
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