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William Ryan is an Irish writer who has lived in London for a number of years. After leaving Ireland after university, he practised briefly as a barrister in London. In his spare time, he wrote on an occasional basis for television and film before deciding to take writing more seriously. He completed a Masters in Creative Writing at St Andrews University in 2005. William is married and lives in West London.
Genres: Historical Mystery, Historical
Series
Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev
1. The Holy Thief (2010)
2. The Bloody Meadow (2011)
aka The Darkening Field
3. The Twelfth Department (2013)
1. The Holy Thief (2010)
2. The Bloody Meadow (2011)
aka The Darkening Field
3. The Twelfth Department (2013)
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"Twisty and gripping, Remember My Name has all the usual ingredients of another Sam Blake cracker."
Lightseekers (2021)
(Philip Taiwo, book 1)
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"Gripping, beautifully written and unlike anything else you'll read."
Midnight at Malabar House (2020)
(Malabar House, book 1)
Vaseem Khan
"Midnight at Malabar House is a first-rate murder mystery set in a post-partition India. In Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, and Archie Blackfinch, a Scotland Yard forensics expert, Vaseem Khan has created a partnership that should hopefully run and run. Clever, thrilling, this is a novel to be savoured."
Sister (2020)
(Oslo Detectives, book 7)
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"Kjell Ola Dahl's novels are surperb. If you haven't read one yet, you need to-right now."
Launch Code (2019)
Michael Ridpath
"Taut, gripping and relevant - the secret history of a narrowly-avoided nuclear Armageddon form the background to this classic thriller."
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