The Flowers of the Forest (1980) was the second of Joseph Hone’s quartet of ‘Peter Marlow’ spy novels, all now reissued as Faber Finds.
It is an idyllic setting: the sunlit forest sweeping down to the valley, the heather loud with bees....
Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and...
Je vais te dire…
Moi, quand je prête mon aimable concours à une gourgandine pour l'aider à perpétrer un vol et que ma carrière de flic d'élite ne sombre pas dans l'aventure.
Quand les bombes m'éclatent sous les claouis sans me...