a dynamic, fast-moving murder mystery brimming with menace, violence and intrigue, and starring a maverick Cambridge history professor caught up in a deadly conspiracy. Lingering beneath the narrative and characters’ partisan choices are the effects of the Great War, the Depression and its effect on the working population, plus the idealism that led many into communism and fascism as a means of achieving a better tomorrow, and sent young men to Spain to fight in a foreign Civil War. The reader’s confusion reflects Tom Wilde’s muddle as he and Nancy’s friend Lydia, both disillusioned with official efforts to explain Nancy’s death, unite to investigate. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money. In many ways, Corpus would seem to be entirely different but it is a stroke of genius to create a new character, Tom Wilde, who is so fascinated by and knowledgeable in John Shakespeare’s world, who demonstrates the constant timeless themes of history which endlessly recur.

To be honest unless the publisher had offered me this copy to review I wouldn’t have known it existed – I’m so grateful to them for drawing my attention to it. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations.

I love the idea of espionage, intrigue and murder and the main character Thomas sounds very interesting. One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. A. Paris Babita Sharma Barnaby Norman Becka Moor Becky Goddard-Hill Becky Masterman Bella Swift Ben Aaronovitch Ben Clanton Benedict Jacka Ben Grisdale Ben Hubbard Benjamin Percy Ben Mantle Ben Sanders Bernard Marr Beth Greenhough Beth Keane Beth Lincoln Beth Macy Bimmy Talib Bimpe Alliu Black Cultural Archives Bong Dazo Bradley Schmidt Brendan Kearney Brenna Nation Britta Teckentrup Brittney Morris Bronwyn Parry Bruce Hood Bruno Mangyoku Bryan Appleyard C. Further Reading: if you'd like to go back to Rory's (and indeed Professor Wilde's) Elizabethan roots we heartily suggest John Shakespeare. Unfortunately, though, the protagonists are pale and dull compared to the supporting cast and, while some of the plot turns are gripping, others are flimsy and one is outright ludicrous.

With real history, mystery, politics and espionage at play, Clements is undoubtedly on to another winner. Roberto Michael Fuller Michael Grant Michael Marshall Smith Michael Naef Michael Rutger Michael Schudson Mick Herron Mike Berners-Lee Mike Brownlow Mike Love Mike Stirling Mikhail Gorbachev Mindy Mejia Misa Sugiura Molly Lefebure Muhammad H. Although I enjoyed the way the characters (including Wilde) all hark back to the Great War, I found Wilde a bit bland and predictable (his American-Irish heritage trying too hard to make him an outsider) and his boxing expertise tried too hard to make him an action hero. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK).

Rory Clements's timely spy thriller set in the 1930s evokes a period of political polarisation , mistrust and simmering violence .