Robbie Morrison

It’s a great novel, now possibly due a reread. Yeah, I can see Charlie and Arkady getting along nicely – the last two good men in a bad world.

Martin Cruz Smith Novelist best known for Gorky Park and the series of thrillers that followed featuring the Soviet detective Arkady Renko

RIP Martin Cruz Smith. A fantastic writer, whose Gorky Park, one of my favourite novels, was a huge influence on me.
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33 years . . . 😲

You shoot the place up in your series, I’ll shoot it up in mine, and we can compare the damage...

Well, it’s been closed since lockdown with no sign of reopening as far as I’m aware, so...

And, hey, it’s publicity!

Which seems like a wonky way for things to work in many ways...

I did want to use Rogano’s as a location, but it didn’t open until a couple of years after the events of the books.

It’s a cracker! I have a few bits and pieces from back before everything pretty much went digital. The good old days! Wonder if there’ll be a backlash…

Pistols and pizza – go for it!

Doesn’t being in Italian do that to everything😉? Best of luck with the new Stramash.

Colin’s cover is the Hachette one, I think. I’ve actually got Vin’s cover – a birthday present way back when. Way, way back when, probably . . .

“SCOZIA HARDBOILED!”
Chuffed to see this review of Sull’orlo del baratro, the Italian edition of Edge of the Grave, by Giancarlo De Cataldo, author of the excellent Romanzo Criminale, in La Republica magazine.

It’s prob been collected a couple of times by now, I think . . .

Cheers, Rodrigo – thanks for the repost and the heads-up!

Well, unless Google Translate is wildly inaccurate, the first para describes it as “an excellent novel”, blending "violence, passion, strong emotions, pathos, social criticism [and] veiled eroticism . . .” So, no arguments from me! Cheers!

Good stuff, Bobman! Memories of Shimura...

“SCOZIA HARDBOILED!”
Chuffed to see this review of Sull’orlo del baratro, the Italian edition of Edge of the Grave, by Giancarlo De Cataldo, author of the excellent Romanzo Criminale, in La Republica magazine.

That would be great, Karen (assuming that’s you!) Will do. Cheers!

Uh-uh, it’s mine. Also very nearly finished.

‘Scandalous!’ he cried (quickly hiding the peanut butter).

Sounds great. Know a wee bit of the history behind the story and am a big fan of his previous books.

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A defused 1,000 kg Luftmine (German parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941.

Nice one, Abir – well done!

Congratulations, Liam!

Congratulations, Paul!

You’re welcome, Ben – things certainly didn't work out too badly for you!

And "If only temptation and execution were closer bedfellows” has a certain Dickensian flair, so hopefully you haven’t entirely given up on the writing . . .

A nice way to end the week (not that I can read it): An interview with journalist Giuliano Aluffi in Il Venerdì di Repubblica magazine about Sull'orlo del baratro – the Italian edition of Edge of the Grave – published by Fazi Editore.
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Not a bad idea, Mr Smith. Not tempted to pick up the pen yourself . . . ?

I daresay he has a few more cases in him . . .