Here’s my review of James Phelan’s “The Hunted” that I finished this afternoon… This was the first ‘Jed Walker’, and indeed the first James Phelan book, that I’ve read. The book had a reasonable plot that took some time to unravel and the closing sequences in St Louis, Missouri, clipped past quickly enough to keepContinue reading “James Phelan – “The Hunted”…”
Author Archives: Lee J. Russell
Evil Eye – A Lissa Blackwood Thriller
Had a lovely afternoon walking with my daughter and spent some time brainstorming a title for my current work in progress… and I’m pleased to say it now has one! So… drumroll and fanfare please… the name of my next book will be… Evil Eye – A Lissa Blackwood Thriller I’m hoping to have theContinue reading “Evil Eye – A Lissa Blackwood Thriller”
Progress on writing “the BREXIT thriller”…
I really must find a title for my current project, a post-BREXIT espionage Thriller! That’s my goal this weekend… if I achieve nothing else, and I might not in the current UK heatwave, it would be great to get a title together for this story. Progress has been intermittent on this book. By Christmas IContinue reading “Progress on writing “the BREXIT thriller”…”
… but not every “le Carré” is a good “le Carré”…
As much as I enjoyed le Carré stories I shared in my first post, I have to say that I have very mixed feelings about “The Night Manager”. It started well and I had high hopes that I was about to be entertained with a masterpiece of observational writing. I have stayed at many hotelsContinue reading “… but not every “le Carré” is a good “le Carré”…”
Are “Ghost in the Shell” and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” the perfect anime?
I’m not an expert on manga and anime, but there is something captivating about both of these stories. They are set in the fictional mid-21st Century Japanese city of Niihama, where a law enforcement agency called ‘Public Security Section 9’ are conducting counter-terrorism operations. So far, so normal, in our modern day world. But thisContinue reading “Are “Ghost in the Shell” and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” the perfect anime?”
The best place to begin? John le Carré…
There was a singular character that sucked me back into Thrillers when I started reading them in earnest last year… George Smiley, created by John le Carré. Smiley is an odd character; to me he didn’t feel directly prominent but there was something about him that stuck in the back of mind, like he wasContinue reading “The best place to begin? John le Carré…”
Thrillers, Espionage and Nietzsche…
I was describing the progress on my latest work-in-progress (the post-Brexit espionage thriller, still untitled) to a colleague last week and stunned myself into silence when I made a connection that I hadn’t seen before… A few years back I read my way through some of the popular works of the most famous philosophers andContinue reading “Thrillers, Espionage and Nietzsche…”
Website spring clean…
I’ve just finished updating my website at http://www.russellweb.org.uk to remove clutter and make my content more accessible. I had debated whether to retire the site and replace it with something from WordPress. However, the more I looked at WordPress the more I came to appreciate the way my current site has been tailored to myContinue reading “Website spring clean…”
Thanks to everyone who downloaded a free copy of ‘An End of Beginnings’ during my recent promotion on KDP…
I’ve just enjoyed running a 5-day free promotion for ‘An End of Beginnings’ on Amazon Kindle. It is always fun using Facebook groups to engage with readers and I’d like to thank the 51 people who downloaded a copy, I hope you enjoy it 🙂 – it would be nice to get some honest reviewsContinue reading “Thanks to everyone who downloaded a free copy of ‘An End of Beginnings’ during my recent promotion on KDP…”
“Smoke Above the Village”
I don’t often write poetry but a theme about chav violence wouldn’t leave me alone and eventually this is what emerged: OneGratia gratum faciens…Thomas’ words echo around Æthelberht’s seat,lost exhortations to the ebb and flow on thecobbled bridge where frightened witches once wept.Hollow bodies gabble past the old wet stool,selfish, replete with base desires, fullContinue reading ““Smoke Above the Village””
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