Thomas Mogford

Reading aloud the words ‘the breasts have been sliced from her body’ then looking out into the audience and seeing your father-in-law raising a sceptical eyebrow… interesting moment. That aside, the ‘No Alibis’ event last Saturday was a joy — for me at least — thanks to the fantastic welcome from the owner of the shop, Dave […]

Springtime beneath the dreaming spires… what better way to spend a Saturday in March than at the Oxford Literary Festival? Am lucky enough to be joining Matthew Reynolds, Tim Leach and Kerry Young at a ‘Writers’ Round Table’ (chaired by Rachel Hore) on 23rd March at 2pm at the Bodleian. Come see the jousting — […]

The princess of crime fiction bloggers, Rhian Davies (aka ‘crimeficreader’), has picked ‘Shadow of the Rock’ as one of her ’12 Books of Christmas’. Good to see Sidney Chambers in there too: no religious festival would be complete without his genial company… http://itsacrimeuk.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/a-book-a-day-for-12-days-of-christmas-crimeficreaders-selection-part-2/

Battersea Library on Lavender Hill have offered to host an exclusive ‘Shadow of the Rock’ talk on 6th March 2013 at 630pm. Given the closeness to the release date of ‘Sign of the Cross’, snippets of Spike’s latest adventure will be thrown in too. It’s a great library, incidentally — bright, airy — and, talk or no talk, I can highly […]