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6 – The Nine An exiled Russian billionaire, Maxim Reblev, had last year returned to his homeland in the last weeks of life and died there as per his wish. He’d made arrangements for his family, who had also lived with him aboard, to inherit his ill-gotten fortune. However, a new will with Reblev’s ...

5 – Daft Hannah wanted to howl with laughter. Standing a few feet from Katerina, in a room where there were a couple of dozen people, that wouldn’t do. It would draw attention to her. Such a thing might upset Katerina too and Hannah didn’t want to do that. But… c’mon : what an earth was she up to w...

4 – Roid Rage It had been a long wait. Four months to hear something worthwhile but, finally, Nathan heard a remark made tonight that he knew Hannah would want to be told about at the soonest opportunity. “Make sure this,” Daniel was handing a cardboard box to Robinson, “gets to Mikhail.” There was...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:09 pm Nice game of three card Monty going on.

I wonder if the SVR has been watching her to pick up new agents.

That would be wise considering she isn't always as professional as she likes to claim.

3 – Trust The Russian Embassy lay at the top of exclusive street which was Kensington Palace Gardens, just around the corner from the always busy Notting Hill Gate and over on the western side of Central London. Security inside of the diplomatic compound was provided by the Russians themselves yet ...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:14 am New player on the board.

And Hannah from MI5 too.

2 – Prison Rules Six years ago, Nathan Clay had been caught up in a moral panic and been on the wrong end of a demand that ‘something must be done’. He was in his twenties then, working as a tiler’s mate in South London. He liked to have a good time, he liked the ladies and he liked to drink. The l...

1 – A Tunnel “Come, come! It’s down here.” Yevgeny beckoned Katerina to follow him, using his hand as well as his urgent words. “I’ll show you a tunnel which will remind you of Sheba’s.” He flashed a toothy grin at her then leapt into a hole. Katerina remained where she stood, listening to the youn...

A new spy story from me.
This one has no relation to the previous 3-part Manningtree series... apart from stolen ideas from them!

I've just finished Season 4.
The series remains fantastic, very close to the books too.

I liked it.
It is a bit modern in places with very diverse characters to tick the boxes, but regardless, it's still pretty good.

1983 is amazing.
Finestkind was damn good.
I'm currently watching Deadwood on Paramount too.

jemhouston wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2024 12:19 am Has anyone seen this?

Yep.
It was okay. Not brilliant nor rubbish, just okay.

Absolute brilliant film.
Dementus was wonderful, best bad guy I've seen in a while!

I'll be finishing up this story before the week is out. I've been ghastly ill yet recovered, and so will be back writing ASAP. Get more chicken soup. :lol: Yeah, not sure if that would have helped! Glad you’re feeling better. I had Covid, which I never had during the pandemic, then scaled myself in...

Eighteen – The Truth Three women met for lunch on Kilburn High Road many months after the general election. Their get together had been arranged for the previous week but cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. They were together today, sitting down in a fancy Persian restaurant over in a priva...

I'll be finishing up this story before the week is out.
I've been ghastly ill yet recovered, and so will be back writing ASAP.

Slow Horses is brilliant. Very good adaptation too of excellent source material.

Netflix have a mini series adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley.
Just finished it. Absolutely fantastic.

Seventeen – An Act Of War Caitlin was back at her job having officially returned from gardening leave to fulfil the role of the security correspondent for the National . Like everyone else at her newspaper, she was busy, busy, busy throughout the final two weeks of the election campaign. There was ...