Geoffrey Wansell

Jan 16, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Geoffrey Wansell

Former CIA analyst McCloskey has quickly established himself as one of the world’s finest spy novelists, and this, his third outing, proves just how outstanding he is. There is a mole in the top echelons of the CIA – based on the seventh floor of the Agency’s headquarters in Langley. McCloskey recruits the leading characters from his previous two novels, Artemis Proctor from Moscow X and Sam Joseph from Damascus Station, to go off grid to try and track down the traitor.

Oct 3, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Geoffrey Wansell

THIS charming crime debut set on the Isle of Wight focuses on the reclusive middle-aged spinster Ms Merriweather –Merry to her friends – who lives alone composing cryptic crosswords and going wild swimming from the beach in her wetsuit. But then her neighbour, Lucas Manning, son of her late best friend, mysteriously disappears and she finds herself, unwittingly, drawn into the police search for him.

Sep 25, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Geoffrey Wansell

THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS by Dean Koontz (Thomas & Mercer £19.99, 400pp)The ever eloquent Koontz, author of more than 120 novels, seldom disappoints. Here he demonstrates exceptional power with the story of 28-year-old Vida, brought up deep in an American forest wilderness by her great uncle. She has a remarkable affinity with nature, especially with the wolves who inhabit the forest alongside her, and mourns the loss of her head teacher lover who died in mysterious circumstances two years earlier.

Nov 30, 2023 | dailymail.co.uk | Geoffrey Wansell

THRILLERS AND CRIME Published: 17:05 EST, 30 November 2023 | Updated: 17:05 EST, 30 November 2023 Retired LAPD cop turned private investigator Harry Bosch teams up with his half-brother, the Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller, to defend a woman imprisoned for killing her ex-husband, a sheriff's deputy. This is Connelly at his glittering best; full of twists and insights, it grips like a hungry python.

Nov 2, 2023 | dailymail.co.uk | Geoffrey Wansell

THE FAKE WIFE by Sharon Bolton (Orion £20, 368pp)This deliciously serpentine story opens in a hotel dining room where a married woman, Olive Anderson, sits alone for supper. Suddenly another woman arrives, sits down and announces to the waiter that she’s her wife — even though Olive is married to a man. Things get ever more bizarre from there, for Olive is kidnapped by the woman and driven away into the night. That’s just the start of the compelling plot.