Researching Edith and Kim
By Staff, 17th November 2021Features From a compendium of stories about life at the Bauhaus to a Modernist memoir by the founder of the iconic Isokon, here are some of the books that inspired my forthcoming novel
Given Charlotte Philby’s background — she is the granddaughter of the KGB agent Kim — one might expect this to be a spy novel, and there are traces of that. Yet this tale of a life spinning out of control is closer to Patricia Highsmith territory. Gabriela is a counterterror specialist who stumbles into a conspiracy, while journalist Isobel investigates after seeing a woman attacked on Hampstead Heath. What links the two women? Subterfuge, paranoia and chills galore.
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Features From a compendium of stories about life at the Bauhaus to a Modernist memoir by the founder of the iconic Isokon, here are some of the books that inspired my forthcoming novel
EDITH AND KIM – available for preorder now!
By Staff, 28th September 2021Features Drawing on Secret Intelligence Service files on Edith Tudor-Hart and the private archive letters of Kim Philby, I have reimagined the life of the woman behind the Third Man
Edith Tudor-Hart: The “grandmother” of the Cambridge Spies
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features For the Telegraph, I wrote about the woman who recruited my grandfather to the Soviets - the subject of my forthcoming novel Edith and Kim
John le Carré: The writer who made me want to write
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features My tribute to the late - and truly great - master of spy fiction, for the i paper
Book festivals 2021
By Staff, 19th August 2021Features From a celebration of the life of John le Carré at Cheltenham to an exploration of women and crime in Chiswick, please join me at one of the following events, across the country (and the internet!)
ELLE: An unexpected friendship with ‘the other woman’
By Staff, 15th June 2021Features When author Charlotte Philby's partner ended their relationship, her world fell apart. Rebuilding it meant forging a unique friendship with the very woman he left her for.
Tatler: The Spy Who Loved Me
By Staff, 15th June 2021Features My piece for the June 2021 issue of Tatler magazine explores the legacy, and letters, that inspired me to write Edith and Kim
The Second Woman: Best new fiction, Mail on Sunday. Best thrillers for July 2021, The Times.
By Staff, 4th February 2021Features ‘A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller.’ THE SECOND WOMAN - the third of three connected, stand-alone novels - is available now
A Double Life: The Times’ & Observer’s Thriller of the Month
By Staff, 13th August 2020Features 'Superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore.' My second novel is The Times' Book of the Month for July 2020
A Double Life: exclusive excerpt
By Staff, 1st June 2020Features Read the first chapter from my forthcoming novel A Double Life, which runs as a short story in the Mystery issue of Popshot Quarterly