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Gibraltar by night: the world of Greg Blake
Gibraltar at night is its own character in The Stowaway. The marina is quieter than you expect, the city above is unusually…
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Across the strait: research notes from North Africa
North Africa enters the book through the back door — a beach landing, a market stall, a meeting in a back room…
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Notes from the page: process and craft
Writing a thriller is largely a question of pressure. Pressure on the character, pressure on the reader, pressure on the page. The…
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Behind the desk: writing The Stowaway
Most days the book happens in small pieces — a paragraph in the morning, a sharp line in the margin of a…