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Graeme Shimmin

카지노싸이트 Author

Born

in Manchester, The United Kingdom

September 24, 1967

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Genre

Thriller, 카지노싸이트 Fiction

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robert harris ian fleming alistair maclean len deighton ...more

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September 2012

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I was born in Manchester, and studied Physics at Durham University.

My successful consultancy career enabled me to retire at 35 to an island off Donegal and start writing. I have since returned to Manchester and completed an MA in Creative Writing.

The inspiration for A Kill in the Morning - my prizewinning first novel - came from Robert Harris' alternate history novel, Fatherland, and my love of classic spy fiction.

To find out more, and read my spy-themed short stories and book and movie reviews, visit . ...more

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	A Kill in the Morning 3.88 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capital Crimes: With a foreword from Peter James by Douglas Stewart (카지노싸이트 Author), Charlie Flowers, J.L. Merrow (카지노싸이트 Author) 3.93 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of the Novel by Nicholas Royle (editor), Jenn Ashworth (Contributor), Tom Bromley (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Veronika really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutions: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction Set in Manchester by Graeme Shimmin (카지노싸이트 Author) (Editor), Manchester Speculative Fiction, Craig Pay (카지노싸이트 Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Melodrama and How to Use It

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Picture this: a dastardly villain twirling his moustache, and a damsel in distress tied to the railroad tracks. Sounds like melodrama! But what if I told you that some of the most beloved stories of all time are, in fact, melodramas?

What is Melodrama, anyway?

Melodrama often gets

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Graeme Shimmin made a comment on James’s review of Fade Out " BTW, I've got the original 1975 version, and the telepathy is in that version. ...more "
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Graeme Shimmin wrote a new blog post Melodrama and How to Use It From an original article Melodrama and How to Use It, posted at Graeme Shimmin, spy thriller and alternate history writerPicture this: a dastardly vil Read more of this blog post »
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“I don't like killing, but I'm good at it. Murder isn't so bad from a distance, just shapes popping up in my scope. Close-up work though - a garrotte around a target's neck or a knife in their heart - it's not for me. Too much empathy, that's my problem. Usually. But not today. Today is different . . .”
― Graeme Shimmin, A Kill in the Morning

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