Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff quest

In this Brush Pass episode of Brush Pass, Le Carre Cast and Barbican Station podcast host Jeff Quest, gives us the lowdown on two spy-related theatrical productions: 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Dakar 2000'. Operation Mincemeat on Broadway John Golden Theatre   252 W. 45th St., New York, NY The stunning true story of a scheme every bit as dicey, daring, and ridiculous as opening a new musical on Broadway! The best-reviewed show in West End history is now on Broadway! 74 ★★★★★ Reviews and Counting! (which, according to our calculations, adds up to 370 stars) SYNOPSIS: It's 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they've got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII. SCHEDULE: March 25–30: Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @2pm and 7:30pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @7:30pm, Saturday @2pm and 7:30pm, Sunday @2pm Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission Dakar 2000 In Senegal on the eve of Y2K, an idealistic Peace Corps volunteer survives a mysterious car accident. An imposing State Department operative immediately takes command of the situation and his safety. Though they couldn't be more different, they form an unlikely relationship. But when it becomes clear that they both have secrets, the volunteer is roped into a darker side of public service – one he can't come back from. Unpredictable at every turn, this world-premiere thriller was commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club. Written by Rajiv Joseph (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; King James at MTC) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone and Poor Yella Rednecks at MTC).   Have you watched Operation Mincemeat and/or Dakar 2000? What did you think? Let us know in the Spybrary community.

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Jeff Quest of The le Carré Cast and Spy Write website, cut loose at the British Secret Intelligence Service Christmas party while decoding the 2011 adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.  Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Dencik, Stephen Graham, Simon McBurney, Toby Jones, Kathy Burke and John Hurt. Check out Jeff's writing over at Spy Write. You can also listen to him on The le Carré Cast and Barbican Station - A Slough House Podcast, available everywhere. Make sure to check out Jeff's interview with Gary Oldman. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble. Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes. Theme music by Doug Astley.

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Jeff Quest of The le Carré Cast and Spy Write website, take in a dramatic performance of Edward II while tackling the 1967 John le Carré adaptation The Deadly Affair. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Haigh and Roy Kinnear. Check out Jeff's writing over at Spy Write. You can also listen to him on The le Carré Cast and Barbican Station - A Slough House Podcast, available everywhere. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble. Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes Theme music by Doug Astley.

Lights, camera, intrigue! Join the Spybrary Spies and Books Podcast panel as we shine a spotlight on "The Deadly Affair." Uncover the hidden gems, character nuances, and unexpected twists in this underrated film adaptation of John le Carre's work based on his debut novel Call for the Dead.  Following our full debriefing of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy we are tackling The Deadly Affair starring James Mason. We are joined by Jeff Quest of the Le Carre Cast, Double O Section's Matthew Bradford, and Spybrary commentator Martin Reynolds. That and more in this episode of the Spybrary Spy Podcast. Join the Spybrary Community today!

Agent Scott and guest operative Jeff Quest from the Spy Write website engage in a little old school espionage while delivering an exclusive DECLASSIFIED preview of the ITVX limited series A Spy Among Friends. In addition to decoding the first two episodes they also talk to author Ben Macintyre and show creator Alex Cary about translating the story from page to screen. Directed by Nick Murphy. Starring Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Kunken and Adrian Edmondson. Check out Jeff's writing over at Spy Write. You can also hear him on the le Carré Cast, available everywhere. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Pick up exclusive SpyHards merch, including the "What Does Vargas Do?" t-shirt by @shaylayy, available only at Redbubble Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes. Theme music by Doug Astley.

Smiley is suspicious Percy! Today we kick off the John le Carre movie club series on the Spybrary Podcast. Once a month, our panel will take a deep dive into a John le Carre movie. To start the series, a full debriefing of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Jeff Quest of the Le Carre Cast, Double O Section's Matthew Bradford and Spybrary commentator Martin Reynolds. That and more in this episode of the Spybrary Spy Podcast

This week we welcome Benjamin Cunningham to the show. Cunningham wrote the recently released book The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man a book that the publisher calls “the Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow.” It's a wild story of swapping secrets, wife swapping and spy swaps.  We talk about the Prague Spring, declassified documents, and interviewing difficult subjects. All that and more in this episode with Spybrary host Jeff Quest.

This week, Spywrite's Jeff Quest welcomes Otto Penzler to the show. Otto shares stories from his many years of collecting books and meeting spy fiction authors. You'll hear stories about Eric Ambler, Charles McCarry, John le Carré and many more. ,  Plus, hear about his meeting with Len Deighton, how Ross Thomas nearly lost out on a million dollars, and a shocking revelation about a piece by Quiller writer Adam Hall.

Spybrary joins forces with the Barbican Station podcast to discuss Apple TV's Slow Horses series starring Gary Oldman which airs today. The first half of this episode is spoiler-free. Today is the day many of us have been waiting for, the Apple TV's Slow Horses series starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb is now airing. Through one of our agents I was able to get an early screening of Slow Horses and today you will listen to three of us running the rule over episodes 1 and 2.  If you have not watched it Slow Horses yet don't worry, the first half of the show includes no spoilers and we do tell you when we get into Spoilertown. Our good friend and Spybrary contributor Jeff Quest produces his own podcast dedicated to Mick Herron's work called Barbican Station, So rather than both of us evaluate the Apple TV's Slow Horses adaptation separately, we decided to release this episode on both of our podcasts. For discussion on episodes 3-6 of Slow Horses do subscribe to Jeff's podcast at slough.house

Welcome to Episode 176 of the Spybrary Spy Book podcast. Spywrite's Jeff Quest speaks to author Alma Katsu, formerly with the NSA and CIA. Katsu's latest book, Red Widow, follows a CIA mole hunt. It's been optioned for television and is out in paperback on March 1st.  They discuss switching from NSA to CIA and back again, the explosive growth of social media and its effect on espionage, and the unique challenges women face in government bureaucracies. Plus, we talk a bit about some of the things Hollywood gets wrong about spies. All that and more in this episode of Spybrary. Red Widow is 'An exhilarating spy thriller about two women CIA agents who become intertwined around a threat to the Russia Division–one that's coming from inside the agency.'

Episode 62 features Jeff Quest, who you may know from Spywrite or any number of his spy-related podcasts. We discuss blogging and collecting, reading and creating, comprehension, memory, and much much more. Throughout the conversation, we discuss: Blogging Collecting Podcasting Reviewing Spoilers Niche vs. No Niche Reading Books Running Spies Comprehension vs. Memory Rewatchability vs. Rereadability Short vs. Long Content Negative Reviews And much more Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode AgentPalmer.com Spywrite.com Spywrite.com/About Reading The Meadow 20 years after college adds needed perspective Tweets @spywrite @ThePalmerFiles @AgentPalmer Other Links Coupland's Characters Speak to Me Beyond Grief in ‘Hey Nostradamus' Similar Lessons Learned from Yet Another Challenging Year   You can also hear more Palmer occasionally on Our Liner Notes, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier or as co-host of The Podcast Digest with Dan Lizette. Music created and provided by Henno Heitur of Monkey Tongue Productions. --End Show Notes Transmission--

Cinema Junkie takes on another mission, this time to explore the world of spies presented in the film and television adaptations of John Le Carré's books. Previously on Cinema Junkie we looked at the fantasy world of Ian Fleming's James Bond and now we move on to the grittier, more realistic world of John Le Carré's spies of the Cold War and beyond. Joining Cinema Junkie once again are spy aficionados Gary Dexter and Jeff Quest, both are regular contributors to Shane Whaley's Spybrary Podcast . Quest also runs spywrite.com, which is dedicated to spy fiction and non-fiction. We look to the early attempts of depicting what spies do in Hitchcock films such as "The 39 Steps" and later the film adaptations of Graham Greene's novels such as "Our Man in Havana." Then we discuss the many adaptations of Le Carré's books, and how he put his real world experiences working in intelligence to a different use than Fleming did. Also listen to Cinema Junkie Bond. James Bond. Part One and Part Two.

Spy Rewind is back! Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest go deep on an episode of Spy TV show Get Smart! Shownotes at www.spybrary.com/163 Please consider subscribing to Spybrary so you don't miss out on future episodes.

Cinema Junkie speaks again with espionage aficionados and Spybrary Podcast contributors Gary Dexter and Jeff Quest (of spywrite.com) to look at the evolution of female characters across nearly six decades of films, and to assess what makes a good Bond and what each of the six actors in the Eon Productions' official 25 007 movies have brought to the role. We also discuss producer Barbara Broccoli's contribution to the franchise and where it might go after "No Time To Die." Please check out part one of the podcast where we have a spoiler-free review of "No Time To Die." And check out Cinema Junkie Presents Geeky Gourmet where you can learn how to make food themed to "No Time To Die" and cakes with the gun barrel logo. Plus download files for the perfect 007 party.

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Jeff Quest of the Spy Write website, race against time to thwart a daring assassination while decoding Fred Zinnemann's 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Starring Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Lonsdale, Eric Porter and Delphine Seyrig. Check out Jeff's writing over at Spy Write You can also listen to him on Barbican Station - A Slough House Podcast and Like the Wolfe - A Nero Wolfe Podcast, available everywhere. Pick up exclusive SpyHards merch, including the new "What Does Vargas Do?" t-shirt by @shaylayy, available only at Redbubble Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando goes on a special mission with spy aficionados Gary Dexter and Jeff Quest to explore the cinematic and literary universe of James Bond 007. Get a spoiler-free review of "No Time To Die" and then enjoy part one of an in-depth and geeky exploration of the fantasy spy world of Ian Fleming's James Bond.

In this episode of Spy Rewind, Double O Section's Matthew Bradford and SpyWrite's Jeff Quest take a look at the globetrotting cable spy tv show Covert Affairs. They discuss whether all spies need to meet at the Berlin listening station, the benefits of location shoots and how to be a “fashion-forward” spy. Plus, Bowie in Berlin, R.E.M., cliff diving white Jaguars, and Jeff makes another failed attempt at an accent, this time German! All that and more in this episode of Spybrary.

Jeremy Duns and Jeff Quest talk through some of the in’s and out’s of research, and especially spy research, in the hopes of encouraging others to do research too. We talk about the lost Pinkerton manuscript, the time Jeremy nearly got kicked out of an interview before it even started, how Jeff got the title of an author’s book wrong within 30 seconds of starting an interview and why you should turn every page. All that and more in this episode of Spybrary.

Today's episode of Spybrary is all about collecting spy books. This episode is also available on YouTube.  We talk James Bond book trivia and see some of Tim’s amazing Fleming novels. There are some beautiful association copies of Adam Hall books, Matthew shares details on how to collect an elusive Clancy first edition and a signed copy of one of Jimmy Sangster’s spy novels with a great back story. All that plus tips and tricks from three folks who can’t stop collecting books.

Spy bloggers Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest launch a new series called Spy Rewind where they look at classic spy tv episodes and series. Today they take a look at Mission Impossible. Websites and Resources mentioned on Spy Rewind. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE MIND OF STEFAN MIKLOS Summary - https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=about&p=346&item=T:12497  Mission: Impossible Blu Rays - https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Impossible-Original-TV-Blu-ray/dp/B08GFSYGNV  Barbara Bain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bain The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier - https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Mission-Impossible-Dossier/dp/0380758776  Matthew’s review of season 7 (which links to previous season reviews) - https://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2011/11/dvd-review-mission-impossible-7th-tv.html  Pluto TV’s Mission: Impossible - https://pluto.tv/live-tv/mission-impossible  Jeff Quest’s Site - https://spywrite.com  Matthew Bradford’s Site - https://doubleosection.blogspot.com/

Tonight we report the sad news that John le Carre has passed away. Jeff Quest of Spywrite recorded this episode in 2019 looking at the life of John le Carre. Spybrary host Shane Whaley announces a special upcoming episode of Spybrary where he will broadcast your tributes to John le Carre. Record your tributes to John le Carre here.

Natalie & Drew explore the horrible world of beans, from being bean-poisoned, crapping out metallic turds, eating pretzel sandwiches, what it means to be toothsome, and more. Plus, Drew issues an official apology to Jeff Quest.natalie & drew This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe

On this episode, Spywrite's Jeff Quest talks with Josh Pachter about the mid eighties digest Espionage Magazine. It was dedicated to doing something we hadn't seen before. Printing short spy fiction. Josh has been a published author since he was 16 years old and had numerous pieces published in that magazine and has had pieces published in various magazines over the years. And to that effect, he's the most recent recipient of the Short Fiction Mystery Society's Golden Derringer. Josh's latest project is the misadventures of Nero Wolfe, a collection of parodies and pastiches about one of the great 20th century detectives. If you're interested in that project, you can hear more about it in an interview. I did with Josh, for my podcast, Like the Wolfe, but let's turn to spies first."

Antony Johnston is a bestselling writer and podcaster whose best-known espionage work is The Coldest City, the graphic novel that the movie ATOMIC BLONDE was based on. He has his second book in the Bridgette Sharp spy series, The Tempus Project, coming out at the end of May in the UK and the first book, The Exphoria Code, is currently scheduled to be released in the US in October.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 8, the season finale, titled The Final Mission of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who was crowned the ultimate spy? FYI - We had a little audio wackiness for the first couple minutes before it cleared up.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 8, the season finale, titled The Final Mission of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who was crowned the ultimate spy? FYI - We had a little audio wackiness for the first couple minutes before it cleared up. The post Spy Games – Season Finale – Bravo’s Reality TV show Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 7 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 7 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo Reality Show – Episode 7 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 6 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 6 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo Reality Show – Episode 6 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

In this episode, writer Jeremy Duns and Jeff Quest take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of spy book titles. They discuss some of their favorites, alternate titles, translated titles and the many pitfalls authors face when determining a book title.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 5 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 5 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo Reality Show – Episode 5 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 4 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 4 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Episode 4 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 3 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 3 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Episode 3 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 2 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will be crowned the ultimate spy? Find previous episodes here. Links - Matthew Bradford's site Bravo's page for Spy Games Cast List Mia Kang Website Doug Laux book Left of Boom Evy Poumpouras … Continue reading Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Episode 2 Recap

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on episode 2 of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will be crowned the ultimate spy? Find previous episodes here. Links - Matthew Bradford's site Bravo's page for Spy Games Cast List Mia Kang Website Doug Laux book Left of Boom Evy Poumpouras … Continue reading Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Episode 2 Recap The post Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Episode 2 Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on the premiere episode of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy?

Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest recap and give their opinions on the premiere episode of Bravo's new reality TV show - Spy Games. Who will will be crowned the ultimate spy? The post Spy Games – The Bravo TV Reality Show – Premiere Recap appeared first on Spy Write.

Leo and Jeff Quest give us their review of Spies in Disguise which is a 2019 American computer-animated spy comedy film.  The plot follows a secret agent who is accidentally transformed into a pigeon by an intelligent teenage agent and the pair must work together to stop a cybernetic terrorist who seeks revenge and return him to his human form.

Agent Running In the Field gets the Spybrary deep-dive treatment on Episode 93 of the Spybrary Podcast. joining our John le Carre, Agent Running In The Field Round table is John le Carre fans and spy bloggers Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest.

Our panel is back to continue their in-depth chat about Quiller by Adam Hall. Jeff Quest is in the host's chair for this two-parter on the Quiller spy books, Quiller movie and Quiller TV series. Jeff is joined by Spybrarians Clarissa Aykroyd and author Tim Stevens.

Quiller by Adam Hall gets the Spybrary treatment on episode 85 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast. Jeff Quest is in the host's chair for this two parter on the Quiller spy books. Jeff is joined by Spybrarians Clarissa Aykroyd and author Tim Stevens.

Spybrary Spy Podcast and the SpyWrite Spy blog have teamed up to give you a a chance to vote for your favourite spy movies in our Spy Movie Hall of Fame poll. On this, our 59th episode Spywrite’s Jeff Quest and Spybrary Host Shane Whaley talk through the movies nominated by Spybrarians in our Listeners facebook group. Jeff and Shane talk through the good, the bad and the not yet watched! Rather than just voting for your current favourites, why not join us in watching some of those nominated movies that you have never watched before? Shane is catching up with OSS 117 – Mission to Tokyo, Jeff is finally going to watch Billion Dollar Brain! Spy Movie Hall of Fame Voting Booth – vote here. Deadline is November Friday 16th. We will announce the top 10 on a future episode of Spybrary, a special round table edition where the panels will deep dive and share their thoughts on the winning spy movies. Shane and Jeff also chat through what spy books and spy tv shows they have been reading and watching of late.

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast! Recently we received some intelligence suggesting that two well known Spybrarians and Spy Book bloggers Matthew Bradford and Jeff Quest were  planning a meetup in Los Angeles. So we sent some of our agents to tail them for the day, thankfully they did what every self-respecting Spybrarian would do. They met up and hit some book stores, picking up a stack of first editions and signed copies. Mind you Quest has the knack of discovering signed copies everywhere he goes!!! Then they retired several pubs, to drink some beer and chat spy books. Quest and Bradford are two extremely well read guys when it comes to spy literature, can you imagine being a fly on the wall of that conversation? Well today you can be. One of our agents was able to place a listening device in their vicinity (we can't reveal where, secret tradecraft)  so you can hear Bradford and Quest talking all about the Red Sparrow Trilogy with special focus on The Kremlin's Candidate, the final book of the Red Sparrow trilogy written by ex CIA man Jason Matthews. This is a no holds barred conversation, no kid gloves with this one as you would expect with two Spybrary heavyweights such as Quest and Bradford. -----WARNING----- Our transcribers tell us that whilst the product is gold., there is a spoiler alert towards the last segment. Don't worry the chaps give fair and clear warning,  so if you are like me and you have not read The Kremlin's Candidate yet you can still tune in to this transmission.-------WARNING---- The audio is not studio quality, our engineers have worked on the file and it is intelligible just not crystal clear, occasional background and interference as our targets move from place to place in LA in an effort to evade our tail.  Please send any audio complaints to Q branch and not to us. Seriously though, a big thanks to Jeff Quest and Matthew Bradford for taking the trouble to record this chat for us. I think you will all enjoy it! Fans talking spy books in a bar over a pint? This is quintessential Spybrary!

On today's episode of the Spybrary Spy Podcast, Jeff Quest of Spywrite joins us to reveal the results of our Spybrary Shelf of Fame 2018. Which 7 spy books made it on the shelf? The categories were: Pre Cold War Spy Novels Cold War Spy Books Post Cold War Spy Books. Hit play and listen in as Jeff shares the voting results.   (The books themselves will appear hear soon - we do not want to ruin the suspense before you listen in.) Links and Resources to follow.

  Spybrary Podcast: Episode 34 With Author MICK HERRON!   In this very special episode of the Spybrary Podcast, Shane turns the mic over to special agent David Craggs (from Episode 23) who interviews award-winning British author Mick Herron about his Slough House spy series. Often called ‘the heir to John le Carré,’ Herron’s popularity and critical acclaim has been (rightly) gathering momentum over the past several years. Spybrary is thrilled to bring you this special one-on-one interview of an author who is sure to be at the top of the best-seller lists for decades to come! No spoilers here, so listen away – even if you haven’t read the series. We’re sure you will want to after hearing this!   Press play and hear Mick Herron reveal…   …how and why he shifted from writing crime novels to spy novels. …why ‘failure’ was his inspiration for the series. …why he likes writing from the point of view of flawed, even unlikable, characters. …how real-life events influence his writing. …what is next for the Slough House series. ...how Spybrary contributor Jeff Quest tracked down the actual Slough House (check out the photo of Slough House here!) Plus: Hear Mick read from his latest novel in the Slough House series, London Rules. (Bonus points if you catch the reference to Homer’s Odyssey). A Slough House TV adaptation is in the works: David and Mick discuss potential casting. Shane returns to interrogate Mick in the Quick Fire round – find out the author’s favorite spy novel!

Thriller Author Tim Stevens, the man behind the John Purkiss books talks to Spybrary Today we are joined by a spy author who Jeremy Duns says ‘should be as well known as Lee Child.' Spywrite.com and Spybrary contributor Jeff Quest also gives our guests'  first spy novel 'Ratcatcher' a big thumbs up. (Hear Jeff talk about his favourite spy novels on Episode 008 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast.) The author is Mr Tim Stevens who joins us today to talk about his main spy character John Purkiss who features in a series of 6 spy novels. Tim has self published 16 novels which he has managed to write whilst being a full time practicing physician. He is also married with 3 kids and a cat so listen in as he shares his tips on how to make time for writing and why you should consider self-publishing.   He also announces news on the eagerly awaited 7th Purkiss novel. On Episode 29 of the Spybrary Spy Podcast, author Tim Stevens shares with us What is it about the spy thriller genre that appeals to him. Why Adam Hall and Alistair McLean are some of his favourite authors. How he found John Le Carre's work 'impenetrable' on a first read but grew to appreciate the novels later in life. Which authors have inspired him He talks us through his writing and main characters principally John Purkiss and Joe Venn. How back in the early days, he worked with Jeremy Duns. Both critiquing each others work. Why a book agent suggested he try self-publishing his work Why you should read his John Purkiss books in order, start with Ratcatcher. What advice he has for our listeners who want to write and self publish a book? How he manages his time to write, Tim Stevens is married with 3 kids, is a practicing physician oh and has a cat. Announces news on the much awaited 7th installment of the John Purkiss series. And Much Much More! Enjoyed this episode of Spybrary? Come and talk Spy books and movies with other spy fans in our private Spybrary listeners facebook group