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Leigh Turner

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Born

The United Kingdom

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https://rleighturner.com

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Genre

Thriller, Science Fiction, Memoir

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Lee Child, Anthony Trollope, Bernard Cornwell, PG Wodehouse, Mo Hayder ...more

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Leigh Turner is a former British ambassador to Ukraine and Austria. His career took him to Vienna, Moscow, Kyiv, Berlin, Hong Kong, Washington D.C., St Helena, Buenos Aires, Beijing, Tokyo, Samarkand, Istanbul and Las Vegas. In Berlin, he took four years off diplomacy to look after his two children and become a travel writer for “The Financial Times”.

Leigh's latest book is LESSONS IN DIPLOMACY: POLITICS, POWER AND PARTIES, published by Bristol University Press in September 2024. His other books include Berlin thriller BLOOD SUMMIT, Istanbul thriller PALLADIUM, speculative comedy thriller ETERNAL LIFE and the black comedy collection, SEVEN HOTEL STORIES. ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 183 ratings · 63 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties 4.44 avg rating — 48 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
	Palladium by Leigh Turner (Goodreads Author), Robert Pimm (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — 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
	Blood Summit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to Diplomacy - Wie Diplomatie die Welt erklärt 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2023	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
	Eternal Life by Leigh Turner (Goodreads Author), Robert Pimm (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 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
	Seven Hotel Stories 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Mr Smith Sees Red: "Hotel Stories" No. 11 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Sausages: "Hotel Stories" No. 8 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The White Blouse: "Hotel Stories" No. 4 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Seven More Hotel Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Patagonia to Costa Rica 3: Ecuador

My #patrica (Patagonia to Costa Rica) trip reaches Ecuador, featuring Quito, the Cotopaxi volcano, and the Galapagos Islands.

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If you rate a book by its ideas, this is a masterpiece. A world of unknown unknowns, heroic scientists battling to save humanity, and lost memories, "TINAMD" delivers. There's a lot of zany humour, too, at least in the first half: the author describe ...more
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“The Lying Guest” is, simply, a great read. We all can identify with the narrator, the exhausted, overworked surgeon, Anika, whose patient dies on a British operating table. Anika’s scapegoating, disgrace and suspension for the patient’s death is the ...more
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This was my second Jess O'Malley mystery (after "A Diet of Death" - also excellent). Jess is a splendid creation: always inquisitive, meticulous to the point of obsession, and with a pleasingly rich and varied love life. The way she pursues every clu ...more
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This was my second Ally Dymond thriller (after the excellent "Breakneck Point") and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The mystery of a death on "Liars Island" is pleasingly puzzling, with a rich cast of characters and plenty of violent weather. Ally is a real ...more
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