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Nigel Code

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Nigel brings a fresh series of mystery novels with the David Hammond books, exploring if perhaps there is some truth behind beliefs in hauntings after all, if you scrape away the hysteria and fantasy. Having studied sciences before working in industry, he is now a researcher and scriptwriter for science programmes. Rarely without a book to hand when not writing, he has a deep love for the English language, its history and varieties, and all the many accents that make it so interesting. He lives in the North East of England, overlooking a restless sea.

Nigel has written seven books in the David Hammond collection, starting with The Gate in the Shadows. The eighth is now making its way onto paper. These chart David's unusual career from 2006 ...more

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A perfect rendition of the le Carré style, as if the man had written it himself. George Smiley captured as distantly and enigmatic as ever, with a story that took me right back to 1963, before I was born, to a world very different to ours. I can say ...more
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I have been saving this one for a while, something special from the master of the English ghost story. What a disappointment. I have no idea why people rate these stories so highly, possibly because it seems 'cool' to like something merely because it ...more
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First of all, this gets a 5 star review on Amazon, but for some barking mad reason that means 4 star on here. A thoroughly enjoyable read. I had to ration this to reading a few chapters each night to make it last, but could quite happily have immerse ...more
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