Quick! Name an impossible mission…

…getting Rachel to do a blog post on time. 

Just in case you have forgot about me (it has been a while, thanks R), I am Adam and you have a subscription to hearing my thoughts and opinions on who knows what every so often. 

I reckon in the last few months I’ve missed a couple of special occasions, but let me start by saying a belated Happy Birthday – no, not to you – but to the late Dashiell Hammett. A pioneer, the creator of hard-boiled detective fiction such as The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key. Lately, I have been diving back into his greatest work and the often Woodhousian levels of wit displayed by fellow Noirist, Raymond Chandler. This has proved to be a valuable use of my spare time, whilst spending the rest editing my latest book and getting ready to immerse myself back into Kilchester to write the ending…

Speaking of other impossible missions, Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning came out and we went to see it at IMAX. Tom Cruise introduced it on screen – it was good of him to make the journey to the North East (I assume it was live from within the cinema). 

No spoilers for the film (lucky for you). But I will say, endings are difficult to do and…it was incredible, if not perfect. Maybe I’ll aim for incredible for my ending. Perfect is probably subjective. More likely I’ll just try to remember the final full stop. That would probably be good. 

Another birthday (technically anniversary) coming up is that seminal masterpiece The Dali Deception. Violet & co’s very first outing is turning NINE tomorrow! While you wait for me to finish the next one why not check it out again on your kindle, through your ear goggles or on that most quaint of medium’s – paper.

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