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David Holman

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Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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David lives in rural Kent, England and is a Lecturer of English. He is married with three daughters. David also writes for an international aviation related hobby magazine and is a reporter for his local newspaper. David has written seven novels in the Alex Swan Spy Thriller series which has been dubbed by The Big Thrill magazine as “A Cold War Sherlock Holmes”

His favourite authors of this particular genre are Frederick Forsyth, Charles Cumming, John Le Carre, Len Deighton and Robert Harris. His other chosen authors from other genres include Peter James, and Ian Rankin. For sheer escapism, David loves to re-visit the classics with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and Alexander Dumas as his go to authors. However, David has said that he w ...more

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	The Alex Swan Spy Thrillers Books 1-6 (Alex Swan Mysteries #1-6) 4.35 avg rating — 111 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
	Wings of Death (Alex Swan Mysteries #2) 3.92 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Countdown to Terror (Alex Swan Mysteries #3) 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Island of Fear (Alex Swan Mysteries #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Tracks of Betrayal (Alex Swan Mysteries #6) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Spears of Defiance (Alex Swan Mysteries #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020	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 Alex Swan Mysteries: Wings of Death / Countdown to Terror / Island of Fear (Alex Swan Mysteries #2-4) 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
	Flames of Thunder (Alex Swan Mysteries #1) 3.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Secret Santa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Secret Santa - A Cold War tale of 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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I was recently interviewed for the Big Thrill magazine on my latest Alex Swan thriller, Spears of Defiance - you can check it out on this link.

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A Divided Spy (Thomas Kell, #3)

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Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed

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