Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

At the heart of the British State lies a secret to keep which a cabal of shadowy establishment figures is authorised to kill. At the centre of the drama is a family with baggage from the past which has access to the truth and determines to expose it. That provokes a battle of wits among security services on both sides of the Atlantic, with links into Russia, Germany, France and Africa. A gripping narrative taking place in the modern day with a cast of ruthless characters determined to kill their way to victory. Male and female, old and young, engaging yet sinister, none quite what they seem. A sophisticated thriller of unusual pace and power written in an edgy modern style. Over 400 pages.

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Shocking though the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi certainly is in fact, in its grizzly brutality and in the difficulty in getting the Saudi’s to admit the truth, the even bigger worry is the war in Yemen.

Because in Yemen many tens of thousands are already dead, but many more will die and especially many children, unless action is taken now to stop the war, end the blockade and allow critical supplies to reach the trapped civilian population. In other words we can save lives if we bring optimum pressure to bear on the Saudis. We have to do that. Nothing sadly can bring Jamal Khashoggi back to his family and friends, but we can all contribute to saving so many children and innocent civilians leaving theirs. Now is the moment for the government to act.

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Zara Vine is a modern detective with a troubled history. Dubbed the She Wolf, she drives all before her in the search for answers and uncovers crimes of world class horror in Book One. As the youngest Detective Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police she is forced to resign because of an armed response in which an innocent is shot. Her career in tatters, her marriage over and worst of all, the death of her only child, she decides to leap to oblivion from a famous cliff top. Saved by a Samaritan, she self-drives a rebirth and joins the smallest UK Police Force. Initially tasked with Cold Cases, she is called in to solve a series of murders with sinister undertones and national implications.
But who exactly is she? Who are her real masters? What is her agenda? Compelling, taut with emotion, passion and fear, Zara Vine will draw you in and grip you right through to the stunning conclusion. 

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Not really. To paraphrase Churchill, it is not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning. There were no more cuts announced. But there were very few cuts cancelled and many remain in place to kick in. Instead of widely predicted tax rises, there were tax cuts. But the overall package, when the numbers are crunched, benefits the most well off the most and the least well of the least. It is not socially just, but it is socially expedient. Enough has been done to take the heat out of extreme situations without ending them. Public services remain in crisis, short of cash and at their wits end to deliver.

It all sounds good on the airwaves and podcasts, but when the moment comes for the case to be answered on doorsteps up and down the country, it will be found wanting at almost every level. And then there is Brexit. It has gone very quiet on that front.

The calm before the storm?