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An Edwardian Spy & an Oxford Detective: HB Lyle will be in conversation with Simon Mason at East Oxford bookshop, Caper. Click on link below for tickets, £5. Drink included.

‘A rip-roaring and action-packed derring-do adventure that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun at modern thriller tropes. Highly recommended.’ Irish Independent

Listen to Spybrary Podcast for fantastic review of Spy Hunter. ‘What HB Lyle has done with one of Conan Doyle’s minor characters is nothing short of inspirational.’

Tickets now available for Crime Across the World: J P Delaney, Awais Khan, and Leye Adenle with participating moderator  H B Lyle When: Saturday 2nd September 2023 Where: Capital Crime Writing Festival

1914. Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes’ protegee, suspects a German spy. OUT November 23

Delighted that @lucieabrownlee will be teaching #memoir at Newcastle’s @FaberAcademy https://faberacademy.com/announcing-faber-academy-newcastle/ As well as being a @richardandjudy pick – #LifeAfterDeath was adapted for TV by @georgiapudding

The Year of the Gun – ‘Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child.’ – John Williams, Mail on Sunday The Year of the Gun by HB Lyle Get yours now.

We’re delighted to report that there was a fantastic review for The Year of the Gun in the Financial Times: ‘The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action.

Ben Lyle’s latest Wiggins spy thriller, THE YEAR OF THE GUN, received its first US trade review this week. Publishers Weekly describes it as ‘ebullient’ & ‘swashbuckling’, ‘The myriad historical incidents and figures that stud the story add color’. Hodder will publish on … Continue reading →