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Publication date 13 October 2011

Review of Icelight, by Peter Millar, The Times

..enjoyable as time travel ...Riveting stuff ..

Icelight is available for order from Amazon and Waterstones and Goldsboro

> Q & A for Icelight

> Extract from Icelight

Washington Shadow
Available from Amazon,Waterstones
and Goldsboro. Download from Amazon .

> Q & A for Washington Shadow

> Extract from Washington Shadow

Maze of Cadiz
Available from Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Waterstones, and Goldsboro. Download from Amazon .

> Q & A for The Maze of Cadiz

> Extract from The Maze of Cadiz

Reviews of Icelight

Barry Forshaw, Good Book Guide: "The Peter Cotton series by Aly Monroe is proving to be absolutely unmissable ... her protagonist a truly fascinating creation. .. Monroe ably conjures up a world of murder and double dealing in prose that is more finely judged than is to be found in most genre fiction."

Norman Price, Crime Scraps Review: “a glimpse into a murky world of post war intrigue .... the Peter Cotton series is getting better and better”.. Read more..

Declan Burke, the Irish Times: “ The stately pace and avuncular tone belie Monroe’s capacity to generate tension and momentum from the most innocuous of incidents .... foreshadows... famous incidents in the cold-war years”.. Read more..

Terry Halligan, Eurocrime: “ a wonderfully atmospheric book ... illuminates the murky world of espionage a joy to read and a real page turner ”.. Read more..

Jessica Mann, the Literary Review: “Monroe recreates the atmosphere of the time brilliantly ... an original novel, and its people and places are so well described that I was gripped from start to finish”..

Peter Millar, The Times: ...enjoyable as time travel ...Riveting stuff ..

Jeremy Jehu, The Telegraph: confirms Aly Monroe’s genius for creating tension ... commercial writing’s rarest beast – a gloriously defiant individualist.. Read more..

John O’Connell, The Guardian: Monroe is terrific at evoking this cheerless, half-starved world.. Read more..

Chris Brocklebank, London Festival Fringe: The suspense is inextricably tied up with the weight of post-war paranoia and prejudice .... Steeped in a palpably awful shabbiness, pickled in austerity and shrouded in slimy yellow fog, Monroe’s sense of post-war London is astonishingly good .. Read more..

Gwen Moffatt, Shots Crime & Thriller Ezine: In a season of bad news, of graft, rendition and torture conducted implicitly on our behalf, Icelight carries significance in every timely phrase.. Read more..

Milo’s Rambles: ... wonderfully evocative and intelligent narrative ... characterisation is incredibly well thought out ... An incredibly accomplished author, Monroe pulls you in from the start ... Evocative and captivating this is one spy thriller I’ll want to read again .. Read more..

Falcata Times : .. will set the standard for future releases from other authors as she walk’s the path of established Spy Thrillers, not just with reckless abandon but with her own sure footed comprehension as to what the modern reader wants. Definitely an uthor to watch.. Read more..

Mike Ripley on ICELIGHT: ...Once again, Monroe’s research is spot on and she paints her supporting cast with so many shades of grey that it makes a John Le Carré novel look positively straightforward. This is wonderfully atmospheric, if chilling stuff; so chilling it makes you want to turn on that forbidden second bar on your electric fire...

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