Review of William Ryan’s “The Holy Thief”
There is a great book club in my native Wales, called CardiffRead. They meet once a month and communicate electronically in between. This month they are reading William Ryan’s The Holy Thief...
View ArticleInterview with William Ryan
William Ryan, author of The Holy Thief, was born in London in 1965 and attended Trinity College, Dublin. He practiced briefly as a barrister before completing his master’s in creative writing at St....
View ArticleDetecting Crime in a Police State: Fact and Fiction, Quotes
Reading William Ryan’s The Holy Thief and getting to know Captain Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Division set me to thinking about the role of a police detective in a...
View ArticleReview of William Ryan’s “The Bloody Meadow”
“What will William Ryan do with Korolev’s dilemma, as the 30s in the Soviet Union grind on into more and more terrible times?” This was the question I asked at the end of my recent review of William...
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