An Espionage Novel of Iran
Graveyard of
Spies
by James Quinn
Genre: Espionage Thriller, Suspense
An MI6 network betrayed.
A spy on the run.
A Father’s hunt for the truth.
David Harkness, retired MI6 field agent and once a top operative in Tehran, has
been out of the espionage game for decades. Now living in self-imposed exile in
Barcelona, he has cut himself off from the cloak-and-dagger world he once knew.
But when a contact from his past tells him that his daughter has gone missing
in Iran, David is plunged back into a world of conspiracy, double-cross and
espionage.
Set during the maelstrom of 1970’s Pre-Revolutionary Iran and the modern
terrorism war between East and West, James Quinn’s Graveyard of Spies is a
thrilling story of one man’s quest to discover the truth and protect what he
loves the most - no matter what the cost.
“A spy thriller with heart and soul.”
“What a terrific addition to the spy genre”
“If you like political thrillers, you'll love this one.
Once again, James Quinn has penned a terrific tale.”
“An emotionally driven spy story”
“James Quinn continues to show he can really, really
write!”
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WELCOME TO JAMES QUINN’S SPY
GAMES
Do you have an investigative mind?
Can you solve puzzles?
Do you think you have what it takes to be a secret
agent?
If the answer is
YES – then join our spy game and
win a prize.
Over the
next several months we will be leaving
clues on our website that will lead you to a prize located in several
geographical locations around the globe.
The prizes will be left in our carefully selected
Dead Letter Box Drops. For espionage
aficionados knowing what a DLB is should be a prerequisite. A knowledge of
general espionage history is also useful but not necessarily a must.
If you choose to accept this mission, then protocol
dictates that you should check in on our website and social media for the
latest clue updates. Links can be found in the author’s bio following this
post!
The first location
will be announced in late
November followed a few days later by the clues needed to find the DLB.
Good luck to all the fledgling secret agents
taking
part.
James Quinn is the author of the "Gorilla
Grant" series of spy novels including A Game for Assassins, Berlin Reload
and the novella Gorilla Warfare which is currently being developed as a
Hollywood movie. He has also written
the spy story The Fisherman and the short story anthology Clandestine.
A professional intelligence and security consultant, he currently resides in the UK but likes to travel extensively around the globe; partly to research his books and partly for the adventure of it all!
In his spare time he likes to play the drums, learn the guitar and enjoy the finer things in life.
Visit the official James Quinn author website for more information about upcoming projects and events;
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GUEST POST
Five Minutes With James Quinn; Q&A
What is something unique/quirky about you?
I’m a mimic. I can replicate accents and voices. I also have this skill where I can remember a face and where I know it from, sort of a Human Facial Recognition System. My kids used to say I probably should have been a mutant X-Man!!
What are some of your pet peeves?
Tailgating on the motorway – in fact anyone that drives dangerously. Oh and noisy people in the cinema...GRRRRR..
If you knew you'd die tomorrow, how would you spend your last day?
Oh with all my family and friends, holding each other, laughing, eating and drinking the best wines – preferably on a beach somewhere!
Who is your hero and why?
My Kids. Its a lame answer I know, but honestly they just are completely fantastic and inspiring to me. I’ve met my hero’s in the past and I’ve found them wanting. Although if Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day popped round for a coffee that would be cool – I feel that we would be great friends.
What are you passionate about these days?
Travel. I love to travel. Sometimes with work, sometimes to research a book, but mainly just to travel and see and experience new and exciting things. More recently I’ve been passionate about music. I can play the drums but I’m also learning how to play the guitar.
How do you find time to write as a parent?
These days its not too bad as my children are older and teenagers. But when I was writing my first book it was a nightmare!! I was working, a single parent and trying to get a story published. It was about finding a balance and an awful lot of late nights once the children had gone to bed.
Describe yourself in 5 words or less!
Intelligent. Cultured. Gentleman. Personable. Modest ;)
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
Honestly I think it only really hit home when I received my first Five Star review from a complete stranger. Up until that point none of it was real.
Do you have a favorite movie?
I hate this question because I can never answer it. Its like saying which of your children is the best. It’s unfair. I have lots of favourite movies but to pick one would be unfair to the rest of them. I love cinema and movies of all denominations.
Which of your novels can you imagine made into a movie?
Well….at the moment an L.A. movie production company is working on a version of my Gorilla Grant novella, “Gorilla Warfare.” It’s very exciting and flattering, but I’m realistic about it. I know many movie developments fold, but if nothing else its a cute after dinner story for the future. Of all of my books Gorilla Warfare would make a great intro movie to the character. It’s the story of Gorilla being hired to take out a Glaswegian Crime Family in the early 1980’s. It’s a very bloody and violent revenge drama!
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
I haven’t really. I don’t tend to do that. Probably the closest I’ve been is when I visited the Dante Aligheri museum and tomb in Florence several years ago. It was actually quite moving, you can see the church where Beatrice was buried.
As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
That’s easy – the Raven. They are the spies of mythology. They are always, always watching……
What is your next project?
Well next year – 2025 – is the 10th Anniversary of the release of my first book, A Game for Assassins. It introduced my main character, they spy/assassin Gorilla Grant.
I’d pretty much rounded up the Gorilla Grant stories with the final book – Berlin Reload – but I was persuaded to bring Gorilla out of retirement for one last mission for the anniversary. The book will be called Assassini and will be set in Sicily in 1965. I’m looking forward to it.
After that I have a future character planned which I’m very excited about. I don’t want to give too much away but I think it will be something unique to the spy/espionage genre. Hopefully that too will be out in 2025.
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