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Oliver Harris's novels to date are The Hollow Man, Deep Shelter, The House of Fame, A Season in Exile - all featuring Detective Constable Nick Belsey - and A Shadow Intelligence, Ascension and The Shame Archive featuring MI6 officer Elliot Kane.

Oliver was born in north London. He has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from UCL, and an MA in creative writing from UEA. His PhD on psychoanalysis and Greek philosophy was published by Routledge in 2016 (Lacan's Return to Antiquity). He currently teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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The Shame Archive

Kane 3 - The Shame Archive - out June 4th.

'Captivating and horrifying at once, a completely plausible evocation of the putrid morass that is the British Establishment and its craven capitulation to Russian money - or indeed, any money. Oliver Harris is squarely in the territory of the greats: Greene and le Carré but also the modern masters, Mick Herron and Adam Brookes. There can be no higher acco Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.94 · 9,100 ratings · 772 reviews · 18 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Shadow Intelligence (Elli...

3.84 avg rating — 2,628 ratings — published 2019 — 18 editions
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Ascension (Elliot Kane, #2)

4.09 avg rating — 2,248 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions
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The Hollow Man (Nick Belsey...

3.77 avg rating — 1,718 ratings — published 2011 — 30 editions
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Deep Shelter (Nick Belsey #2)

3.92 avg rating — 879 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions
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The Shame Archive (Elliot K...

4.28 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions
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The House of Fame (Nick Bel...

3.68 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions
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A Season in Exile (Nick Bel...

4.37 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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An Elliot Kane Thriller 3 B...

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“He felt the pull of investigation and the pull of escape, and swore with frustration.”
Oliver Harris, The Hollow Man

“He was still getting used to befriending people for no purpose.”
Oliver Harris, Ascension

“want peace, prepare for war. Curiously, it seemed most”
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“I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on.
-Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow Man for Crime Time online magazine”
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