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Raymond Hardie

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Comber, Co Down, N. Ireland, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Thriller

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Raymond Hardie grew up in Donaghadee, N. Ireland. A small fishing town, and the closest port to Scotland, it boasts the country’s oldest pub established in 1610 - a point of contention with every other town in Ireland that also has the oldest pub!  He has had three novels published, Fleet (Hodder & Stoughton, in London), Abyssos (Tor books, New York) and most recently No Man's Land (Endeavour Press, London), a political thriller, set in Los Angeles, Berlin and Washington D.C., during the spring of 1933. He has had a number of plays performed in workshop and onstage, and seven television scripts commissioned by BBC television.  He was the senior editor of Stanford magazine for six years, and founding editor of UC San Diego alumni magazine Tr ...more

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Raymond Hardie I was brought up as a N. Irish Presbyterian. Guilt is a legacy. A curse and a dark inspiration. So I feel increasingly guilty until I can't stand it. …moreI was brought up as a N. Irish Presbyterian. Guilt is a legacy. A curse and a dark inspiration. So I feel increasingly guilty until I can't stand it. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Then I go running or have an IPA. (less)

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Raymond Hardie I'm working on an historic thriller set in Berlin and East Germany in late 1989 and early 1990. A South Bronx detective tries to find his brother's ki…moreI'm working on an historic thriller set in Berlin and East Germany in late 1989 and early 1990. A South Bronx detective tries to find his brother's killer and becomes enmeshed in gangs of former Soviet and East German secret police selling everything they can in order to survive. Target for my first draft is mid fall. (less)

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	No Man's Land 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abyssos 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fleet 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Happy Days Were There Again

A couple of my readers have told me that alcoholic beverages provide a pleasant sub-theme in my recent novel, No Man’s Land. Oh well, you can take the Irishman out of Ireland, but you can’t take Ireland ... you know the rest.

In the first chapter, set in Los Angeles in January 1933, Frank Kelly heads to his regular speakeasy after he is called to the murder scene of a German émigré movie actress. Read more of this blog post »

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