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Vaughan Humphries

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Born

in Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Biography

Influences

John le Carré
Alan Bennett
Kazuo Ishiguro ...more

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Vaughan Humphries was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and has spent most of his adult life in Oxfordshire, England - where the countryside is quieter than the politics, and institutions tend to outlast the people who run them.

He is the author of Stone the Crows, a literary espionage trilogy published in 2026. Set against the procedural textures of English civic life, the trilogy follows Tom Harding, a mid-level government contractor who finds himself gradually, undramatically, and entirely credibly at the edge of something he cannot name. The three movements - The Tethered Man, The Useful Idiot, and Beneath the Surface - form a single complete novel. Readers drawn to the restrained intelligence of John le Carré, the observational warmth of ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 29 ratings · 10 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Like a Shag on a Rock (A Man in Flight, #0) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man (A Man in Flight Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Grumpy Young Man: the incoherent mutterings of a humanitarian misanthrope it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	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
	Stone the Crows: The Useful Idiot (A Man in Flight Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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
	Stone the Crows: Beneath the Surface (A Man in Flight Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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On writing a spy novel where nothing explodes

I've been asked a few times now what kind of spy novel Stone the Crows is, and the honest answer is: the kind where the most alarming thing that happens is a committee meeting that runs slightly over time.

Tom Harding, the central figure of the trilogy, is not a spy in any conventional sense. He's a mid-level government contractor who takes an outreach role in a quiet Oxfordshire market town and fi

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Vaughan Humphries made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Edition update / withdrawn editions topic " PS - you'd think, given Amazon owns Goodreads outright, that their own documentation wouldn't contradict itself like this. Clearly a wider gap between ...more "
Aug 30, 2026 03:38AM
Vaughan Humphries made a comment on Lesley Scott’s review of Like a Shag on a Rock " So glad Tom came across as someone worth rooting for - that's exactly what I was hoping for. And you weren't wrong about Janice: she needed more going ...more "
Aug 28, 2026 07:54AM · see review
Vaughan Humphries made a comment on Whistler's Mom’s review of Like a Shag on a Rock " Ha - glad the title mystery got solved by the end! Thank you for such a thoughtful read - the note about the back half losing its shape stuck with me ...more "
Aug 28, 2026 07:49AM · see review
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Vaughan Humphries liked Akhila Saroha's review of Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man (A Man in Flight Book 1): "Most horror stories rely on monsters hiding in the dark, but Vaughan Humphries’ “Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man” uncovers a far more realistic terror hidden within the fluorescent glow of middle management and polite civil service. Introducing the" Read more of this review »
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Vaughan Humphries liked Abigail L.'s review of Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man (A Man in Flight Book 1): "Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man is the kind of book that slips under your skin by degrees, trading big spectacle for a slow, unnerving sense that something is wrong long before anyone says so aloud. Tom Harding is an excellent guide into this world" Read more of this review »
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Vaughan Humphries made a comment on Sue’s review of Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man (A Man in Flight Book 1) " > Thank you, Sue. "One polite conversation at a time" is exactly the kind of trouble Tom tends to find himself in. Really glad it landed. ...more "
Jun 28, 2026 08:59AM · see review
Vaughan Humphries liked Sue's review of Stone the Crows: The Tethered Man (A Man in Flight Book 1): "This is one of those books where almost nothing looks dramatic on the surface, yet I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was watching someone drift into trouble one polite conversation at a time. The Tethered Man takes ordinary things—train rides, loca" Read more of this review »
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