R.N. Morris

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R.N. Morris

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R. N. Morris's most recent book is the historical novel, Fortune's Hand.

He is the author of the St Petersburg Mysteries Series featuring Porfiry Petrovich, the detective from Dostoevsky's masterpiece Crime and Punishment: A Gentle Axe, A Vengeful Longing, A Razor Wrapped in Silk and The Cleansing Flames.

He also wrote the Silas Quinn series, set in London in 1914: Summon Up The Blood, The Mannequin House, The Dark Palace, The Red Hand of Fury, The White Feather Killer and The Music Box Enigma.

He has written a standalone dystopian thriller, Psychotopia and, writing as Roger Morris, the contemporary thriller Taking Comfort.
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The Gentle Axe (Porfiry Pet...

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A Vengeful Longing (Porfiry...

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Summon Up The Blood (Silas ...

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Cover Story picks up a Mole

In a previous post, I mentioned that my new novel Cover Story had been picked by spy fiction superfan and journalist Tim Shipman as one of his top reads of 2025. Now Tim has gone one further, awarding the book a coveted Mole in his annual awards, The Golden Moles. It picked up Bronze Mole …

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