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Gordon Smart

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Australia

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Genre

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Influences

Jo Nesbø, Denise Mina, Stieg Larsson, Ian Rankin, Philip Kerr, Robert ...more

Member Since

December 2018

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Gordon was born in Brisbane, Australia and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied English at Aberdeen University and taught English in secondary schools for over twenty years in Glasgow, Perth (Australia) and Clydebank before working as an adviser in education. He lives in the west end of Glasgow with his family. His interests include reading, music, politics and films. The locations in his writing will be familiar to Glaswegians. His debut novel, A Rendezvous with Death was published in August 2017. The sequel, The Deadly Shadows was published in November 2018. The third book in the series, Death of an Angel, was published in June 2020.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 47 ratings · 4 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Rendezvous with Death (Di Shazia Khan Series, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 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
	The Deadly Shadows (Di Shazia Khan Series, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 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
	Death of an Angel (Di Shazia Khan Series, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 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
	Deception 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
	The DI Khan Trilogy: A Rendezvous with Death; The Deadly Shadows; Death of an Angel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Deception

Just published my fourth book, Deception! Very pleased to have managed this despite having a lot of issues to deal with including serious family illness. Hopefully it will be well received and I'll get some positive feedback!

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Gordon Smart rated a book really liked it The Information by Martin Amis	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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High smith has the knack of enmeshing you in the mind of psychopaths which is quite a talent. The main character, Vic, is a weird guy, of course, with his pet snails, but she makes him a sufficiently sympathetic character for most of the book that we ...more
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Gordon Smart and 294 other people liked Robin's review of Deep Water: "THIS, friends, is my happy place. Judge me if you will. Go ahead. It makes me happy to sink into a story like this. Yes, HAPPY. Domestic, brooding drama that slowly burns until the tension is suffocating and release can only come about with... murder." Read more of this review »
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High smith has the knack of enmeshing you in the mind of psychopaths which is quite a talent. The main character, Vic, is a weird guy, of course, with his pet snails, but she makes him a sufficiently sympathetic character for most of the book that we ...more
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Gordon Smart rated a book really liked it The Taper Man: A Novel of John le Carré's Circus by Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author)	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
I enjoyed Nick Harkaway’s previous attempt at continuing his father’s series in Karla’s Choice, and this one is another fine addition to the world of George Smiley. I’m a big fan of Le Carre and it must be a daunting task to take on something so icon ...more
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Gordon Smart and 63 other people liked Melindam's review of The Golden Bowl: "ETA: Well, Henry James was either a freaking genius totally beyond the praise or criticism of lowly, unworthy readers, like yours truly OR a self-indulgent, pompous ass and I, for one, am still yearning for a chance to be able to travel back in tim" Read more of this review »
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