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Welcome to my blog...
From time to time I'll be posting here but you can also catch up with me on most of the social media platforms and I look forward to see you there! The links are at the bottom of the page.


A brilliant breathless read from start to finish
If you only read one crime thriller this year, maybe this should be the one. The pace, the tension - and the body count - don't let up...
rogercorke
6 days ago1 min read
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Flying away
Like millions of others, I am leaving X to join Bluesky. We all know why, don't we, Elon?
rogercorke
Mar 131 min read
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A brilliant page-turner
Just finished reading The Twelfth Floor by the brilliant Michelle Kidd - the first Jack MacIntosh mystery I’ve read but certainly not the...
rogercorke
Mar 71 min read
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'tis the season to be jolly...
...so here's a jolly Yuletide gift from Diamond Books. They've made my debut thriller, Deadly Protocol , available on Kindle for just 99p...
rogercorke
Dec 12, 20241 min read
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Killing time...
If you don’t subscribe to the Mystery People ezine, now’s the time! The latest edition includes my review of the recent Chiltern Kills ...
rogercorke
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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A spellbinding page-turner and a real story for our times
Just finished reading City on Fire by Graham Bartlett. What a humdinger this thriller is! His years at the sharp end of policing shine...
rogercorke
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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A brilliant crime thriller like no other
I’ve been reading Paul Durston’s fantastic debut crime thriller If I Were Me - a brilliant read. It’s not a police procedural, though...
rogercorke
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Yuletide book bargain
As the season of goodwill will soon be upon us, those nice people at Diamond Books have decided to sell my debut crime thriller,...
rogercorke
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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100+ Amazon reviews!
I'm thrilled that #DeadlyProtocol has received more than 100 reviews on Amazon within two months of being published - 85% of them...
rogercorke
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Superbly paced thriller
Just finished reading the Trap, the new thriller by the queeen of spy fiction, Ava Glass. What I loved about this book is the brilliant...
rogercorke
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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#1 review from an Amazon #1 author!
Thanks to the wonderful Tina Baker for a wonderful review of Deadly Protocol! for the next month, you can buy it on Kindle for just 99p!
rogercorke
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Christmas comes early...
Get the ultimate medical thriller #DeadlyProtocol  on Kindle for a month at just 99p here https://amzn.to/3z4uj38
rogercorke
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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A tempting offer
Just received a tempting offer from @Waterstones  - a signed copy of Boris Johnson's new book. "I hope it's going into the crime fiction...
rogercorke
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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Mesmerising
#TheAftermath, the latest thriller from DCI Jones creator PaulGitsham, is mesmerising! I was gripped from the first page to the last...
rogercorke
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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Honoured...
...that that leading crime fiction reviewer Veronika Jordan has chosen Deadly Protocol as one of her top ten books of the year! You can...
rogercorke
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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'It's a gem of a book'...
...‘brilliantly plotted’, ‘a compelling read’ and ‘not to be missed’ says much-respected crime reviewer Lizzie Sirett about...
rogercorke
Oct 4, 20241 min read
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Hear all about Deadly Protocol on the Hobcast podcast!
My thanks to Rebecca Collins and Adrian Hobart for inviting me onto this week's Hobcast Book Show to talk about Deadly Protocol. You can...
rogercorke
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Great news!
Deadly Protocol has achieved a total of 50 Amazon reviews just two weeks after launch - 44 of them five stars! Please keep those reviews...
rogercorke
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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The verdict on Deadly Protocol...
... from one of Britain’s best-selling crime writers, Felix Francis. You can order #DP here on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3z4uj38
rogercorke
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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What a belter!
Every single review of #DeadlyProtocol  on the blog tour organised by Heather Fitt has been an absolute belter! Thank you reviewers and...
rogercorke
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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