Michael Marshall - The Intruders Michael Marshall is an author I have a lot of time for. He lives in North London and used to write under the name Michael Marshall Smith for those of you who were not aware. He wrote a novel under the name M.M.Smith in 2008 before reverting back to Michael Marshall. 'The Intruders' has been nominated for the Steel Dagger Literary award. Published by Harper Collins who now mix there sources to make books to save trees working with controlled forests and other sources. Why Did I read this book? I was given a hardback copy of this novel in 2008 by my Mother for my birthday. Due ...  Read the complete review

I found this book totally randomly. It was on the table at the library and I picked it up to flick through and ended up renting it out. I'd not heard of Michael Marshall before, I think he's a fairly new writer. Outline of the story: Jack Whalen is an ex police officer living with his wife Amy. Life is simple, Amy working for an adverstising company, and Jack trying to work on a book about crime, when an old school friend of Jacks comes into his life with an array of issues, asking for Jacks help. Jack turns him down, but when his wife Amy goes missing on a routing business trip, he heads to Seattle to look for her and ends up being pulled into his ...  Read the complete review

Ex LAPD cop, Jack Whalen, is struggling to put together a companion piece to the book of crime scene photographs he's just written when an old school friend turns up out of the blue seeking his help on a law case. Jack turns him down but soon after discovers his wife has gone missing whilst on a routine business trip to Seattle. Heading there with the intention of trying to locate her, Jack finds himself reluctantly getting drawn into his old school friend's problems despite himself when it turns out his wife is connected with a mysterious boarded up building that has to do with his friend's law case. A series of brutal slayings also has it's links and slowly ...  Read the complete review