Alan Montague

Meet the memoir man

Roy Moëd helps people to write their life stories — it’s life-affirming, he says

Lord Dyson, ex-Master of the Rolls: My bags are metaphorically packed

The man who was the second most senior judge in England and Wales tells the JC: 'We do very occasionally wonder if we had to go, where we would go'

Book review: Run You Down

This thriller sequel comes at the wrong time in the series, but still works well as a mystery set in the Strictly Orthodox world

Book review: The Sentence is Death

The second book in the modern-day Sherlock Holmes series by Anthony Horowitz is no regulation mystery

Book review: The Aladdin Trial

Alan Montague recommends the return of a crime thriller duo

Book review: Conviction

Julia Dahl's thriller has a Jewish heroine and a compelling plot

Blood on the Page

A different kind of crime thriller intrigues Alan Montague

Book review: District VIII by Adam LeBor

Foreign correspondent Adam LeBor has crafted a good - if slow - thriller, says Alan Montague

Book review: The Word is Murder

Alan Montague enjoys Anthony Horowitz's latest novel — which features a character called Anthony Horowitz

Trumpeting out loud

Sam Bourne (aka Jonathan Freedland) doesn't actually mention the current occupant of the Oval Office in his new thriller 'To Kill the President', but we know who he means

VI Warshawski goes to Kansas

Sara Paretsky's PI heroine is still a refreshing read, 18 books on, says Alan Montague

Shin Bet story that evokes John le Carré