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By SALLY MORRIS Published: 04:40 EDT, 18 September 2026 | Updated: 04:40 EDT, 18 September 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- GREAT GRANNY…

By STEPHANIE CROSS Published: 04:50 EDT, 18 September 2026 | Updated: 04:50 EDT, 18 September 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- DOOM…

Geoffrey's retirement concludes an exemplary 20 year reviewing careerHAVING reviewed crime and thrillers for the Daily Mail for almost 20 years I have quietly decided to stop.It’s been an honour and a privilege to celebrate the…

As usual, Shakespeare got it right. ‘All things be ready, if our minds be so,’ says King Harry in Henry V: when the English are vastly outnumbered by the French forces, he has no doubt what will bring about an English victory on St…

 Autumn Kate Mosse (Hodder £16.99, 160pp)By CONSTANCE CRAIG SMITH Published: 05:00 EDT, 13 September 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 13 September 2026 <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Vladimir Kuzichkin – codename Redwood – was a Russian superspy operating in Iran who secretly switched to the West in the hope that doctors there would find a cure for his sexual impotence. In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, best-selling…

In Saturday's Daily Mail, best-selling author Ben Macintyre began the extraordinary story of the Soviet spy who switched sides in a desperate search for a cure for his sexual impotence. In return he offered a stunning and unprecedented…

Breakfast With Robots by Joel Levy (Michael O’Mara Books £16.99, 224pp)By MARCUS BERKMANN Published: 05:00 EDT, 13 September 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 13 September 2026 <!-- --> <!--…

Dame Barbara Cartland wrote 723 novels. Except she didn’t. Rather than putting pen to paper, Barbara, recumbent on a couch and clutching a lapdog, dictated for hours to a secretary, who took it all down, 7,000 words a session, a book…

By BARRY TURNER Published: 12:00 EDT, 10 September 2026 | Updated: 12:00 EDT, 10 September 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The Franchise…