Author
Rennie Airth
Rennie Airth is the South-African-born British novelist behind the John Madden interwar mystery series (River of Darkness, The Dead of Winter, The Reckoning, The Death of Kings, The Decent Inn of Death). A former Reuters foreign correspondent, he writes one Madden novel every three to five years.
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Years active
1969-1999
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Once A Spy
by Rennie Airth
Rennie Airth's 1981 standalone, before he became known for John Madden. South African anti-apartheid intelligence thriller with weight.
River Of Darkness
by Rennie Airth
The first John Madden mystery. Post-WWI English countryside, a returning detective, and a serial killer whose methods come straight from the trenches.
Snatch
by Rennie Airth
Airth's 1969 debut. Kidnapping in Greece. The first book of a writer still finding his form.
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The first John Madden mystery. Post-WWI English countryside, a returning detective, and a serial killer whose methods come straight from the trenches.
Rennie Airth's 1981 standalone, before he became known for John Madden. South African anti-apartheid intelligence thriller with weight.
Airth's 1969 debut. Kidnapping in Greece. The first book of a writer still finding his form.