The tradition of thriller writing should never be allowed to die, not least because we are better at it than anyone else in the world.

- Jeffery Archer

 

From Wilkie Collins to John Buchan, Eric Ambler to Hammond Innes, Ian Fleming to Alistair MacLean, and from Len Deighton to Frederick Forsyth, the British thriller is one of the richest traditions in world literature.

But in the last decade the British thriller has fallen into a sad decline. The market has been colonised by production line American thriller writers.

The likes of James Patterson, Dan Brown and John Grisham have taken over the market.

The Curzon Group is dedicated to reviving the traditions of Buchan, Fleming, MacLean and Forsyth, bringing the British thriller bursting back to life in the twenty-first century.

Formed by Matt Lynn, the author of the military thriller 'Death Force': Martin Baker, the author of the financial thriller 'Meltdown': Alan Clements, the author of the political thriller 'Rogue Nation, The Curzon Group is dedicated to Five Principles:

1.    That the first duty of any book is to entertain.
2.    That a book should reflect the world around it.
3.    That thrilling, popular fiction doesn't follow formulas.  
4.    That every story should be an adventure for both the writer and the reader.
5.    That stylish, witty, and insightful writing can be combined with edge-of-the seat excitement.
At its best, British thriller writing combined pace, humour, drama and insight to create stories that were of their moment yet timeless: that could capture a snapshot of history, yet could keep reader awake for half the night. Through competitions, promotions, publicity, talks, and, most of all, through our own writing, The Curzon Group is dedicated to restoring its finest traditions.

Matt Lynn is the author of the military thriller 'Death Force', published by Headline. 'Matt Lynn's novel is up there with the finest that Andy McNab or Chris Ryan have ever penned' wrote the News of The World. As a financial journalist, Matt is a columnist for Bloomberg, as well as a regular contributor to The Spectator.

Martin Baker is a novelist, biographer and screenwriter. His the author of the financial thriller 'Meltdown', published by MacMillan, the first of a trilogy. 'His account of the enormous, calculated play that gives the book its name is compelling and more importantly, utterly convincing," said the Evening Standard. He is married to Nicola Horlick.

Alan Clements is the director of content at Scottish Television and an experienced television producer. He is the author of 'Rogue Nation', an explosive new political thriller set in 2014, published by Mainstream. He is married to the television presenter Kirsty Wark.