The Diary of Lies by Philip Miller
The Scottish author Philip Miller has so much on his thoughts. Over the course of three books, he’s constructed a view of post-Brexit, post-coronavirus Nice Britain via the investigative journalism of his heroine, Shona Sandison, that’s gotten darker and extra apocalyptic every time. They’ve all been prescient, however his newest, The Diary of Lies, is probably the most full-throated warning but.
Miller has been in comparison with fellow tartan-noir writers and Mick Herron (of Slow Horses fame) for his jaundiced perspective towards the British authorities and intelligence providers, however the place Herron mocks their absurdity and incompetence, Miller is chilling and doom-laden in his furiously poetic depiction of a as soon as nice civilization going off the rails. This inexperienced and nice land is headed for the dumper, politically, environmentally, and morally, because the shadow of Fascism looms. Addressing this via the framework of crime fiction—laced with surreal doses of Outdated English and Celtic folklore—produces a captivating hybrid that’s Miller’s alone.
