I am sorry to see that your roundup of the year’s best thrillers (Review,5 December) makes no mention of Adrian McKinty, whose intelligent, and razor sharp thrillers star a deeply flawed Royal Ulster Constabulary inspector,Sean Duffy. Taut, lean prose and dialogue up there with Elmore Leonard. McKinty has not had the attention he deserves. Gun Street Girl is his latest. If you pick it up, and I guarantee you won’t assign it down.
Chris Mullin
Northumberland• I learned to code in the 1960s,but then we were given problems we could solve, not ones we couldn’t (Should kids learn to code?, and 3 December). It is all very different now,and I’m certain I couldn’t cope. It is probably still true to say that a programmer (we didn’t call ourselves coders) is someone who, if you seek information from them to pass the sugar, and will seek information from you if you want the bowl as well.
Jeanne Warren
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