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Month: January 2016

Spy Games by Adam Brookes review

January 31, 2016 Jack Esponage, Thriller

Last year one of my favourite books was the debut spy thriller by Adam Brookes titled Night Heron. It was set in modern-day China and dealt with a British journalist Philip Mangan who became embroiled

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Real Tigers by Mick Herron review

January 31, 2016 Jack Esponage, Thriller

Real Tigers by Nick Herron is the third novel in the author’s Slough House series. The books are about disgraced MI5 agents who are sent to work in a building called Slough House. There they

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Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews bargain

January 30, 2016 Jack Esponage, Thriller

Just a quick alert to say that I found the new hardback of Palace of Treason (that I previewed before) in Asda for just £5. The book is only £10 to begin with so it

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First Response by Stephen Leather review

January 17, 2016 Jack Thriller

Last year when I reviewed Stephen Leather’s latest Dan Shepherd book I mentioned that I’d like to see the author tackle a terrorist plot and security response in realtime for a whole book: “As noted

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The Madagaskar Plan by Guy Saville review

January 10, 2016 Jack Alternate History, Historical, Thriller

The Madagaskar Plan by Guy Saville is the follow up to his first novel The Africa Reich that came out in 2011. That book was an alternate history work set in 1952, twelve years on

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The Night Manager by John le Carre TV Tie-In

January 1, 2016 Jack Esponage, Thriller

The BBC’s adaptation of John le Carre’s 1993 novel The Night Manager is to be broadcast in February. Ahead of it we can look forward to a new TV Tie-in edition from penguin books which

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No Mortal Thing by Gerald Seymour out now

January 1, 2016 Jack Crime, Thriller

No Mortal Thing, the new novel by Gerald Seymour has its official publication date on 7 January 2016. However yesterday I did see hardback copies for sale in my local branch of Tesco for £9.

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Death is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh review

January 1, 2016 Jack Mystery, Thriller

Death is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh is the second of the author’s Plague Times trilogy. The first instalment was titled A Lovely Way to Burn. I had not read the first book but

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