Here is a debut novel. This is Argylle, a new spy thriller written by Elly Conway, now a motion picture starring lots of pretty people. The film is about a struggling writer who inadvertently exposes an international conspiracy in the plot of her book and the shenanigans that follow. The film stars Henry Cavill as …
I am a sucker for historical fiction based on fact, particularly if it involves World War II. Add to that mix, people who make their living dealing with books, such as booksellers and librarians and I will jump on the book. Alan Hlad has written just such a book. The title is The Book Spy. It …
[Talk about] whiplash style plotting! Cara Black returns with Night Flight to Paris, her second Kate Rees WWII novel. Rees, a one-time spy who left the service to teach sharpshooting to Scots, is yanked back into the game when she is tasked with assassinating a high-ranking German operative who could spoil the Allies’ plans for …
When FDR declared war in 1941, a plot was set in motion that could rock the world. Unknown to many, German agents were in the U.S. One of them – Martin Browning – had a mission to go to D.C. and assassinate FDR during the lighting of the national Christmas tree. And as it turns …
Adolf Hitler has been chancellor of Germany for only four weeks, when on February 27, 1933, the Reichstag—home of the parliament in Berlin—suddenly bursts into flames. The Nazis promptly blame unruly communists, and in response suspend civil liberties throughout the country. Caught up in the ensuing escalation of lies, divisiveness, and bigotry is John Russell, …
There is just something about history that draws me in, and this novel was no different. I have read many books about World War II, but I especially loved this one as it focused on three women codebreakers at Bletchley Park. The Rose Code deals with two time periods, the first starting 1940 and the …
Jon Reznick is former Special Forces, CIA “black ops,” and current FBI. consultant. Sometimes his ops are “on the books;” other times he operates outside formal control. He lives in Rockland, Maine. He operates worldwide. He usually is a loner but he has resources. Among his resources in this story are Martha Meyerstein, Assistant Director …
“I wanted people to get a good laugh out of it,” le Carré says of his new, 25th novel. Maybe I’m the wrong kind of reader; I didn’t chuckle even once, but I still enjoyed this meticulously crafted spy novel suffused with politics of all sorts. Protagonist Anatoly—“Nat” for short—is a middle-aged veteran of Britain’s …
In October 2019, I discovered the books of author Leo J. Maloney. His first book featuring superspy Dan Morgan is Termination Orders. His series is now at nine books and counting. The author himself is a thirty-year veteran of private contractor black operations so he knows his subject quite well. Dan Morgan, A.K.A Cobra, has retired …
This book was recommended to me by a trusted source. The source was right. I was not familiar with the writings of Chris Pavone, but now I am a fan. The Expats is set in Luxembourg, primarily, but takes the reader to Paris, Geneva, New York City and Washington, D.C. The primary “good guys” are …
