I just finished his mammoth (724 pages) WWII thriller, The Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva, who has been favorably compared to Ken Follett and Robert Harris as a writer of spy fiction. The story takes place in the U.S., U.K. and Germany from the late 1930s to the landings in Normandy. Some of the characters—Winston Churchill and German spymaster Admiral William Canaris—are …
Jack Higgins has been writing since 1959 but it was 1975’s bestseller The Eagle Has Landed that launched his reputation. He has written 35 mysteries and thrillers using the names Harry Patterson, James Graham, Martin Fallon and Hugh Marlowe and 25 more under the name Jack Higgins. Higgins, et al., is a very good storyteller and …
“When I read this book I was not a baseball fan—didn’t understand the allure. But after reading this WWII-set novel, I finally undstood what it means to fans. A wonderful coming-of-age novel with dashes of the “Frankenstein” myth, Brittle Innings is a must for baseball fans (or not).” —Vlad, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, …
“I love novels set in the Home Front during World War II (as readers of my Staff Faves know) and this one, which takes place (partially) during the London Blitz, has become one of my favorites. Kate Morton writes excellent historical novels whose plots are driven by a mystery from the past that characters in …
For the last couple of years I have been reading reviews of Paris-set mysteries by Cara Black. The other day while searching a bookstore for books by another author (not found), I came across Black’s books.
