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Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein
Product info (from Goodreads): A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale. My impressions: Do you think superwealthy people love … Continue reading
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Product info (from Goodreads): Three separate stories follow three main characters: –Edson is a self-made talent impressario one step up from the slums in a near future São Paulo, a city of astonishing riches and poverty. A chance encounter draws … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, alternate history, book review, contemporary, crime, fantasy, sci-fi
Tagged brasyl, ian mcdonald, one brilliant book, sci-fi, that's how it should be done
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The Kremlin’s Candidate (Red Sparrow Trilogy 03) by Jason Matthew
Product info (from Goodreads): The novel opens with Russian president Vladimir Putin planning the covert assassination of a high-ranking US official with the intention of replacing him with a mole whom Russian intelligence has cultivated for more than fifteen years. … Continue reading
Posted in book review, contemporary, crime, spy novel, thriller
Tagged female main lead, jason matthew, red sparrow, series alert, spy series
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The Naturalist (The Naturalist 01) by Andrew Mayne
Synopsis (from Goodreads): Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something … Continue reading
Sacred Games by Chandra Vikram
Product info (from Goodreads): Sartaj, one of the very few Sikhs on the Mumbai police force, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. But “the silky Sikh” is now past forty, … Continue reading
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike 04) by Robert Galbraith (Pseudonym) J.K. Rowling
Product info: “I seen a kid killed…He strangled it, up by the horse.” When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a … Continue reading
Posted in book review, contemporary, crime, mystery, whodunnit
Tagged boring, cormoran strike, J.K. Rowling, lethal white, meh, Robert Galbraith, series alert, too much of everything
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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike 03) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
Book info: A serial killer is on the loose and he seems to hunt for Cormoran Strike’s secretary-cum-partner, Robin. Unfortunately the limping detective doesn’t know who out of three possible psychopaths from his past might be responsible. There will be … Continue reading
Posted in book review, contemporary, crime
Tagged career of evil, cormoran strike, J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith, series alert
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