Category Archives: thriller

The Kremlin’s Candidate (Red Sparrow Trilogy 03) by Jason Matthew

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

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 →

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The Purity of Vengeance (Department Q 04) by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

Product info (from Goodreads): In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls with ‘bad genes’ in 1950s Denmark. … Continue reading →

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The Naturalist (The Naturalist 01) by Andrew Mayne

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

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 →

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The Other Woman (Gabriel Allon 18) by Daniel Silva

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut … Continue reading →

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Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Rudi is a cook in a Kraków restaurant, but when his boss asks Rudi to help a cousin escape from the country country he’s trapped in, a new career – part spy, part people-smuggler – begins. Following multiple … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of Shadows (Night Soldiers 06) by Alan Furst

Posted on June 1, 2018 by

Product info: Nicolas Morath is an ex-pat from Hungary residing in Paris right before WWII. He is enjoying an easy life, working as an ad executive and seeing an attractive Argentine heiress called Cara. As the big conflict approaches his … Continue reading →

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The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon 16) by Daniel Silva

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Product info: A network of terror. A web of deceit. A deadly game of vengeance. Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, … Continue reading →

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Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

Posted on January 26, 2018 by

Product info (from Goodreads): Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are … Continue reading →

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The Burgas Affair by Ellis Shuman

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

I got a complimentary copy of this one from the author in exchange for an honest review. Product info: It is a story which contains some reality: the terrorist attack at Burgas Airport in 2012, during which five Israeli tourists … Continue reading →

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The Root of His Evil by James M. Cain

Posted on September 15, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): While slinging hash in a diner, a would-be Cinderella meets her Prince Charming. Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman you’ve read about in the papers. Though she was raised in an orphanage, she isn’t … Continue reading →

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