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Category Archives: thriller
Illusion by Andrew Neiderman
Product info (from Goodreads): Jillian Caldwell, late twenties, works for an advertising agency in New York. Ron Cutler, early thirties, comes to her for a promotional project for his upstate New York Department stores. A romance ensues. Shortly after Ron … Continue reading
Posted in book review, contemporary, romance, thriller
Tagged 1987 book, andrew neiderman, illusion, inadvertently creepy, strange romance
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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 Purity of Vengeance (Department Q 04) by Jussi Adler-Olsen
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
Posted in book review, contemporary, thriller
Tagged danish crime mystery, jussi adler-olsen, meh, no mystery, series alert, the purity of vengeance
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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
The Other Woman (Gabriel Allon 18) by Daniel Silva
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
Posted in book review, contemporary, spy novel, thriller
Tagged Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon, meh, series alert, the other girl
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Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
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
Posted in alternate history, book review, dystopia, thriller
Tagged a failed novel, a stupid hero, boring, dave hutchinson, europe in autumn, meh
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Kingdom of Shadows (Night Soldiers 06) by Alan Furst
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
Posted in book review, historical, thriller
Tagged Alan Furst, kingdom of shadows, night soldiers, Paris, pre IIWW, series alert
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Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
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
Posted in book review, chicklit, contemporary, mystery, thriller
Tagged B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors, boring, meh total
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The Burgas Affair by Ellis Shuman
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
Posted in ARC, book review, contemporary, crime, mystery, thriller
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