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The World at Night

Alan Furst

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Paris 1940. The civilised, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson ends with the German...

Octopussy: And, the Living Daylights

Ian Fleming

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For James Bond, British secret agent 007, international espionage can be a dirty business. Whether...

ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Kompromat Kill (Sean Richardson #2) in Books

May 25, 2019 (Updated May 25, 2019)

In this return to the world of Sean Richardson, we follow him as he tries to turn an Iranian Spy. He gets caught up in a nuclear bomb plot, and learns more about his mother who was also a spy, in the process.
This is all ‘seat of your pants’ stuff - non-stop action from start to finish. I’ve never really been an espionage novel fan, but the first book in this series changed my mind. This book does nothing to dissuade me from my new-found appreciation of the spy novel. The detail is very interesting, the excitement and danger are tangible, and Sean’s moral compass is reassuring. This is quite an emotional novel in places, as he finds out more information about two very important people.
Well worth a read if you like espionage novels, and also worth a read if like me, you’ve never read them and you’re feeling a bit adventurous!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this book, and to Michael Jenkins for reading along with us!

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ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Failsafe Query in Books

May 26, 2018

The Failsafe Query

Michael Jenkins | 2018 | Crime, Thriller

9.0

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A bit of a personal eye-opener!

This isn’t my usual type of book at all, but I’m glad I read it - very entertaining and fast paced. It did require a bit of concentration with all of the intrigue, back story, twists and turns, but I think I ‘got it’ in the end! I can’t say as I’ve ever really read a book based on espionage before, but thanks to The Pigeonhole (again!) I tried it and I liked it.