Author: Speesh

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Review: The Siege – Nick Brown

Posted on by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton, HachetteFirst published: 2012ISBN: 978-1-444-71486-9Pages: 388Sent by the author From the cover:270 ADRome has ruled Syria for over three centuries. But now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her masters. The once invincible legions have been crushed.Cassius Corbulo is fresh from … Continue reading Review: The Siege – Nick Brown →

Review: Masaryk Station – David Downing

Posted on by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

My version: PaperbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Old Street PublishingFirst published: 2013ISBN: 978-1-908699-66-4Pages: 288Bought Europe, 1948. The continent is once again divided into the Soviet-controlled East, and the US dominated West.John Russell and his old comrade in espionage Shchepkin need to find a way out of the dangerous, morally murky world they have both inhabited for far too … Continue reading Review: Masaryk Station – David Downing →

Review: The Corners of the Globe – Robert Goddard

Posted on by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Between The Wars, Britain/England, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Spy, Spy Fiction

My version: HardbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Transworld Publishers, Random HouseFirst published: 2014ISBN: 976-0-593-06975-2Pages: 392Bought, signed Spring, 1919. James 'Max' Maxted, former Great War flying ace, returns to the trail of murder and treachers he set out on in The Ways Of The World.He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, convinced that … Continue reading Review: The Corners of the Globe – Robert Goddard →

Review: Killing Floor – Lee Child

Posted on by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

Jack Reacher 1 My version: PaperbackGenre: FictionPublisher: Bantam Press, TransworldFirst published: 1998ISBN: 978-1-787-63216-5Pages: 525Bought From the cover:Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal bestselling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. It introduces Reacher for the first tie, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, he … Continue reading Review: Killing Floor – Lee Child →