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Author: Speesh

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Review: A Loyal Spy – Simon Conway

Posted on 06/05/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction

Good. Could have been better.

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged A Loyal Spy, Espionage, Simon ConwayLeave a comment

Review: The Dying Light – Henry Porter

Posted on 22/04/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

Excellent

Tagged Espionage, Hachette UK, Henry Porter, Orion Books, Phoenix, The Dying LightLeave a comment

Review: Free Agent – Jeremy Duns

Posted on 17/03/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction

Ready for a different sort of spy story?

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Biafra, Espionage, Free Agent, Goodreads, Harold Wilson, Jeremy Duns, MI6, Nigeria, Simon & Schuster, Spies, spy, The Cold WarLeave a comment

Review: If The Dead Rise Not – Philip Kerr

Posted on 17/03/201305/09/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Second World War

An enjoyably glimpse at life in Berlin just before the Second world War.

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Bernie Gunther, Coming Of The Third Reich, If The Dead Rise Not, Nazi Germany, Philip Kerr, Quercus Books, The Second World WarLeave a comment

Review: Hero of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 08/03/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

"One man will stand against Boudicca's armies" And we're lucky it's Douglas Jackson. And Valerius.

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Britannia, Celts, Douglas Jackson, Druids, Hero Of Rome, Roman Army, Rome, The Romans, TransworldLeave a comment

Review: XPD – Len Deighton

Posted on 23/02/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction

Close, but cigar not in close enough proximity.

56.147751 10.003809
Tagged Churchill, Granada, Jon Stock, Len Deighton, Michael Caine, Nazi, XPDLeave a comment

Review: Dirty Little Secret – Jon Stock

Posted on 19/01/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

What's a dirty little secret - amongst enemies?

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Dirty Little Secret, Harper Collins, India, Jon Stock, MI6, Todd RundgrenLeave a comment

Review: Dead Spy Running – Jon Stock

Posted on 16/01/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction

Do yourself a favour, read this first!

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Dead Spy Running, Harper Collins, Jon Stock, Len DeightonLeave a comment

Review: Shieldwall – Justin Hill

Posted on 15/01/201320/08/2023 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Well written colourful story set earlier in the 11th century, before the Norman's came over and ruined everything

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Godwin, Harold Godwinson, James Aitcheson, James Wilde, Justin Hill, Little Brown Books, Norman Conquest of England, Normans, Saxons, ShieldwallLeave a comment

Review: The Red Coffin – Sam Eastland

Posted on 05/01/201305/09/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War

A good start in the end

56.147762 10.003630
Tagged Faber And Faber, Joseph Stalin, Nazi Germany, Russia, Russians, Sam Eastland, The Red Coffin, The Second World WarLeave a comment

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