Category: Crime Fiction

Review: Die Trying – Lee Child

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

A silent: 4 out of 5 stars My version: Paperback Fiction, thriller. Transworld Publishers 1998 Bought From The Book Depository Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van … Continue reading Review: Die Trying – Lee Child →

Review: The Ends of the Earth – Robert Goddard

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

The Ends of the Earth by Robert Goddard My rating: 4 of 5 stars The final book in The Wide World Trilogy and Robert Goddard remembers the Wide World bit on the cover and has the story rushing - as much as a five week sail trip can be said to be rushing - off to Japan in … Continue reading Review: The Ends of the Earth – Robert Goddard →

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

Masaryk Station by David Downing My rating: 5 of 5 stars A superb end to a simply wonderful series. A marvellous end to the book. Happiness tinged with sadness. Tragedy and hope.  It didn’t really feel like a goodbye.’ An au revoir, hopefully. Though that’s probably me wishing it, rather than it actually being so. And yes, he saved the … 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

The Corners of the Globe by Robert Goddard My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Corners of the Globe is the second in Robert Goddard’s The Wide World trilogy and it definitely shows all the signs of a master of the genre at work. I think I was perhaps fortunate to read this coming off the back of another … 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 →