Category: Crime Fiction

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

My version: HardbackGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Transworld Publishers, Penguin Random HouseFirst published: 2015ISBN: 978-0-593-06979-0Pages: 379Bought, signed From the cover:July 1919. Ex-flying ace James 'Max' Maxted's attempt to uncover the secret behind the death of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, murdered while serving as an advisor with the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, has seemingly ended … 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

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

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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 →