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Category: Fiction

Review: The Dying Hours – Mark Billingham

Posted on 21/09/201413/01/2024 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction

A world-class crime fiction writer

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Review: The Holy Thief – William Ryan

Posted on 30/08/201412/01/2024 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia, The Cold War

As Stalin's Great Terror begins, a killer strikes

Tagged David Downing, Korolev, Mantle Books, Pekala, Sam Eastland, The Holy Thief, William RyanLeave a comment

Review: The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown

Posted on 28/07/201409/01/2024 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

We got crushed by the founding fucking fathers!

Tagged Dan Brown, First Nation, Malcolm X, Robert Langdon, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost SymbolLeave a comment

Review: Defender of Rome – Douglas Jackson

Posted on 25/07/201408/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Roman in the gloaming.

Tagged Ancient Rome, Bantam Press, Defender of Rome, Douglas Jackson, Hero Of Rome, RomeLeave a comment

Review: Of Merchants and Heroes – Paul Waters

Posted on 24/07/201407/01/2024 by Speesh in Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

Read it if you must

Tagged Ancient Rome, Anthony Riches, Greece, Macmillan, Manda Scott, Of Merchants and Heroes, Paul Waters, Roman EmpireLeave a comment

Review: Conquest – Stewart Binns

Posted on 15/07/201403/01/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Norman Conquest

The Wake

Tagged Aarhus, Conquest, El Cid, Hereward, Norman Conquest of England, Penguin Books, Stewart Binns, The Normans, VikingsLeave a comment

Review: The Lion and the Lamb – John Henry Clay

Posted on 01/07/201403/01/2024 by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Romans

The end of an era

Tagged Anthony Riches, Douglas Jackson, Emma, Empire, Hodder & Stoughton, Jane Austin, John Henry Clay, The Lion And The LambLeave a comment

Review: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy – Len Deighton

Posted on 14/06/201429/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

Fizz, pop

Tagged Cold War, Harper Collins, Len Deighton, Twinkle Twinkle Little SpyLeave a comment

Review: Stettin Station – David Downing

Posted on 14/06/201429/12/2023 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction

All aboard!

Tagged Auschwitz And The Allies, David Downing, Martin Gilbert, Nazi Germany, Old Street Publishing, Stettin Station, The HolocaustLeave a comment

Review: The Small Boat Of Great Sorrows – Dan Fesperman

Posted on 16/05/201426/12/2023 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy

Stop 'punching' in numbers!

Tagged Berlin, Bosnia, Dan Fesperman, Germany, The Small Boat Of Great Sorrows, Transworld, YugoslaviaLeave a comment

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