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Category: Fiction

Review: The Bones Beneath – Mark Billingham

Posted on 30/08/2026 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction

Wales bones

Tagged Mark Billingham, Sphere Books, The Bones Beneath, Tom Thorne, WalesLeave a comment

Review: The Year Of The Locust – Terry Hayes

Posted on 30/08/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Spy Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

Another film in the waiting

Tagged Bantam Books, I Am Pilgrim, Penguin Random House, Terry Hayes, The Year Of The Locust, TransworldLeave a comment
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Review: Keane’s Charge – Iain Gale

Posted on 22/08/2026 by Speesh in 19th Century Europe, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Peninsular War

As mustard

Tagged Captain James Keane, Heron Books, Iain Gale, Keane's ChargeLeave a comment

Review: The Boy From The Woods – Harlan Coben

Posted on 21/08/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

Dangerous secrets can kill

Tagged Arrow Books, Harlan Coben, Penguin Books, The Boy From The Woods, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: The Eighth Sister – Robert Dugoni

Posted on 15/08/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

A pulse-pounding thriller of espionage, spy games.

Tagged Charles Jenkins, Espionage, Moscow, Robert Dugoni, Russia, The Eighth Sister, The Soviet Union, Thomas & MercerLeave a comment

Review: Journey Into Fear – Eric Ambler

Posted on 09/12/2024 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

Is that all there is?

Tagged Eric Ambler, Espionage, Greece, Italy, Nazi Germany, Penguin Classics, Turkey, World War IILeave a comment

Review: The Last Orphan – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 29/11/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

How on earth is he going to get out of THIS one?!

Tagged Gregg Hurwitz, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Penguin Random House, The Last Orphan, The Nowhere ManLeave a comment

Review: The Heathen Hoard – Steven A. McKay

Posted on 21/11/2024 by Speesh in 9th Century Britain, Anglo-Saxon, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings, Viking Britain, Vikings

Steven The Great

Tagged Alfred The Great, Anglo Saxons, Bernard Cornwell, Canelo, Historical Fiction, History, Steven A. McKay, The Great Heathen Army, The Heathen Hoard, VikingsLeave a comment

Review: Code Red – Kyle Mills / Vince Flynn

Posted on 20/11/2024 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

End of an era

Tagged Code Red, Kyle Mills, Mitch Rapp, Simon & Schuster, Vince FlynnLeave a comment

Review: The Mask Of Dimitrios – Eric Ambler

Posted on 20/04/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

Yawn

Tagged Eric Ambler, Penguin Classics, The Mask Of DimitriosLeave a comment

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