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Category: Thriller

Review: Prodigal Son – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 24/11/202224/11/2022 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

"Cynicism, inhumanity and moral self-deception"

Tagged Gregg Hurwitz, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Penguin Random House, Prodigal SonLeave a comment

Review: Slow Horses – Mick Heron

Posted on 15/02/202115/02/2021 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

Out to grass

Tagged AppleTV, Jackson Lamb, Mick Heron, Sloan House, Slow HorsesLeave a comment

Review: Agent Running In The Field – John Le Carré

Posted on 11/12/202011/12/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

It's a handbook

Tagged Agent Running In The Field, Espionage, John le CarréLeave a comment

Review: Three Bullets – R.J. Ellory

Posted on 02/02/2020 by Speesh in Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller, USA

Not your usual 'what if...' novel

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Review: Past Tense – Lee Child

Posted on 10/01/202021/03/2020 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

He must be running out of no-name, middle-of-nowhere towns by now

Tagged Jack Reacher, Lee Child, Past Tense, TransworldLeave a comment

Review: The Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum

Posted on 13/10/201913/10/2019 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

Bourne in the Europe

Tagged Carlos The Jackal, Eric van Lustbader, Jason Bourne, Orion Publishing Co, The Bourne IdentityLeave a comment

Review: Night Heron – Adam Brookes

Posted on 31/07/2019 by Speesh in China, Fiction, Thriller

Caio Mang

Tagged Adam Brookes, Night Heron, Philip Mangan, Sphere Books

Review: Shifting Sands: Tradecraft: Phase One – Michael Shusko

Posted on 26/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

...a breakneck, breathless pace and a plot brimming with a whole host of nutty problems...

Tagged Iran, Michael Shusko, Shifting Sands Tradecraft Phase One, Terrorism, The Middle EastLeave a comment

Review: Out Of The Dark – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 19/06/201905/01/2020 by Speesh in Britannia, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Roman Britain, The Romans, Thriller

No Smoaking

Tagged Evan Smoak, Gregg Hurwitz, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Out Of The Dark, Penguin Random HouseLeave a comment

Review: Killing Eve Codename Villanelle – Luke Jennings

Posted on 12/05/201917/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

It's not Red Sparrow. No.

Tagged Codename Villanelle, Espionage, John Murray, Killing Eve, Luke Jennings, Red Sparrow, Russia, TerrorismLeave a comment

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