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Review: Agent In Place – Helen MacInnes

Posted on 11/09/202611/09/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction, Thriller

"Agent in Place" by Helen MacInnes is a Cold War thriller about a well-meaning spy whose leak ignites an international crisis, blending procedural realism with themes of idealism and espionage consequences.

Tagged Cold War, Thriller, Espionage, spy, Helen Macinnes, Titan Books, Fiction, Intelligence, Espionage Thriller, Agent In PlaceLeave a comment
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Review: The Target – David Baldacci

Posted on 07/09/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Thriller

Their most dangerous mission to date tests the reader's patience with Robie and Reel to their limits

Tagged David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, Macmillan, Pan Books, Robbie and Reel, The Target, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: Lone Wolf – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 31/08/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Thriller

Wolf it down

Tagged Evan Smoak, Gregg Hurwitz, Lone Wolf, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Penguin Books, Random House, ThrillerLeave 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: Blue Moon – Lee Child

Posted on 13/12/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

The top of Denmark. The top of the Historical Fiction tree.

Tagged Jack Reacher, Lee Child, Penguin Books, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: Oath Of Loyalty – Kyle Mills

Posted on 12/08/202316/08/2023 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

The best yet? I think so

Tagged Kyle Mills, Mitch Rapp, Oath Of Loyalty, Simon & Schuster, Thriller, Vince FlynnLeave a comment

Review: The Midnight Line – Lee Child

Posted on 06/02/201917/01/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

High jinks

Tagged Jack Reacher, Lee Child, The Midnight Line, Thriller, Transworld BooksLeave a comment

Review: Overwatch – Matthew Betley

Posted on 14/07/201814/07/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Terrorism, Thriller

Not a game

Tagged Logan West, Matthew Betley, Overwatch, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: The Terminal List – Jack Carr

Posted on 24/04/201826/06/2018 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

James Reece is on a one-man mission to confront the corruption of absolute power

Tagged ARC, Atria Publishing, Jack Carr, James Reece, The Real Book Spy, The Terminal List, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: The Double Game – Dan Fesperman

Posted on 18/04/201619/03/2024 by Speesh in Fiction, Spy Fiction

And it's now I see, after all of this time what it's done to me

Tagged Dan Fesperman, Natchez Burning, Spies, The Arms Maker Of Berlin, The Bone Tree, The Cold War, The Double Game, The Small Boat Of Great Sorrows, ThrillerLeave a comment

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