The Best Revenge by Gerald Seymour
I have to admit that the character of Jonas Merrick, aged, quiet, a little bit grumpy, man of routine, is … More The Best Revenge by Gerald Seymour
I have to admit that the character of Jonas Merrick, aged, quiet, a little bit grumpy, man of routine, is … More The Best Revenge by Gerald Seymour
Having just read The Mercenary, Beirut Station turned up really quickly in the library and this one had far more … More Beirut Station by Paul Vidich
Old-style, cold war spy work goes on in this story. It is the time just before Gorbachov becomes President of … More The Mercenary by Paul Vidich
This is a well-plotted espionage thriller set in the not too distant past, tracking down a ‘genocidaire’ from Rwanda by … More Kennedy 35 by Charles Cumming
By setting this book in the present time but having an older, now working privately, spy as the protaganist, you … More A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont
This is the birth of Smiley as we know him in his later book. Short, fat with a moustache and … More Call for the Dead by John le Carré
This is my most favourite series of books at present so I was delighted to find one that I hadn’t … More Slough House by Mick Herron
This book made me laugh out loud as the Slow Horse series continues with yet more chaos, killings and comedy. … More Bad Actors by Mick Herron
Don’t you just love a publishing franchise. This is Robert Ludlum’s (TM) The Bourne Evolution written by Freedman and sadly … More The Bourne Evolution by Brian Freeman
A spy story with many elements that will be recognised . However, this is the spy genre taken from the … More Queen and Country by Alan Judd