Pick up a book about the Troubles in Ireland, and you’re likely to find a great deal about the Irish Republican Army and the atrocities Catholics committed. Chances are you’ll see less (at least here in the United States) about the violent actions of the Protestant Unionist forces. The...
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The fourteen Night Soldiers novels Alan Furst has written to date involve spies in Europe in the years leading up to and during World War II. They all take place on dry land—with one exception. In Dark Voyage, Furst takes us to sea on an old Dutch freighter pressed into service in the British war...
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Sam Hoffman grew into his work as a financial investigator specializing in the Arab world from childhood. His father had been a senior officer in the CIA with powerful connections throughout the Middle East and was still active as a private citizen. He “had grown up in Beirut, where his...
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes For centuries the country we know as India today was a patchwork quilt of kingdoms and princely states. Even under the British Raj, more than 500 of them were scattered about the land. It was not until 1947 that the newly independent nation of India persuaded most...
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What is this? A new Jeeves and Wooster novel? Didn’t P. G. Wodehouse die in 1975? Surprise! Long after the authors died, new novels kept coming out in the bestselling series by Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Tom Clancy, Ian Fleming, Vince Flynn, Stieg Larsson, Robert Ludlum, and Robert...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.