A suspense-filled thriller about the war in Afghanistan
A review of The Shadow Patrol, by Alex Berenson. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Soldier-spy John Wells returns to the CIA to uncover a mole in the agency’s Kabul station.
Read MoreA review of The Shadow Patrol, by Alex Berenson. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Soldier-spy John Wells returns to the CIA to uncover a mole in the agency’s Kabul station.
Read MoreA review of Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown, by Chuck McFadden. @@@ (3 out of 5). The contradiction-filled story of California Governor Jerry Brown in less than 200 pages.
Read MoreA review of Maya’s Notebook, by Isabel Allende. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A 19-year-old Berkeley woman hides out on a Chilean island from the FBI and the Las Vegas criminal gang pursuing her.
Read MoreA review of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth, by Mark Mazzetti. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A Pulitzer-winning reporter’s inquiry into the profound shift in the CIA’s strategy since 2001, from intelligence-gathering to enhanced interrogation to targeted murder using drones.
Read MoreA review of The Silver Swan, by Benjamin Black. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A Dublin pathologist, acting alone, sets out independently to unravel who killed a successful young woman.
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