Mention his name in the halls of the CIA or MI6, and you’ll get a decidedly frosty reaction. Your reception at the successor to the KGB will be quite different. You can guess whose side he was on. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Kim Philby is indisputably one of the most successful spies...
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What has Erik Tarloff got that I haven’t got? After all, we’re both, let’s say, not getting any younger; both long-time Berkeley residents; both Jewish; and both writers. OK, scratch that last one: we’re not in the same league. Tarloff has written numerous TV scripts for...
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When Americans today think of Richard Nixon, four or five episodes in his public life usually come to mind. Watergate. The Cambodia invasion. The opening to China. His TV debates with John F. Kenned. And, perhaps, his kitchen confrontation with Nikita Khrushchev when still Dwight...
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Jack McColl is a young Scotsman bored with selling luxury automobiles, so it’s no wonder that he opts for a life of intrigue and adventure when an offer comes along from the Admiralty to do a little spying on the side while on a sales trip to China. All he need do is nose around the German...
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He confronted a cobra face to face. He suffered through cerebral malaria, the most deadly form of the disease. Trekked across the featureless wastes of the Sahara for days on end, courting death from thirst. Stumbled through endless stretches of dense rainforest and trackless savannah. And, as his...
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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.