Chances are slim that you’ve ever heard of Robert Ames. I hadn’t. Bob Ames was a CIA officer for two decades in the 1960s and 70s. He was one of eight CIA employees to die in the bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983. Ames had risen to senior positions in the agency but...
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Tom Rob Smith’s Child 44 Trilogy — Child 44, The Secret Speech, and Agent 6 — cast a brilliant spotlight on life in the USSR under Stalin, Khruschchev, and Brezhnev. My review of Agent 6 gave all three books high marks. Which will explain why I was so deeply disappointed in...
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Bloomberg reports that 8 out of 10 new companies fail within the first 18 months — and most big, established companies have trouble creating truly innovative new products. So, the process of introducing innovation to the market is pretty much hit or miss, whether the engine is a startup or a...
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How good is Joseph Finder’s latest thriller? Let me put it this way: for the first time in a great while, I literally couldn’t put the book down — I HAD to know who was doing what to whom! Danny Goodman is writing a biography of Jay Gould, the archetypal 19th century Robber...
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Here’s a memoir of one soldier’s year of service in Iraq that masquerades as a light-weight tale, crammed with humor. Though the book is funny at times, hilarious even, and the author’s voice reflects little of the tragic reality of that misbegotten conflict, it’s revealing...
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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.