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THE EXPHORIA CODE by ANTONY JOHNSTON

THE EXPHORIA CODE by ANTONY JOHNSTON
christine 2017 / Fiction / Reviews / Thriller / UK 29 March 2021 29 March 2021 Leave a comment

It’s been a long time since I read a book that simultaneously baffled me and had me hooked. The world of Brigitte Sharp, a hacker turned cyber-spy, is so technical and tech-heavy, that at times I had no clue what Brigitte and her colleagues in MI6 were even talking about. …

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RUNNING THE WORLD by NICK BUTTER

RUNNING THE WORLD by NICK BUTTER
christine 2020 / Non Fiction / Reviews / UK 8 January 2021 8 January 2021 Leave a comment

By way of a little background… In mid-December 2019, on my first walk outdoors after tearing the meniscus in my left knee, I decided to listen to a podcast from The Marathon Training Academy, hoping to inspire myself to recover and get my morale back. That day’s podcast featured a …

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I FOLLOW YOU by PETER JAMES

I FOLLOW YOU by PETER JAMES
christine 2020 / Crime / Fiction / Reviews / UK 4 October 2020 4 October 2020 Leave a comment

This just published thriller is one of the most heart-racing, gripping books I‘ve read in ages. I’d already pre-booked “I Follow You” which was published on October 1st and it duly appeared in my kindle that same day. 2 days later, galloping through the final chapters, metaphorically turning over the …

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DEATH IN THE EAST by ABIR MUKHERJEE

DEATH IN THE EAST by ABIR MUKHERJEE
christine 2019 / Crime / Fiction / India / Reviews 28 September 2020 28 September 2020 1 comment

What a delight it is to meet up again with Captain Sam Wyndham of the Calcutta CID and his Sergeant and friend, Surrender-Not Banerjee. There are 2 story lines in “Death in the East”, going back and forth between London in 1905 and Assam in 1922. 1905 forms the back-story …

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SEX & VANITY by KEVIN KWAN

SEX & VANITY by KEVIN KWAN
christine 2020 / Asia / China / Fiction / Hong Kong / Reviews / Singapore 8 August 2020 8 August 2020 Leave a comment

The author of the hugely fun & hugely successful “Crazy Rich Asians” has a new book out, and it makes for a happy, escapist read in these dire Covid-19 times. Though the central characters are of Asian descent or are Asian, the action takes place in Capri in 2013 and, …

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A DOUBLE LIFE by CHARLOTTE PHILBY

A DOUBLE LIFE by CHARLOTTE PHILBY
christine 2020 / Fiction / Reviews / Thriller / UK 2 August 2020 2 August 2020 Leave a comment

This psychological thriller is an interesting read, though a little patchy in parts and perhaps a little uneven. There is a wealth of detail given to us in the opening chapters of the book, the minutiae of family life, of office life, of streets, of playground politics – and the …

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ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by SARAH VAUGHAN

ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by SARAH VAUGHAN
christine 2018 / Crime / Fiction / Reviews / Thriller / UK 18 July 2020 18 July 2020 2 Comments

“You want to believe your husband. She wants to destroy him” And with these words on the front cover of this suspenseful psychological drama, we are led into a world of marriage and affairs and honesty and memories. Of crime and secrets. Of shame and retribution. Sophie and James met …

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MURDER AT THE GRAND RAJ PALACE by VASEEM KHAN

MURDER AT THE GRAND RAJ PALACE by VASEEM KHAN
christine 2018 / Crime / Fiction / India / Reviews 16 July 2020 16 July 2020 Leave a comment

Oh, the joy of discovering that the ace investigating team of Inspector Chopra (retd) and his trusty sidekick, Ganesh, the baby elephant, are back in business. This 4th adventure of this crack Mumbai team is every bit as delightful as the preceding novels. Like every reader, I’m quite sure, I …

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OPERATION MINCEMEAT by BEN MACINTYRE

OPERATION MINCEMEAT by BEN MACINTYRE
christine 2010 / History / Non Fiction / Reviews 7 July 2020 7 July 2020 Leave a comment

This enthralling book made perfect lockdown reading. Any personal, self-indulgent tendency to wallow in despair at the Coronavirus crisis swamping the world, could be put into some sort of context while reading this book. When the entire world was at war, when Hitler’s troops were planning a mass invasion of …

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