Even after a few years of writing book reviews here in my blog, I’m still unsure of reviewing etiquette. How enthusiastic is one supposed to be? As a reviewer, am I supposed to be partisan or aloof? But here’s the thing…given that I am not paid to review, and that …
Having been a latecomer to the Jackson Lamb books, I am making up for lost time and binge-reading them. Verdict on the 2nd book in the series ”Dead Lions”? It is every bit as gripping as ”Slow Horses”, which is the name given to a group of former MI5 operatives …
It’s painful to admit to being late to the party, but here I am, “discovering” a writer, long after everyone else has been a fan for years. “Slow Horses” was published in 2010, so – yup – this is more than a decade late. There’s even a TV series based …
I am becoming an unashamed Ben Macintyre groupie, having just devoured yet another of his smashing books in record time. “The Spy & the Traitor” is the truly extraordinary account of the life and career of Oleg Gordievsky, head of the KGB’s London station in the 1980s, and a British …
What an interesting read “Agent running in the field” is. Not that one would expect anything less from John Le Carré, but this latest addition to the world of spy fiction has a powerful parallel leitmotiv running through the book, that drives the plot. It is Brexit, and how Britain …
