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Thanksgiving 2024 Leftovers

Remembrance Day by Henry Porter

Dead Lions by Mick Herron

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman

Killing Castro by Lawrence Block

Deadly Beloved by Max Allan Collins

Spy Hook by Len Deighton

London Rules by Mick Herron

Real Tigers by Mick Herron

November 27, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Remembrance Day**** An interesting take on the English-vs-Irish spy novel and while the author telegraphs too many things, he knows how to keep a story moving. Barely clears the 4-star threshold but if I invest time to read something almost 500 pages long, it has to be at least “good” and this was. Dead Lions, Real Tigers, and London Rules**** I had originally meant to do a big long post on my love/grr relationship with Mick Herron’s Slough House […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bernard Samson, Chicago, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dead Lions, Deadly Beloved, domestic surveillance, England, espionage, hard case crime, Henry Porter, historical fiction, horror, Ireland, Killing Castro, lawrence block, Len Deighton, London Rules, Max Allan Collins, MI-5, MI-6, mick herron, Ms Tree, mystery, Real Tigers, Religion, Remembrance Day, Russia, Ruth Ware, Satan Panic, Slough House, Slow Horses, Spy Hook, terrorism, The Troubles, thriller, Virginia, Whisper down the lane, Zero Days

Jake's CBR16 Review No:186 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bernard Samson, Chicago, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dead Lions, Deadly Beloved, domestic surveillance, England, espionage, hard case crime, Henry Porter, historical fiction, horror, Ireland, Killing Castro, lawrence block, Len Deighton, London Rules, Max Allan Collins, MI-5, MI-6, mick herron, Ms Tree, mystery, Real Tigers, Religion, Remembrance Day, Russia, Ruth Ware, Satan Panic, Slough House, Slow Horses, Spy Hook, terrorism, The Troubles, thriller, Virginia, Whisper down the lane, Zero Days ·
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Horror Month 2023: #7

The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman

October 18, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

This is the kind of horror I was hoping to get into when I started my horror-only commitment this month. While I don’t think it was an especially good book, it did what it needed to do for me and I enjoyed it. I’ve never been a big horror movie fan for several reasons: 1. I’m a scaredy cat, 2. I find most of the blood and gore stuff to be tastelessly pornographic. 3. I prefer verisimilitude in books and movies. Also, jump scares really […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Clay McLeod Chapman, horror, horror films, movies, The Remaking, Virginia

Jake's CBR15 Review No:149 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Clay McLeod Chapman, horror, horror films, movies, The Remaking, Virginia ·
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