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Three For When It Happens Here

Spook Street by Mick Herron

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke

The Order by Daniel Silva

November 16, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Like a lot of folks in the ten days since the election, I’ve perhaps been slow to process the news. This has impacted my reading. Whereas I’m usually a speed reader, I have found myself often putting off my reading to do some mindless activities. Dealing with reality can be tough, the uncertainty of what comes after the next two months are over is difficult to grapple with. Inadvertently, the three books I’ve read from immediately before the election into the ten days since have […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: attica locke, Catholic church, Daniel Silva, Darren Mathews, espionage, family secrets, Gabriel Allon, Guide Me Home, highway 59 series, Israel, London, mick herron, mystery, Religion, Slough House series, Slow Horses, Spook Street, Texas, The Order

Jake's CBR16 Review No:174 · Genres: Featured, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: attica locke, Catholic church, Daniel Silva, Darren Mathews, espionage, family secrets, Gabriel Allon, Guide Me Home, highway 59 series, Israel, London, mick herron, mystery, Religion, Slough House series, Slow Horses, Spook Street, Texas, The Order ·
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Meet Allon, Gabriel Again

The Cellist by Daniel Silva

October 14, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’ve been in a spy novel mood lately and, eventually, found myself circling back to the Gabriel Allon series. I read the first ten books years ago when I had something people call “free time.” I liked the idea of an art restorer as a spy and it was neat to see things from the perspective of the Mossad but like a lot of series, it lost its originality after a while and I put it aside. When researching which book to come back to, […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Daniel Silva, espionage, Gabriel Allon, Germany, Israel, Mossad, Russia, The Cellist

Jake's CBR16 Review No:155 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Daniel Silva, espionage, Gabriel Allon, Germany, Israel, Mossad, Russia, The Cellist ·
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