Monthly Archives: December 2017
The FATE of KINGS – G.P.Taylor & Mark Stibbe
For me, any mention of the French Revolution immediately conjures up visions of Madame What-have-you knitting as the heads roll at the guillotine. This historical adventure of a plot to assassinate the king of England to initiate a similar revolution … Continue reading
MUNICH – Robert Harris
A tense historical thriller set in 1938 Europe as the storm clouds gather with Hitler already flexing his territorial muscles, and Chamberlain diplomatically fighting to avert war. Two Oxford student friends have not laid eyes on each other since their … Continue reading
LINE OF FIRE – Andy McNab
Andy McNab goes from strength to strength with thrillers that both have depth and sound tech-knowledge. This, another episode in the nail-biting life of ex-deniable operator, Nick Stone, involves the tough operative trying to get used to working with a … Continue reading
THE MIDNIGHT LINE – Lee Child
Top notch five star pure Reacher. Out to stretch his legs on a bus-ride to Anywhere, ex-Army MP drifter, Jack Reacher, notices a Westpoint class ring in a pawnshop window. The implications that such a hard earned symbol of blood … Continue reading
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