Charles Cumming – Christopher East

Novel: Box 88 by Charles Cumming

Fiction, Spies, Thriller / May 30, 2022

The always reliable Charles Cumming’s new series begins with Box 88 (2020), a time-jumping spy …

Fiction, Mystery, Spies / April 5, 2019

It’s interesting that in an era of right-wing ascendance, spy novelists might center their stories …

Fiction, Spies / February 22, 2017

Charles Cumming’s latest is A Divided Spy (2017), completing the trilogy featuring his outsider-spy protagonist Thomas …

Fiction, Spies / September 5, 2014

The novels of Charles Cumming have a tendency to propel themselves immediately to the top …

Fiction, Mystery, Spies / March 18, 2013

I’ve sung the praises of Charles Cumming numerous times. His latest, A Foreign Country (2012), …

Fiction, Spies / January 31, 2012

Charles Cumming mines British espionage history in The Trinity Six (2011), a smart but subdued …

If you had told me three years ago that I would have gotten this blog …

Fiction, Spies / June 19, 2011

So far, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read by Charles Cumming, especially his debut novel A …

Fiction, Spies / June 12, 2010

In The Spanish Game (2006), Charles Cumming returns to the viewpoint of Alec Milius, who …

Fiction, Spies / February 17, 2010

Lately, reading spy novels makes me want to write my own, so in order to …

Fiction, Spies / July 22, 2009

After a couple of challenging science fiction novels, I was ready for something brisk and …