Fiction, Spies
Novel: The Moscow Sleepers by Stella Rimington
With The Moscow Sleepers (2018), Stella Rimington extends her Liz Carlyle series to its tenth volume, and it’s another…
May 25, 2019-
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Fiction, SpiesNovel: Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington
Stella Rimington’s Liz Carlyle series is like an unexceptional but comfortable and friendly pub. The food isn’t spectacular, but…
December 23, 2016 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Close Call by Stella Rimington
Stella Rimington’s latest Liz Carlyle thriller is Close Call (2014), another no-nonsense, authentic procedural that maintains the series’ steady,…
September 18, 2014 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Geneva Trap by Stella Rimington
The latest installment of Stella Rimington’s Liz Carlyle series, The Geneva Trap (2012), is another quick, engaging read. Like…
December 28, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Rip Tide by Stella Rimington
“Season six” of Stella Rimington’s Liz Carlyle series, Rip Tide (2011), is one of its stronger outings, a fast,…
February 24, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Present Danger by Stella Rimington
With my to-read shelf threatening to collapse, I decided to lighten its load a bit with a book I…
November 7, 2011 -
History, Non-Fiction, Spies, WritingNon-Fiction Roundup
By and large, my reading is so fiction-centric that I sometimes forget about non-fiction. Or maybe it’s just that…
March 15, 2011 -
Fiction, History, SpiesAnthology: Agents of Treachery, Edited by Otto Penzler
When I think spy fiction, I think novels. Evidently, so do most writers of spy fiction. Agents of Treachery…
November 22, 2010 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Dead Line by Stella Rimington
Some of my pleasure-reading can be hard work, a necessary side effect of my fondness for challenging science fiction.…
September 18, 2010 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Illegal Action by Stella Rimington
After a few science fiction books, I felt the need to turn back to spy novels for a while…
April 5, 2010 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Hidden Man by Charles Cumming
Lately, reading spy novels makes me want to write my own, so in order to stay motivated for my…
February 17, 2010 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Secret Asset by Stella Rimington
I found the first novel by Stella Rimington (At Risk, reviewed here) promising, and I’m now happy to report…
February 3, 2010 -
Fiction, Mystery, Spies, ThrillerNovel: At Risk by Stella Rimington
My ever-continuing search for effective spy novelists takes us next to the unimaginatively titled At Risk (2004), the first…
October 5, 2009