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Gregg Hurwitz, Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz My rating: 4 of 5 stars After the disappointment that was The Last Orphan, I’m pleased to report that we return our usual programming in Lone wolf. A mostly fresh narrative takes a break from the familiar US President hunting Orphan X arc, which still exists as a background…
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Deadly Game: The stunning thriller from the screen legend Michael Caine by Michael Caine
I was at the airport all checked in, through immigration and ready to depart on a six-week summer trip. I was deliberately empty-handed book-wise and ready to drop some cash (or more accurately, card) on a retail-priced-plus-airport-premium read where I happened to see this. An action spy thriller by a Hollywood legend who also happens…
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Jack Beaumont, The Frenchman
Got this one on Kindle as it was significantly cheaper than the print version and I couldn’t get to a shop to pick it up at the time and just wanted a read. And it didn’t disappoint! Follows Alec de Payns as he goes about balancing his work as an employee of the DGSE with…
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Jack Heath, Headcase
The fourth book in the Timothy Blake series and fourth career change for Blake after the FBI in Hangman, the mob in Hunter, then as a vigilante in Hideout. Well, that’s not strictly true, Blake is still sleuthing unofficially. But this time his employer is the CIA and the case is as odd as fantasising…
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Jack Heath, Hideout
Timothy Blake returns right where things left off in Hunter. Follows Blake as he goes “undercover” very unofficially to infiltrate a Dark Web torture porn ring living in a big house out in the forest – hence the “Hideout”. Easily the worst in the series so far. Should’ve been an e-book short story. I felt…
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John Brownlow, Assassin Eighteen
Fate is a funny thing. Serendipity too. I’m not sure if either of these things have anything to do with how I came upon this book, or if it was just pure coincidence. But almost one year after reading the sensational 17: Last Man Standing on a trip to Asia, I was standing in Kinokuniya…
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100% human written, straight-up honest reviews on books I've actually read.
This is how it all started…
Normal Aussie bloke. Keen traveller with a penchant for beer, bands and airport thrillers.
Once a literature snob with a preference for erudite texts, especially those written in Australian or British English. One day I had an epiphany: Who has time for that all that stuffiness that goes nowhere anymore?
And so now I read almost exclusively for entertainment. Fantastical, at times outrageous, sometimes plain B-grade thriller novels, mainstream self-development, business coaching and the odd bit of travel writing. If it can be found on the shelves of your airport’s WH Smith, I’m probably into it.
RB
Book enthusiast and metal head.