Edward James
Rogue Officer
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This is the fifth book in the ‘Fancy Jack’ Crossman series, following the adventures of a British soldier through the various imperial wars ...Read Review
The Muscovy Chain
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Can the modern genre of the detective story be transposed to cultural settings where there is no police force, no forensic science and ...Read Review
Master and Commander
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What can a reviewer say about Patrick O’Brian? He is a classic, or at least his Aubrey & Maturin series is, as ...Read Review
the Painted Messiah
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I doubt that I will risk appearing in court if I say that this is another thriller inspired by The Da Vinci Code. ...Read Review
Pelagia and the Black Monk
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Did you know that Boris Akunin writes detective stories as well as thrillers? Neither did I, but the first two of his Sister ...Read Review
Wolf of The Plains
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The author is best known as the author of the Emperor series of books based on the life of Julius Caesar. The first ...Read Review
Ghostwalk
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This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in Cambridge from 2003 onwards ...Read Review
A Strange Death: Espionage, Betrayal and Vengeance in a Village in Old Palestine
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This book may be non-fiction, but it is far from being your usual history book. It is a murder-mystery set in a small ...Read Review
Victory
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Coonts, I believe, is wrong in saying there have been three American wars that have been the “defining experience of their generation. World ...Read Review
The Key
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Catullus’s poems, particularly those addressed to Lesbia, provide the inspiration for this story of love that is anything but a love story. ...Read Review
