Edward James

Rogue Officer

By Garry Douglas Kilworth - Published 2007

Genres:

Military

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

By John Pilkington - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Patrick O'Brian - Published 2003 (US)Published 2007 (UK)

Genres:

AdventureNautical

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

By Craig Smith - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Boris Akunin - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Conn Iggulden - Published 2007

Genres:

AdventureBiographical Fiction

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

By Rebecca Stott - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeRomance

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

By Hillel Halkin - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

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

By Ed. - By Stephen Coonts - Published 2003

Genres:

MilitaryShort Stories

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

By Benita Kane Jaro - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

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