Author: James Mayo Publisher: Heinmann Published: 1965 Let Sleeping Girls Lie is the second book in the Charles Hood spy thriller series by James Mayo. Mayo is actually the pen name for Stephen Coulter, who allegedly (according to Donald McCormick in Who’s Who in Spy Fiction) provided much of the background information on the operation [...]
20Dec11
Let Sleeping Girls Lie
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Tagged Book Review, Charles Hood, James Mayo, Spy Fiction, Stephen Coulter
Tagged Book Review, Charles Hood, James Mayo, Spy Fiction, Stephen Coulter
26Nov11
The Dolly Dolly Spy
Author: Adam Diment Publisher: Dutton Published: 1967 Author Adam Diment is somewhat of a mystery and an enigma. And at the bottom of this post, I’ll add links to some great websites, that have attempted to delve into mystery of Adam Diment (there is even some speculation that he was not even a real person, [...]
6Nov11
Day of Mourning
Author: Stephen Mertz Publisher: Worldwide: Gold Eagle Based on characters created by Don Pendleton Published: February 1984 Book No: 62 Despite the cover image I have posted above, the Australian editions of Day of Morning (and Dead Man Running) did not feature the red foil stamping on the name Mack Bolan – and as such [...]
26Sep11
Remote Control
Author: Andy McNab Publisher: Bantam Press Published: 1997 Remote Control is the first in the series of Andy McNab’s Nick Stone adventures, and I guess the question that was asked back when it was published, was if McNab could cut it as a fiction author. His autobiographical novels, Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action were [...]
13Sep11
Down Under Thunder
Author: Paul Glen Neuman Publisher: Gold Eagle Published: 1986 Book No: 25 Sorry folks, once again I am going to be a boorish parochial Australian. And with good reason, as this particular Phoenix Force adventure takes place on the fair shores of the great southern land. You’ve got to remember, when this book was written [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Paul Glen Neuman, Phoenix Force, Spy Fiction
Tagged Book Review, Paul Glen Neuman, Phoenix Force, Spy Fiction
9Sep11
Mack Bolan: Killpoint
Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Gold Eagle Published: 1995 Based on characters created by Don Pendleton In the real world, eleven years had passed since the events told about in Stephen Mertz’s A Day of Mourning and Dead Man Running occurred – they were first published in 1984. And although I still haven’t read A Day [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Mack Bolan, Mel Odom, Spy Fiction, The Executioner
Tagged Book Review, Mack Bolan, Mel Odom, Spy Fiction, The Executioner
19Aug11
The Tightrope Men
Author: Desmond Bagley Publisher: William Collins & Sons Published: 1973 Pictured: Fontana Paperback edition 1981 I have come to Desmond Bagley late in life. But I am trying to make up for it. I read High Citadel a few years ago, and truly enjoyed it. Since then, whenever I have seen a Bagley book in [...]
4Aug11
Role of Honour
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1984 Recently I have been re-reading some of John Gardner’s James Bond novels, and although they have been rather flawed, I have still enjoyed them. That is till now. As a teenager, I remember enjoying Role of Honour, but upon this reading I found it to be extremely [...]
12Jul11
Nick Carter: The Algarve Affair
This particular entry in the Killmaster series has Nick Carter, Agent N3 for AXE investigating a heroin distribution network in Portugal. This heroin has ended up being distributed at a European NATO Base, where increasing number of staff have been developing habits.
1Jun11
Mack Bolan: Dead Man Running
Author: Stephen Mertz Publisher: Worldwide: Gold Eagle Based on characters created by Don Pendleton Published: April 1984 Book No: 64 One of the things that separates the Mack Bolan – Executioner series from the Nick Carter series is the back story running through the novels. Nick Carter’s adventures are nearly exclusively self-contained, and while the [...]
