G’day all. The tenth issue of popular web magazine, Crime Factory is now live. This issue includes a short piece by me (writing as James Hopwood), called For Your Sighs Only: The Spy-Fi Smut of Clyde Allison, which looks back at the 0008 book series, in all their filthy glory. But, there’s plenty more in [...]
2May12
Crime Factory 10
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Tagged 0008, Clyde Allison, Crime, Crime Factory, Crime Fiction, Megan Abbott, Sexploitation, Spy Fiction
Tagged 0008, Clyde Allison, Crime, Crime Factory, Crime Fiction, Megan Abbott, Sexploitation, Spy Fiction
16Apr12
Nick Carter: Death Orbit
Author: David Hagberg Publisher: Charter Books Published: 1986 Book No: 217 Only a certain type of person would pick up a novel called Nick Carter: Death Orbit, and I happen to be one of those people. And if you’re like me, you would expect certain things from that novel – chiefly, no matter how contrived, [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Killmaster, Nick Carter, Science Fiction, Spy Fiction
Tagged Book Review, Killmaster, Nick Carter, Science Fiction, Spy Fiction
27Feb12
Dead Spy Running
Author: Jon Stock Published: 2010 Publisher: Blue Door Last year Tanner from the Double-O Section wrote a fantastic review of a book called Dead Spy Running, written by Jon Stock. In that review, Tanner suggested that spy novel fans could do a lot worse than seek the story out. As he is one of the [...]
26Feb12
Pokerface
Author: Peter Corris Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 1985 Based on scripts for the ABC TV drama Pokerface by Peter Corris and Bill Garner Recently I have looked at a few Cliff Hardy adventures; firstly the film, The Empty Beach, the book The Black Prince, and the radio drama, The Greenwich Apartments. All of these were [...]
20Dec11
Let Sleeping Girls Lie
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 [...]
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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
