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Tag: Thriller

The Shape of the Ruins – Juan Gabriel Vásquez

On June 14, 2021June 12, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

Have you ever had that moment when reading a conspiracy theory when you were on the verge of being convinced? This book pulls it off not once, but twice. It is a fascinating work of fiction that grows out of reality. A book that will have you checking facts, while it holds you in its …

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The Whistler – John Grisham

On November 21, 2020November 1, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

Let's take a look at another victim of my Cyprus crime/thriller reading spree. Earlier I read The Winner by David Baldacci, Camino Island by John Grisham, Run Away by Harlan Coben and Agent Running in the Field by John le  Carré. Now it’s time to go back to Grisham and this time in a setting …

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Agent Running in the Field – John le Carré

On November 18, 2020October 27, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

This is the fourth of my Cyprus crime/thriller reads. Previous installments were: The Winner by David Baldacci, Camino Island by John Grisham, and Run Away by Harlan Coben. So far Grisham and Coben came out as equals. But let’s be honest John le Carré is in a class of his own. I read his Tinker, …

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Run Away – Harlan Coben

On November 14, 2020October 24, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

The third of my Cyprus holiday crime/thriller reads. The previous two were The Winner by David Baldacci and Camino Island by John Grisham. Coben is the third writer I do fall back on when in need of not too challenging entertainment. He certainly knows how to come up with a twist in the story and …

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Camino Island – John Grisham

On November 9, 2020October 24, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

Another victim of my Cyprus holiday streak of crime/thriller reading. The first one was The Winner by David Baldacci. I've mentioned a few times already that John Grisham is one of those writers who I fall back on if in need of a decent, but no too challenging entertainment. He has ups and downs, but …

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The Winner – David Baldacci

On November 2, 2020October 22, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews7 Comments

In October I , with my Bigger Half, we were lucky enough to travel to Cyprus. I'll spare you all the joyful details of getting a Covid test privately in London, within a specific window of 72 hrs before travel. What it meant though is that I turned to my Kindle for reading matter, as …

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Complicity – Iain Banks

On December 22, 2018November 10, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

I’m still not sure what to think about this book, because I bought it based on the cover, having no idea what to expect. And then it surprised me a bit. I expected something more literary, what I got was a brutal and layered thriller. So we have a case of mixed feelings. As a …

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré

On November 23, 2017November 18, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

It seems I am on a bit of John le Carré roll. I really loved Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, so when I was flying home and none of the books I had with seemed appealing, I went to WHSmith in the airport and there The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was waiting for me. Alec Leamas, …

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Good and Bad Crime

On October 27, 2015October 31, 2015 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

As a way of introduction let me just say I read a lot of crime and thrillers, usually I don't remember them a week after I finished. During vacation I sometimes read 2-3 a day; in general I tend to read crime books or thrillers when I'm too tired for something more ambitious or between …

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