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Moscow X by David McCloskey

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Two years ago, David McCloskey hit it big with his debut espionage novel, Damascus Station. Hordes of readers, intelligence professionals, and critics alike praised its realism and lively, timely plot. Now, he has a new book out, and it’s even better. “The new John Le…
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Dark Arena by Jack Beaumont

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There seems to have been a spike in the number of ex-intelligence officers writing espionage novels recently – and they know what they’re talking about. Among them are David McCloskey and IS Berry in America, and James Wolff and Charles Beaumont in Britain. Dark Arena…
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On the Radar: A whole world of badness

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Let’s take a midwinter journey to parts far and wide with this week’s book news, starting in Argentina with an award-winning novel by Nicolás Ferraro. Also in translation, an Italian crime classic from Fruttero and Lucentini, while David McCloskey’s spooks take us to Moscow and…
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The Siberia Job by Josh Haven

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The collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the most important geopolitical events of the last half century, the effects of which are still being felt. The disappearance of the controlled economy and its hierarchy left a chaotic vacuum which is fertile ground for…
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On the Radar: Her next job is in cyber

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From the Monkeewrench series to Millennium and on to today’s techno thrillers, we love it when new technologies quickly evolve into new kinds of crime and new ways of catching crooks. At the moment, this subgenre seems to be surging forward with crypto currency, the…
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Dead Rich by GW Shaw

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William Shaw, author of the top notch Alexandra Cupidi and the Breen and Tozer novels, has a new pen persona. And it makes a lot of sense because Dead Rich and his previous procedurals are chalk and cheese, appealing to different audiences. By design or…
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