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Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann

By DavidPrestidge

15 August, 2014

Previously here on Crime Fiction Lover we’ve reviewed The Will of the Dead featuring Sherlock Holmes in a steampunk mystery, and The Executioner’s Heart from George Mann’s Newbury & Hobbes series set in Victorian times. This latest Conan Doyle pastiche takes us back to the…

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The Corners of the Globe by Robert Goddard

By DavidPrestidge

30 July, 2014

James ‘Max’ Maxsted is a former RAF pilot who had successfully battled the Germans in the skies above the Western Front. In the first book in this trilogy, The Ways of the World, Maxsted traded the RAF for the intrigue of 1919 Paris, where he…

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A Morbid Habit by Annie Hauxwell

By DavidPrestidge

23 July, 2014

If you had to create a check-list for a spy fiction heroine, then Catherine Berlin would not tick many boxes. Let’s try: Young and glamorous? No, she shows all of her 57 years, and looks slightly the worse for wear. High profile job? Sorry. She’s…

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The Eagle Turns by James Green

By nagaisayonara

19 July, 2014

In my mind there are two types of spies: those who know everything and those who know nothing. Jean-François Mercier in Alan Furst’s The Spies of Warsaw is an example of the former, as is John le Carré’s George Smiley, while examples of the latter…

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Arts and Crafts

By DavidPrestidge

15 June, 2014

Written by JT Prescott — If you’ve ever wondered where CIA black ops personnel go when they get too old to kill an opponent in one deadly blow, then this entertaining novel may provide some answers. Ken Frazier was a ruthless and accomplished agent but…

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Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst

By RoughJustice

10 June, 2014

World War II is yet to start, but fascist forces in Germany and Italy are making ominous declarations, and General Franco’s nationalist army is fighting a civil war with the Spanish Republic. The Republic maintains fragile control over Madrid and Barcelona, but they are starved…

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The Whitehall Mandarin by Edward Wilson

By Andre

7 June, 2014

For crime readers with a penchant for espionage, there’s a select band of authors to explore ranging from young turks Charles Cumming and Chris Morgan Jones to veterans John le Carré, Alan Furst and Charles McCarry. Within a few pages of Edward Wilson’s latest Cold…

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Kill with a Borrowed Knife: or Agent Ai by Michael Wreford

By nagaisayonara

31 May, 2014

Plenty of spy and espionage stories focus on Europe and Russia, set mainly between the 1930s and the 1970s, when borders were stricter, and the flow of information across them was mainly in the form of papers lining the false bottoms of suitcases. Agent Ai…

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Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann

The Corners of the Globe by Robert Goddard

A Morbid Habit by Annie Hauxwell

The Eagle Turns by James Green

Arts and Crafts

Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst

The Whitehall Mandarin by Edward Wilson

Kill with a Borrowed Knife: or Agent Ai by Michael Wreford

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