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This book is fascinating when taken at face value and students of Cold War history will benefit from some of Jacobsen’s commentary on historical geopolitical events, like the intelligence angle on the Cuban Missile Crisis. The key concept the author appears to put forward is that, while significant technological and scientific advances were made at…

This is an ambitious thriller with action and adventure mixed with social and political commentary that gives the novel connection to the real world, typical of Mariani. Also, an element of crime scene investigation appeals to readers of the detective genre. Simultaneous storylines are cleverly interwoven into the plot and layers of tension are built…

Originally published in the 1970s and set at the time of publication, this novel is a clever reflection of the Cold War tensions in the second half of the twentieth century. Ludlum creates a sense of intrigue from the start with an unexpected police presence in a quiet American village and builds layers of tension…

This is a bold attempt at an illustrated account of centuries of history. The development of the Navy is well covered in terms of logistics, tactics, technology and its role in British culture. There is a good use of statistics to form a picture and good embedding of primary sources to cement the narrative. There…

Mariani’s intriguing opening and atmospheric imagery grip the reader from the start and interest is sustained by a complex but manageable plot and a little humour. Part of this complex plot is the story within a story, a tool Mariani uses repeatedly in his Ben Hope series to bring history into his work. This is…

Published in 2005, this is an intriguing piece of Harlan Coben’s older work. Coben’s humour, the atmosphere of a place in need of regeneration, the interesting exploration of human nature, the fragility of the American suburban ideal and believable law enforcement evasion are aspects of Coben’s work which clearly became a theme of his work…

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