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John Lawton

Book Review: Hammer to Fall by John Lawton

By Janet Webb

March 12, 2020

The third Joe Wilderness spy thriller from John Lawton, set in the swinging sixties, takes rogue MI6 Agent Joe Wilderness from Finland to Prague on a vodka-soaked adventure. What happens to spies after peace treaties are signed? According to Hammer to Fall, they simply keep on keeping on. Books about spy-craft (fiction and non-fiction) reveal…

Review: Friends and Traitors by John Lawton

By Janet Webb

October 3, 2017

Friends and Traitors by John Lawton is the eighth book in the Inspector Troy series―a story of betrayal, espionage, and the dangers of love. Friends and Traitors by John Lawton will have readers riffing through their mental Rolodex of the infamous Cambridge Five. Who were they? When were they outed? Which of them ended up…

9 Murder Mysteries Set During Wartime

By Katherine Tomlinson

June 6, 2017

Just because there’s a war going on doesn’t mean that death takes a holiday among the civilian population. Here are nine very different views of death during wartime. Black Dragon by Kirk Mitchell Black Dragon is reminiscent of the history-based thrillers/mysteries of Joseph Kanon (Los Alamos, The Good German). The book (published in 1988) is…

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