D.B. John’s Star of the North is an exceptional thriller about the relationship between The United States and North Korea. Based on actual historical policies within the DPRK, the book follows three plot lines that the reader knows will eventually intersect. Mrs. Moon has been living on a prison farm for over 20 years, but... Continue Reading →
Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne
Andrew Mayne's newest thriller Looking Glass picks up a little while after the action of the first book in the series The Naturalist. Dr. Theo Cray has left academia and entered the private sector as a government contractor searching for terrorists using AI. After a conflict in his new position, he travels to Los Angeles... Continue Reading →
The Spy’s Daughter by Adam Brookes
I read Adam Brookes's first book in this series Night Heron when it was released four years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the main character journalist Phillip Mangan's introduction into the skills of tradecraft. He is the anti-Bourne. He doesn't kick or shoot his way out of trouble; he knows how to read people and as... Continue Reading →
Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen
Set in Hong King and Communist China in 1957, Kirstin Chen's new novel follows the once-weathly Ong family's quest to flee the Mao state and reunite with their estranged father. Grandmother, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter all have reasons for wanting to remain on or leave their little island of Drum Wave Islet. In an attempt... Continue Reading →
A Known Evil by Aidan Conway
Aidan Conway's A Known Evil is a well-researched international thriller focusing on the unique crimes of a serial killer on the streets of Rome. Inspectors Rossi and Carrara are put in charge of the investigation to track down the hammer-wielding killer who leaves cryptic notes at the murder scenes. Rossi suspects all the major power... Continue Reading →