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Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense by Sam Eastland Before the Revolution in two steps, Tsar Nicholas Romanov trusted his brilliant Finnish born investigator Pekkala to solve impossible cases. However, in the Summer of 1917, the great detective became Prisoner 4745-P exiled to spend the rest of his life for crimes against
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Have you always wanted to write a novel? Before you start writing, there’s preparation you can do to help you come out with the best book possible. This will improve your chances not only finishing your novel, but coming out with something good enough to publish.
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The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology Edited by Christopher Golden In his foreword to this anthology (titled ‘The New Dead’ if you’re in the US), Christopher Golden asks his reader what the big deal about zombies is these days. That’s quite a brave move to make considering that the foreword comes just before a whole
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Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games is without question a difficult act to follow. Catching Fire, however, mostly makes the grade, despite some flaws that are largely inherent to its position in the middle of a trilogy. Everything that I loved about The Hunger Games is
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Urban Gothic by Brian Keene Brian Keene can always be counted on for providing a frightening horror novel that scares the hell out if his fans. In many ways URBAN GOTHIC is a thin plotted slasher movie except the characters don’t quite fit as they understand survival means teaming together not wandering alone begging to
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by Tom Rob Smith Last year thriller fans got introduced to Tom Rob Smith with his fantastic debut novel, – introducing us to Leo. With The Secret Speech, we follow on from Child 44 and what happened next. The Secret Speech is set after Stalin’s death and the changes being made in Russia. The story
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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith The novel benefits from Smith’s weaving of historic events into the fabric of his characters’ lives. The backdrop of the Soviet Union, with its necessary secrecy and inner conflict, makes it easy to connect with the characters. As a thriller, though, it resorts to somewhat formulaic, deus-ex-machina plot
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The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon has been and continues to be one of the most fascinating espionage agents for years in perhaps the best thriller series on the market in the past decade. Besides his being a powerhouse, the women in his circle like his wife also an agent are also
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The Cracked Throne by Joshua Palmatier This is an interesting fantasy book, but I don’t know where to shelf it. It’s not a quest. The first was a survival and create a spot for oneself in a cruel world. This book has quite a bit of that feel. The character struggles with personal relationships; sometimes
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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith Based on a real event that Gorbachev acknowledged in 2007 was the first courageous step away from Stalin’s brutal totalitarian reign, THE SECRET SPEECH is a great Soviet historical police procedural. The cast is strong especially the remorseful hero whose beloved daughter has become a pawn in a