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Book Review: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet
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Book Review: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

Man of la BookJanuary 24, 2023

This is an exciting, fast-paced, and well-written book. Mr. Follet crafts a great espionage chase of MI5 agents on the trail of Faber

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Book Review: Spymistress by William Stevenson
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Book Review: Spymistress by William Stevenson

Man of la BookJanuary 26, 2022

Vera Atkins was brilliant & effective. She fought in the SOE, answering to Churchill at great peril. Fleming based Ms. Moneypenny on her

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Book Review: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky
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Book Review: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky

Man of la BookJanuary 10, 2022

Sara Gillepsie is her family’s sole survivor after a Nazi bombing. Leaving her home in Ireland, she goes to work in England helping the war effort.

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Book Review: Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate
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Book Review: Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2021

An interesting piece of the Cold War, an espionage/cautionary tale of what happens when grey people living in a grey world start believing their own lies

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Book Review: The Defector by Daniel Silva
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Book Review: The Defector by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookDecember 6, 2021

The stars of this book are the characters, which I feel I can say for the whole series. They are interesting, as well as intelligent

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Book Review: Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5’s Secret Nazi Hunter by Robert Hutton
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Book Review: Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5’s Secret Nazi Hunter by Robert Hutton

Man of la BookNovember 27, 2019

The World War II book Agent Jack The True Story of MI5s Secret Nazi Hunter by Robert Hutton is expertly researched with extensive notes and bibliographical info

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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord
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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2018

Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail

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Graphic Novel Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore

Man of la BookFebruary 4, 2014

About: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore is a graphic novel collecting issue from the first run of this popular series. A movie by the same title was made in 2003, however don’t let that turn you off […]

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Book Review: False Friends by Stephen Leather

Man of la BookJanuary 3, 2013

Article first published as Book Review: False Friends by Stephen Leather on Blogcritics. About: False Friends by Stephen Leather is a fictional book in the Dan Shepherd series. This is the 9th book in the series, but can be read as a […]

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Book Review: The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
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Book Review: The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookSeptember 8, 2010

A fictional, fast paced page turner, set mostly in days preceding the Normandy invasion in WWII. The story’s unlikely hero is recruited by Churchill for MI5.

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