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Book Review: A Spy in Exile by Jonathan De Shalit
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Book Review: A Spy in Exile by Jonathan De Shalit

Man of la BookFebruary 4, 2019

Ya’ara Stein, a disgraced Mossad agent, has been tagged by the Israeli prime minister to create a secret squad answerable only to him.

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Book Review: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera
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Book Review: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera

Man of la BookOctober 31, 2018

I never thought I’d enjoy a book about pigeons. A thrilling book about an oddball corner of history including brave citizens, and creative intelligence officers

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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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Book Review: Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming

Man of la BookJune 27, 2017

I simply feel that the James Bond series should have gotten a much stronger finish than two short stories and two outlines for short stories.

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Giveaway (Over): Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell
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Giveaway (Over): Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell

Man of la BookApril 20, 2017

Bai Tide is a light, fast read with loveable characters and exploit

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Book Review: Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell
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Book Review: Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell

Man of la BookJanuary 24, 2017

Bai Tide is a light, fast read with loveable characters and exploit

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Book Review: The Trinty Six by Charles Cumming
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Book Review: The Trinty Six by Charles Cumming

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2011

I found the plot to be a bit too convenient, information happens to fall into Sam’s lap just at the right time, I did enjoy the Russian/British interaction

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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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Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
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Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookAugust 6, 2010

The Kill Artist is a well written spy novel, filled with details in all the right places as well as several characters from Silva’s previous novels.

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