Category Archives: Spy Thriller

Tuesday’s Tantalizing Teasers & First Chapter, First Paragraph: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Posted on June 26, 2018 by mysm2000

  First Chapter, First Paragraph has a new host, I’d Rather Be At The Beach, you can reach here.  Easy to participate.  Include your book title and author, a picture of the cover, and quote the first (or first two) … Continue reading →

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Mystery Monday: The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz

Posted on April 16, 2018 by mysm2000

Today’s Mystery Monday feature is The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz, a Swedish journalist and author whose books have been translated into many languages and are on best sellers lists everywhere.  This book is part of a … Continue reading →

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An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris

Posted on August 3, 2017 by mysm2000

Robert Harris has written an amazing novelization of the factual events from the 1895 trial of Alfred Dreyfus, accused spy in the French military, to his final vindication in 1906 when the decision of the Rennes verdict of the Supreme … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: July 28/17

Posted on July 28, 2017 by mysm2000

I had a birthday last week and got a gift card from my sister for Chapters ( a Canadian bookstore for real and online) and so have managed to pick up a few more books (which I swore I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal

Posted on July 13, 2017 by mysm2000

This mystery adventure historical fiction story set in WWII is part of a series by Susan Elia MacNeal that neatly melds history into imagined events that could have been.  They involve real people — George VI, the Duke of Windsor, … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: July 7/17

Posted on July 7, 2017 by mysm2000

Well I’ve been absent for quite awhile and got behind in my writing if not totally behind in my reading.  I picked up on my writing last week and am almost caught up on both my goal (75 books for … Continue reading →

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Junior/Teen Read: Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz

Posted on June 15, 2017 by mysm2000

At the end of book five in the Alex Rider adventure series, Alex was shot as he stepped off the curb in front of the innocuous-looking building that houses MI-6 in London.  Those who thought Alex dead were pleasantly surprised … Continue reading →

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Mystery Monday: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary, a Maggie Hope novel by Susan Elia MacNeal

Posted on February 6, 2017 by mysm2000

Welcome to Mystery Monday.  Today’s feature is Mr. Churchill’s Secretary, a Maggie Hope novel by Susan Elia MacNeal.  Mr. Churchill has just been sworn in as prime minister, war is raging in Europe, the Blitz is imminent, and when Diana Snyder is … Continue reading →

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First Chapter, First Paragraph & Teaser Tuesday: Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal

Posted on January 31, 2017 by mysm2000

First Chapter, First Paragraph, is a meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea.  Anyone can play — just copy the first paragraph of the first chapter (or prologue) and include a picture of the book cover. Leave your link at … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: Jan. 27/17

Posted on January 27, 2017 by mysm2000

Well, finally, an opportunity to fill you in on some new books on my bookshelf this year.  I’ve been gathering more, both in paperback and on my iPad, despite my resolution to get my TBR list whittled down to something manageable. … Continue reading →

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