The Tango Briefing. Adam Hall.
The Tango Briefing.Adam Hall Pretty bad adventure/spy novel. This has two appealing aspects. First, Hall is not obsessed with either technology or violence, so one does not become … Read more »
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The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code.Dan Brown.2003 The writing is mediocre. The characters are utterly unbelievable. The plot is ridiculous. Yet the book is the best-selling adult novel in years: … Read more »
King Solomon’s Mines. H. Rider Haggard.
King Solomon’s Mines.by H. Rider Haggard. Supposedly the first African adventure novel, this book contains interesting details of the white man’s experience of Africa circa 1885, but since … Read more »
The Five Flamboys. Francis Beeding.
The Five Flamboys.Francis Beeding. Little, Brown: 1929. This mystery/adventure gets a regular guy involved in an international espionage scheme involving the overthrow of the Roumanian government. It’s truly … Read more »
Great Author Alert! Jean-Patrick Manchette!
The books I blog are generally ones I read 3-4 years ago (I keep a handwritten journal. I am a nerd.) So, rather than wait that long to … Read more »
Genesis. W. A. Harbinson
Genesis.W. A. Harbinson.Dell: 1982. Mad genius joins the Nazi’s in the 30’s to build flying saucers. By the 1970’s, he is starting to control world governments from his … Read more »
Twelve Trains to Babylon. Alfred Connable.
Twelve Trains to Babylonby Alfred Connable.Little, Brown: 1971. Jon is a spy, transferred to America several years ago. His job is to transfer messages or suitcases from one … Read more »
A Skeleton in God’s Closet. Paul Meier.
A Skeleton in God’s Closetby Paul Meier.Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1996 A fast-paced archaeological thriller about the discovery of Jesus’ bones. Since it was published by a Christian … Read more »
Memoirs of an Invisible Man. H. F. Saint.
Memoirs of an Invisible Manby H. F. Saint. My penchant for invisible man stories has already been stated; this one is an excellent adventure. It is essentially an … Read more »
Toxin. Robin Cook.
Toxin Robin Cook. Berkley: 1999. Called by the AP a “heavyweight of a book” and the “most socially significant work” of Cook’s, and recommended by my father as … Read more »