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July 7, 2026

REVIEW: The Spy and the Snake by M. J. Robotham

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Cold War / espionage / Historical fiction / Hungary / spy6 Comments

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One mission. One fake husband. One very real problem. Maggie Flynn has finally earned her place at of MI5-but with promotion comes paperwork. No more disguises, no more danger, just meetings, memos, and the quiet realisation that life feels a little too safe. With her daughter away at university and ... more >

October 1, 2025

REVIEW: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O’Brien

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / espionage / found family / Historical fiction / mystery / Seattle / single mother / Thriller/Suspense / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O’Brien

Washington D.C., 1943: Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed at Guadalcanal. One year later, she’s in a dark, unexpected quandary—pregnant and on the run to avoid a ruthless political family that wants to erase all connections between her and ... more >

June 17, 2024

Review: Spook Street (Slough House Book 4) by Mick Herron

SiriusA Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCold War / England / espionage / Slough House series6 Comments

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What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but don’t remember they’re secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good? These are the paranoid concerns of David Cartwright, a Cold War–era ... more >

March 12, 2024

REVIEW: The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / espionage / France / Historical / novelization / older woman / resistance/oppression / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake

She’ll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned… 1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat’s life is over. She’s estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose. Until she’s offered a chance to ... more >

June 6, 2019

REVIEW: Scholars of Mayhem by Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Biography / espionage / France / non-fiction / spies / World War II3 Comments

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The astonishing untold story of the author’s father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in France, whose epic feats of irregular warfare proved vital in keeping Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day. When Daniel Guiet was a child and his family moved ... more >

December 5, 2018

REVIEW: The Spy and The Traitor by Ben Macintyre

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsespionage / non-fiction / Russia4 Comments

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The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous ... more >

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