I’m still on a Kindle buzz after reading Spook Street, Real Tigers and Slow Horses from Mick Herron’s Slough House series. Really enjoying these. Will take a break from these now and divert to sci-fi for a while.
Dead Lions (Slough House)
Tag: thriller
Spook Street (Slough House)
Immediately after reading Real Tigers I used the power of Kindle to go straight onto the next book in the Slough House series from Mick Herron. A good page turner and I liked the characters.
Real Tigers (Slough House)
I enjoyed Mick Herron’s book Slow Horses so have started to read more of the series on Kindle. Very enjoyable, good characters and it’s fun following the locations on Google street view.
2024 A Novel of the Next World War
A page turner from Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis about a hypothetical near-peer conflict set in the year 2034 between the United States and China. When I spoke about the book with a work colleague, we both felt “2034” was in the same vein as the cold war / hot war thriller “Red Storm Rising” by Tom Clancy from the 1980’s and that is not a bad thing. Enjoyable and a bit scary.
Mickey 7
Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 is an enjoyable Sci Fi story revolving around the topic of cloning.
Slow Horses
Mick Herron’s book Slow Horses was recommended to me by a work colleague who’s read the entire series. I also understand from him that there is an Apple TV adaptation of it with Gary Oldman. I enjoyed it – it’s the first espionage thriller I’ve read in recent years other than John Le Carré.
The Apollo Murders
Vivid description of Apollo re-entry was a highlight of Chris Hadfield’s Apollo Murders. Recommend. Read in February 2022.
Fall or Dodge in Hell
The cloud economics of the afterlife. Also a dystopian vision of a more polarised America driven by pervasive algorithmic social platforms. Good stuff from Neal Stephenson. Read in September 2020.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
One of the greatest spy novels from the master – John Le Carré. Highly recommend. Read this in April 2020.