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Atomic Secrets
Enjoyable romp through a plausible alternative history Continue reading
Man Up
This is a comedy thriller very much affecting the style of Carl Hiaasen. Hiaasen’s latest, the hilarious Bad Monkey, uses almost exactly the same Floridan and Bahamian locations, and reading this book almost immediately afterwards did feel a bit like … Continue reading
El Dorado Blues
Like the predecessor novel, Wahoo Rhapsody, this is an enjoyable romp which charges on at an impressive pace. As a complete antidote to all the “Templar Treasure” novels of recent years, while this does feature a long-buried fabled treasure, which … Continue reading
The Crusade of Darkness
This is an intense, dark, mediaeval mystery, set in turbulent 13th Century Italy. Giulio Leoni makes Dante Aligheri the central character who travels as Florence’s ambassador to Rome, but who rapidly becomes embroiled in investigating a series of murdered and … Continue reading
Wahoo Rhapsody
Very enjoyable Hiaasen-style romp Continue reading
The Templar Salvation
A Rip-Roaring Romp, with Cutting Questions on Christianity Continue reading
Prophecy
Murky murder mysteries and complex catholic conspiracies Continue reading
Heresy
Dodgy Dons Done to Death in Troubled Tudor Times Continue reading
Meltdown
A cracking thriller, and an intriguing insight into the world of high finance Continue reading