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]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Defector']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64766345 to: The Defector (Gabriel Allon, #9) by Daniel Silva
bookshelves: russia, spies, thriller-intrigue, thriller-political
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]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76409057 The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel (Hardcover) by Alan Furst
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'True Blue']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76408639 True Blue (Hardcover) by David Baldacci
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Scarpetta Factor']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76408498 The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta, #17) by Patricia Cornwell
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'Watchmen']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55626509 to: Watchmen (Paperback) by Alan Moore
bookshelves: graphic-novel
Innovative and ground-breaking. ]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Spies of Warsaw']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74910010 to: The Spies of Warsaw (Hardcover) by Alan Furst
bookshelves: historical-fiction, thriller-intrigue, world-war-2
An old-school spy novel set on the eve of WW II - more Graham Greene and John LeCarre' than Ted Bell and Daniel Silva. There is more intrigue than flash-bang. In this atmospheric novel Alan Furst develops the pervasive mis-trust, the uncertain outcome, bureaucratic skepticism and just plain dumb luck that is the world of espionage.
The plot has more threads than a shag carpet, some of them left hanging unfortunately. This is my first Furst novel (couldn't resist). So perhaps all will become clear as I read more of him. ]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'Nine Dragons']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74556953 Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14) by Michael Connelly
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Murder of King Tut']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74095402 The Murder of King Tut (Hardcover) by James Patterson
bookshelves: to-read
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