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Addressing the political mystery of why an educated Russian populace has accepted Putin despite economic stagnation and repression of dissidents - the nonfiction
Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia by Samuel A. Greene It also provides deeper info about the Crimean annexation and "prisoner of conscience" Alexei Navalny
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4168160681
I've been casting about looking for another espionage novel after finishing the George Smiley series. Prompted by a different GR group's featured book, I just finished
Slow Horses by Mick Herron. It's the first in the Slough House series and a dark horse thriller.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4012535411
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. I'm only moderately interested in the opioid crisis. I read this because I had really enjoyed his Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. And Keefe once again delivered a story about crimes that go unpunished and the background history which enabled that.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4194886731
Dead Lions #2 in the award winning Slough House series by Mick HerronThe plot is more far-fetched than in the first novel, but the character dynamics were better.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4215091463
Real Tigers by Mick Herron#3 in the acclaimed Slough House series but can be read as a standalone
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4230421087
Spook Street by Mick Herron#4 in the Slough House series and best installment so far
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4241679073
London Rules by Mick Herron
The Slough House series is utterly addictive, and the novels have been written as standalones.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Joe Country by Mick Herron
One of my favorites in the highly acclaimed Slough House series.
My review - www.goodreads.com/review/show/4258275687
Slough House by Mick Herron -
This is the most recent novel in this highly acclaimed series. Oh my, it's going to be a long wait until Bad Actors is published.
my review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4259930448
The Last Time She Died by Zoë Sharp, one of my favorite authors.
Her newest protagonist holds so much potential and intrigue as a main character!
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4255889814
Better off Dead #26 but second collaboration between Lee Child and his brother Andrew Child.
My 3.5 ☆ (rounded up) review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4137665338
2 short stories from Mick Herron that he set in his Slough House milieu but are independent of that series -▪︎
The Listmy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4270042242
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The Marlyebone Dropmy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4270042646
The Chaos Kind by Barry Eisler
This combines characters from his two other most popular series. As this is the first thing I've read from this author, I can easily report that it works fine as a standalone. Spies on spies action.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4266782665
The Catch by Mick Herron
This is a novella featuring John Bachelor. While set in the same milieu as Herron's Slough House series, this story runs independently of it and can be read as a standalone.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4276992105
Nobody Walks by Mick Herron - a father who is a retired MI5 operative goes on a revenge hunt for his son's killer
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4278351571
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4236312815
The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge - best installment so far as third's the charmMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4184893655
After a long hiatus, Ilona Andrews have returned to their Kinsnen series with this novella - 
Fated BladesI haven't read the preceding installments which were really just short stories. There's plenty of world-building here with a Sci-fi setting and a desperate hunt for thieves and the potential for galactic warfare.
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Silverview was the last complete manuscript John le Carré left behind. It has just been published by his estate -My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4302579893
The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni. After appearing in the David Sloane series, Charles Jenkins gets the starring role here. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4315225867
The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni - #2 in the espionage series and can be read as a standaloneMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4328188805
The Silent Sisters - With the best installment of the trilogy, Robert Dugoni concludes his espionage intrigues featuring Charles Jenkins and Russia.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4331453956
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle CosimanoThis was a very fun revenge fantasy thriller to read after much heavier fare.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4342285515
The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir NabokovControversial and disquieting but deserving of its status as a classic and crime in the literary mode.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4281619701
Sea Storm by Andrew MayneThe Florida Underwater Investigation Unit pursue the attacker of a massive cruise ship and find a conspiracy.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4362402698
Christine wrote: "Welcome!"Thanks, Christine!
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle CosimanoWhile not as funny as the series' debut, it was good to catch up with Finlay and her antics.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4383756161
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell who was fascinated by the mystery of Life.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4353709378
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and adapted by Stacy King - the graphic novel version. Mysteries about mysterious laughs at Thornfield and why Jane Eyre should have guarded herself more carefully.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4402696025
In Family Business, S.J. Rozan takes the reader back to a New York City that's untouched by Covid-19. News of the day is the death of Big Brother Choi - the leader of an organized crime unit - and its impact on a huge real estate deal. P.I. Lydia Chin gets hired to serve as bodyguard and community advisor to Choi's heir.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4017644183
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock - my first 5☆ this year. Get a look inside the room where it happened. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4526675440
The Art of War may be the oldest book I've ever read, but it is truly a classic on warfare strategy. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4562831953
The Stranger was my introduction to its author - Albert Camus. It wasn't what I had expected at all from its synopsis (with its claim to a "perfectly executed thriller") but its zeitgeist was a curiously intriguing aspect. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4565705108
The Art of War: A Graphic Novel by Pete Katz and Sun Tzu. This graphic novel with bold, colorful images is a great way to learn the ancient military treatise. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4517376193
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - a must read for those interested in politics or in Renaissance ItalyMy review- www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4481961636
Out by Natsuo Kirino is an award-winning and unconventional mystery novel. The story is set in Tokyo in the late 1990s.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4608196408
On Wings of Eagles. Usually a writer of thriller fictions, Ken Follett turned his attention to recounting the true story of rescuing two American executives falsely imprisoned in Iran during its revolution about forty years ago.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4684282660
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews is the fantastic finale to Catalina's trilogy. This falls into the urban fantasy camp, but the authors always have a little mystery and a great deal of adrenaline-filled battle scenes.My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4270954677
Bad Actors by Mick Herron. The preceding book had a cliffhanger so I was impatient for this one - another not to miss installment. My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4228821522
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina ThompsonThis was an ambitious book, which tried to explain the mystery of widespread Polynesian settlements across the gargantuan Pacific Ocean, pre GPS. Engagingly written nonfiction.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4639910008
For a little insight into the mystery of Putin's unprovoked attack on Ukraine --
A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin by Mark GaleottiAt about 5 hours, worth listening to for a quick overview.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4704478898
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - classic and the ultimate closed-circle mystery published in 1939My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4778668543
Mystery "lite" in a historical fiction -- 
The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette HeyerMy review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4828758858
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben MacintyreSo this was my first but not my last book by Ben Macintyre. It's an easy recommendation for fans of espionage books (both fiction and nonfiction) and for those interested in the Cold War.
My review -- www.Goodreads.com/review/show/3408992711
The Paris Apartment by Lucy FoleyClearly, Foley plotted a great deal to write this mystery. It fell a bit short but was very entertaining.
My review - www.Goodreads.com/review/show/4828623017
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