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Craig

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Mick Herron: Bad Actors (2022, Soho Press, Incorporated)

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has …

Dove right into this after "Slough House" thanks to Libby and my library because of cliffhangers.

Mick Herron: Slough House (Hardcover, 2021, Soho Crime)

Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue …

Went directly into this from "Joe Country" thanks to Libby and my e-reader.

Mick Herron: JOE COUNTRY (Hardcover, 2019, John Murray)

If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die.

Tore through this on my e-reader and went straight into "Slough House" since I read somewhere that the next TV season might go partway into that book.

Ken Follett: The Key to Rebecca (1998, Pan Books)

Really rolls once you get reeled in during the first third. Didn't realized until part way through that it has some real historical grounding. I bet Mick Herron of the "Slow Horses" series lists Ken Follett as an influence.

Charlotte McConaghy: Wild Dark Shore (Hardcover, Flatiron Books)

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on …

I don't recall how this was recommended to me, but I enjoyed reading it. Kind of dark. Not quite dystopian, but "teetering on the edge of apocalypse."

Ken Follett: Code to zero (2000, Macmillan)

A man wakes up terrified, cold, aching and not knowing where he his. He picks …

Good story of Cold War spying centered around the U.S. space program. Was a good companion to "Countdown," which takes place about 10 years later.

Frank G. Slaughter: Countdown (1970, Doubleday) No rating

OMG, the late 1960s called with then-racy fiction. "Oh my, the kids are sniffing glue!" An interesting glimpse and trip down memory lane to 1970-ish Florida suburbia focused around the Kennedy Space Center.

wants to read The Gulf by Jack E. Davis

Jack E. Davis: The Gulf (2017)

Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the …

It's in the UF Library so I'll probably check it out when I'm finished reading my current book. Recommended by my barber and university colleagues.