en-US Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:32:53 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7397099523 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:32:53 -0700 /review/show/7397099523 Kate gave 4 stars to A Cold Wind From Moscow (Tom Wilde #8) by Rory Clements
Now that Rory Clements has been turning his attention away from Professor Tom Wilde towards Detective Wolff in 1930s Germany, I was rather surprised, but delighted, to see Tom return for an eighth novel. The Second World War is over and now, the freezing cold of the winter of 1947 is matched by the political freeze of the early Cold War. Stalin has sent his killer spies to England. The world is a complicated place, with leaps forward being made by former Nazi scientists. It is Tom's job to work out who is working for whom, who is blackmailing whom, while protecting the UK's atomic secrets.

It's a really good read, as we'd expect from this series. But it's particularly dark and cruel, with London gangsters playing their part. Tom doesn't want to work with M15 again but he's given little choice and M15 is no safer than anywhere else! Tom's relationship with his family seems a little strained, and I can't say that I particularly enjoyed the scenes with the mysterious nanny. But Clements captures the cold chill of the situation and there is a genuinely menacing atmosphere. I do prefer the novels set during the war but this is a strong addition to one of my favourite series. ]]> ReadStatus8459376428 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:45:15 -0700 /review/show/6883769628 Kate has read The Body in the Boat by A.J. MacKenzie
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]]> Review6101579472 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:37:50 -0800 /review/show/6101579472 Kate gave 4 stars to The Tudor Deception (Ben Hope, #28) by Scott Mariani
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I have read and loved this series for years and this was fabulous! Definitely one of the better books and set a little in the past. ]]> Review6101566091 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:35:01 -0800 /review/show/6101566091 Kate gave 3 stars to The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman
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Dare I say not as addictive and wonderful as the previous three? Possibly too familiar. ]]> Review6101532604 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:28:51 -0800 /review/show/6101532604 Kate gave 4 stars to Munich Wolf (Kindle Edition) by Rory Clements
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Rory Clements is one of my favourite authors and now we move away from the Tom Wilde series while remaining with 1930s' Germany. It's a very well-written mystery but, as always with crime fiction set in Nazi Germany, I find it hard to see how the crime matters to an establishment that murders every day. There's a real atmosphere of sadness and brutality. But this author writes so well and I'll read everything he publishes. ]]> Review5396305894 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:19:14 -0800 /review/show/5396305894 Kate gave 4 stars to The Drift (Hardcover) by C.J. Tudor
Thoroughly enjoyed it - creepy and very, very chilly. ]]>