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Sooo tempted to post review blurbs for Stillhouse Lake and Playing with Fire; must - control - myself.
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I nominate The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Here's a blurb from Goodreads, where it has 3.92 stars from 518 ratings:
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How about The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth? I remember reading this under the covers with a flashlight when I was a kid, and couldn't put it down then just for the action, didn't really understand the politics/world affairs. I reread it not long ago when I got the ebook, and enjoyed it even more, since I now understand the background, as well as the action.
The blurb (without reviews ) on Amazon is underwhelming and not really representative of the book... Quote:
Per SYKM, it won the 1972 Edgar Award for Best Mystery. One downside - it's pricey, $14.99 at Amazon US right now, but for those who travel, it's only £3.99 at Amazon UK. And it's also available at two of the three libraries I belong to. So there's my nomination - hopefully it hasn't been done before! Oh yeah, 4.25 on Goodreads, if you follow that sort of thing... Last edited by sufue; 07-22-2017 at 11:27 AM. Reason: added Goodreads info |
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07-22-2017, 11:25 AM | #20 |
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Oh, and I second issybird's The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. I'm a fan of Great Game-era books, and this sounds a bit like that sort of thing, so might be fun...
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I third The Great Impersonation
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I third The Neon Rain
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07-22-2017, 01:51 PM | #24 |
Bah, humbug!
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But it was the selection last August. Shouldn't that rule it out?
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Yes, that does disqualify it. So it needs to be removed from the 2nd post.
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We need more nods for Stillhouse Lake and Playing with Fire.
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Review blurbs just say to me that the description is not able to stand on it's own.
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If you don't give a nod to at least Playing with Fire, you are passing up the best author suggested this month. It's going to be hard to find someone better than Tess Gerritsen. So far, none of the other authors are as good.
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