Reviews 

Was trying to find a different book, which I think I read from the library so not on my Kindle, it appears. So re-read this instead. I...

I have read this before, but found it absolutely brilliant 2nd time round. The Slough House characters (and indeed the house itself) are...

Am writing this on 20 February and can’t honestly remember anything about this book. These are a bit of a cheat. It is part of a series...

The prequel, I think to 743, and I have read this one before. Structurally quite similar- another elderly German ex MI5 agent dies, a...

Interesting to read this just after Le Carre, as this treads the same territory 30(?) years later and features ancient, superannuated...

This I think is the 3rd book in a trilogy which ends with Smiley trapping Karla’s daughter who has been smuggled into Europe...

I may not have been in the right mood, but thought this was one of his weaker books. Weak and slowly developed plot line and just not a...

I enjoyed this, although it was long and hard work! Annoyingly, it succumbed to various clichés attaching to this type of novel; about 3...

This is the book or novella around which Killing Eve is based. It is pretty much complete junk (although does provide a bit of background...

The only one we had in the house; I had read before but had no memory of it, perhaps a bad omen. I felt quite cheated by this; an...

Well, close on the title. Very much the successor to 663 (which I think you would have to have read first) but, for me, less compelling....

I loved this – book of the year so far. It began with her parachute drop into France in 1942 or 3, and then bounced back into her...

I struggled with the first half of this book which seemed almost Dickensian in its slow development. 2 kids are abandoned by their...

(I think I have got the title right). Quite a slight (although not cheap) book about two sisters and a madman who cons the less...

3rd purchase from Smith’s at Gatwick, her new book which Paddy devoured before I did! Not as good as many of her books, a bit...

Short novella, featuring some of the Slough House characters. Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon

This is the 3rd time I have read this (463 & 517), having recommended him to a friend and wanting to remind myself/confirm (!) that they...

This is the book I meant to read, a domestic spy story, but very good. Maurice Castle is a minor functionary in the security services in...

Reading this for bizarrely incorrect reason. Meant to read The Human Factor after enjoying 554 above, but both it and The Honorary...

The first in the private eye Zoe Boehm series, although until near the end she appears as a minor character in this book. Completely...