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The Cold War Returns in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

So there’s good news for those of you who liked your war cold: This week (which happens to mark the 54th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall), The Man From U.N.C.L.E hits the big screen. And while the movie—a remake of the popular 1960s TV show—may not be…

Michael RuscoeAugust 13, 2015

Fiction

Gayle Lynds spins tale of intrigue in The Assassins

Author Gayle Lynds When master spy Judd Ryder returns in The Assassins (St. Martin's Press; June 30, 2015) the latest thriller from best-selling author Gayle Lynds, he’s not only doing battle with the Carnivore, an infamous Cold War killer. He’s fighting for his life, his reputation and his destiny—all the…

Michael RuscoeJune 27, 2015

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The Search for Rogue Artificial Intelligence Continues in Fast-Paced Techno-Thriller

In the second installment of the thrilling SNO Chronicles series, author Guy Morris manages the extraordinary feat of stitching together scintillating artifacts and prophecies from the ancient past with modern espionage and artificial intelligence technology. If Indiana Jones had the technological savvy of Elon Musk, he would fit perfectly in…

Michael FerryNovember 11, 2022

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Six Books that will Scratch Your Tom Clancy Itch

The name Tom Clancy is almost symbolic of an entire genre in itself. For decades. Clancy supplied us with some of the most memorable and iconic thrillers ever to hit the market, including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and other hallmarks. Although his death in 2013 didn't mark…

Wyatt SemenukSeptember 23, 2022

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Fragments of the Past: 10 Espionage Thrillers Set In Post-Soviet Countries

While the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, it would be folly to assume that the makings of its administration dissolved with it. In the thirty-one years since its fall, we’ve seen the effect its regime has on its modern inhabitants; each country is irrevocably touched by its legacy of being…

BookTribOctober 10, 2022

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Writers, Ink Podcast: Writing in the James Bond Franchise with Anthony Horowitz

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in…

Writers, InkSeptember 6, 2022

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On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom

“This narrative is a story of the will to overcome the kind of adversity that can crush the spirit … but not this one." — Sol Gittleman, professor and provost emeritus at Tufts University "Ed Hajim’s life story makes Horatio Alger look like an underachiever." — Ken Roman, former CEO…

BookTribMarch 3, 2021

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John Warner IV’s “Little Anton:” Love, Espionage and WWII Grand Prix Racing

Little Anton by John W. Warner IV “Warner takes readers on an epic, white-knuckle ride through one of history’s most chilling untold stories.” Little Anton by John W. Warner IV is a riveting historical novel from a born truth teller. Teetering between fact and fiction, it begins with a trove of…

BookTribJanuary 26, 2021

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Move Over, John le Carré! 5 New Masterful Tales of Cold War Espionage

It feels impossible to discuss Cold War fiction, or the whole of espionage fiction for that matter, without mentioning the master of the spy novel himself, John le Carré. As The New York Times notes in the late novelist’s obituary, his “exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the…

Chelsea CicconeApril 5, 2022