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Contagion by Robin Cook (1995)

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I’ve never read Robin Cook before, and this is certainly not the season of my life where I need to be getting caught up on popular fiction to the detriment of my studies and other readings! Still, it’s COVID season(s). … Continue reading

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Watcher in the Shadows by Geoffrey Household (1960)

I returned recently to what’s become sort of an annual favorite, one of Geoffrey Household‘s thrilling cat-and-mouse novels. This time I chose Watcher in the Shadows, which (truth be told) wasn’t my favorite but certainly was entertaining. I was  surprised … Continue reading

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A Rough Shoot by Geoffrey Household (1951)

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My name is Roger Taine. I am thirty-four, with a family and no capital. I have a good job as Dorset agent for a big quarry combine. (5) I read Geoffrey Household‘s Rogue Male a little more than a year … Continue reading

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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (1969)

Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment, but early this summer I opened up another novel by Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain. I did so for the promised plot, a deadly virus in the 1950s American Southwest that threatens to kill … Continue reading

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