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
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