This may be the longest book commentary/review I’ve ever written, as priceless quotes abound throughout the book and I plan to include many. All are from the 2011 paperback copy. I’m including numerous info links. Use them after your first read of the review or as you go. You choose.Trevanian...
A friend introduced me to this writer, I must admit I have never heard of him before and I think I will read more of his books.This was a quick and exciting read.I started of thinking it will be yet another story of a cruel, possessive brother and a sister who can't get away because she is torn b...
"Niceness is an overrated quality. Being nice is how a man pays his way into the party if he hasn't the guts to be tough or the class to be brilliant."Jonathan Hemlock teaches art at a university, but the modest sum he makes teaching doesn't cover his extravagant habits. He is renovating a Gothic...
A reread of this book and I have to say it didn't quite live up to my memories and it definitely doesn't live up to the billing of it's more well known prequel - The Eiger Sanction. Jonathan Hemlock is in London doing a series of lectures, he has cut ties with CII, the spy organization that had s...
Mother asked.“That I didn't call Mr Kane and let you know I wasn't coining by bus.”“What's done is done. So, what's in the boxes Tonio left?”“It's a present for you. Not from him. From me. Open it and see.”She smiled. “Always thinking of your mother. My good right hand.” She opened the lid of the...