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Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal Review

August 23, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal is a historical novel by Nail Edworthy, dealing with the Nazi hunt for the Holy Grail. It answers the question, ‘what if Indiana Jones was told through the Nazis’ point of view?’

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Tagged With: Berlin, Book Reviews, Germany, historical fiction, Secret History

Eye of the Red Tsar Review & Sam Eastland Interview

May 16, 2020 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland is a historical mystery set in 1929, during the early days of Stalinist Russia. The first of the Inspector Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam EastlandPekkala series, it shines a light on an often-overlooked period, when the USSR was a strange international pariah, rather than the Red Menace of the Cold War.

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Tagged With: #Russia, 1920s, historical fiction, History, mystery, Secret History

China Dawn by Robert L. Duncan Novel Review

April 18, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

China Dawn Robert L DuncanChina Dawn by Robert L. Duncan is a historical epic novel from 1988, spanning the years of 1931 to 1981, moving through various locations, from Tokyo to Shanghai, to Manchukuo, to Singapore, to Paris.

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Tagged With: Book Reviews, Forgotten Fiction, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Military

Babylon Berlin Season 3 Review

March 15, 2020 by Matthew Legare 12 Comments

Babylon Berlin returns for a third season, taking us back to the hectic and hedonistic days of 1929 Berlin. This season (or series as the Brits Babylon Berlin Season 3say; staffel fur die Deutschen) follows Detective Gereon Rath and his assistant/sidekick Charlotte Ritter as they investigate the strange murders on a movie set, committed by a mysterious and nightmarish Phantom. With them are enough side characters and subplots to give Deadwood a run for its money.

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Tagged With: Berlin, Conspiracy Thrillers, film noir, Germany, historical fiction, movie reviews, noir, Reviews. Weimar Republic, Thrillers, Weimar Republic

Winter Raven Review & Adam Baker Interview

January 25, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Winter Raven by Adam Baker is a thriller novel mixed with espionage, philosophy, martial arts, and war, all set against the backdrop of Winter Raven by Adam BakerJapan’s chaotic Sengoku Era.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese fiction, Japanese History, Thrillers

A Trace of Smoke Review & Rebecca Cantrell Interview

November 14, 2019 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell is a noir mystery set in the seedy streets of 1931 Berlin, full of vice, intrigue, and murder.A Trace of Smoke Cover

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Tagged With: Berlin, Germany, historical fiction, mystery, noir, Weimar Republic

Death in Shanghai Review & MJ Lee Interview

August 22, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Death in Shanghai by MJ LeeShanghai 1928 – the body of blonde woman is found dead, washed up on the “Beach of Dead Babies.” The mutilated corpse is marked with the Chinese character for “justice.” It’s with this gruesome and foreboding atmosphere that Death in Shanghai by MJ Lee, and the Inspector Danilov series begins.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, China, historical fiction, MJ Lee, Shanghai, Thrillers

Shanghai Story Review & Alexa Kang Interview

July 19, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Shanghai Story by the great Alexa Kang is a historical epic in the vein of such classics as The Shanghai Story CoverWinds of War and War and Remembrance. Whereas those books concentrated on the well-represented European Theater of World War II, Kang’s trilogy will focus on the lesser-known Sino-Japanese War.

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Tagged With: Alexa Kang, Author Interviews, China, historical fiction, Shanghai

A Rising Man Review & Abir Mukherjee Interview

May 11, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

A Rising Man Cover

Calcutta, 1919 – In the sweltering Indian heat, a British civil servant is found brutally murdered with a note shoved in his mouth. The note is a warning to the British – quit India or else. Thus begins A Rising Man, a historical murder mystery and the first in the Sam Wyndham series by Abir Mukherjee.

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Tagged With: Abir Mukherjee, Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, mystery, Thrillers

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