George Smiley may have uncovered a Soviet mole but grave damage has already been done to the British Intelligence Agency known as the Circus. Now, Smiley must reconstruct an intelligence service in order to run a successful offensive espionage operation to save the service before it is dismantled by the government. If you have read …
Continue reading The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (1977) Dreamscape Media audiobook (2024)
Newcastle, 1930. After donating a collection of Egyptian artifacts left to her by her Uncle Bob, Clara Vale is attending a reception at the Hancock Museum to mark the opening of the exhibition. There’s even a sarcophagus, which will be opened during the ceremony. But when the cover is removed, the mummy inside is not …
Continue reading The Pyramid Murders by Fiona Veitch Smith (2024)
During the final months of the Second World War, the cantankerous Sir Richard March announces to his family that he is changing his will. His intent is to leave everything to his current wife, Belle, while disinheriting his grandchildren. Unsurprisingly, before the night is over Sir Richard is dead, and the new will is not …
Continue reading Suddenly At His Residence by Christianna Brand 1946
Bicentennial weekend at a remote, exclusive hunting club in upstate New York. Private detective Adam McAnnis cadges an invitation from an old college friend and finds himself among the moneyed and dysfunctional. Festivities take a sinister turn when the club becomes the scene for a series of deaths. In what seems to be an attempt …
Mrs. K. Investigates