Genre: Historical Mystery
Setting: France in 1204 AD
First Sentence: "It's up here," said the landlord, leading us up a steep flight of steps.
This novel is the seventh book in the author's Fool' Guild series. This series currently runs to eight books.
At the outset, the Guild seems a place where entertainers go to be trained as jesters or fools. However, the fools in the author's tale act as covert agents.
Under the guise of being fools, they gather and transit secrets. They occasionally get involved with political and religious matters.
In this novel, our main character Theophilos and and his small family, travel to Toulouse. There they are to arrange for the retirement of the local bishop. Once they arrive, the fools uncover scandal and murder.
Will the fools find the truth?
I enjoyed this book. It was an interesting, fun read.
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The Girl in the Window by Jake Needham
Genre: Thriller
Setting: Singapore
First Sentence: The apartment wasn't very big and it wasn't very appealing.
This novel is the fourth in Jake Needham's Inspector Samuel Tay series. This series currently runs to four novels.
There is a terrorist at large. Hundreds of people have been killed by this dangerous man.
Now the intelligence agencies in Singapore and other countries have hatched a plot to assassinate him.
One fly in the ointment is Inspector Sam Tay. Sam has the reputation of being some what a loose cannon. The powers that be know that they need to keep Tay busy when the operation goes down.
Sam is too smart for that.
Sam soon finds himself in the middle of the action. Shots are fired, the terrorist gets away, and sadly, one of Inspector Tay's team is killed.
Now, Tay wants to see that justice is served.
Sam uses himself as bait to attract the terrorist.
Will the terrorist rise to the bait?
And will Inspector Tay bring justice or vengeance?
This is another great novel of intrigue by Needham set in Singapore. Needham's Inspector Tay is just an average cop trying to do a good job. Due to his inheritance from his deceased parents, Tay doesn't need the job. So he does what he wants.
Sam is not a super sleuth or a chick magnet. He is just a cop who sometimes talks with his mother, who happens to be dead.
It's a good book. Read it.
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Setting: Singapore
First Sentence: The apartment wasn't very big and it wasn't very appealing.
This novel is the fourth in Jake Needham's Inspector Samuel Tay series. This series currently runs to four novels.
There is a terrorist at large. Hundreds of people have been killed by this dangerous man.
Now the intelligence agencies in Singapore and other countries have hatched a plot to assassinate him.
One fly in the ointment is Inspector Sam Tay. Sam has the reputation of being some what a loose cannon. The powers that be know that they need to keep Tay busy when the operation goes down.
Sam is too smart for that.
Sam soon finds himself in the middle of the action. Shots are fired, the terrorist gets away, and sadly, one of Inspector Tay's team is killed.
Now, Tay wants to see that justice is served.
Sam uses himself as bait to attract the terrorist.
Will the terrorist rise to the bait?
And will Inspector Tay bring justice or vengeance?
This is another great novel of intrigue by Needham set in Singapore. Needham's Inspector Tay is just an average cop trying to do a good job. Due to his inheritance from his deceased parents, Tay doesn't need the job. So he does what he wants.
Sam is not a super sleuth or a chick magnet. He is just a cop who sometimes talks with his mother, who happens to be dead.
It's a good book. Read it.
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