The Mark of the Assassin

This is an excellent book. The interesting thing here is that when I began the book, the way it opened I "felt" sure that the book would get no more than a 3 star raring from me. BUT more and more I became (again) more involved in the plot. The characters were well formed without being overly detaile......more

This was a pretty good spy thriller that is based around terrorism before 9/11, but after the fall of the USSR. I found that viewpoint rather refreshing, almost like the early Clancy novels, although the characters didn't pop as well for me. They were good characters. I liked the mix, both good & ba......more

Here’s reason #9,243,105 why I love my daughter Rosie: She took one look at the back cover of this book (which I got for free) and said, “It’s Michael Scarn!” Scarn, of course, is the protagonist from the spy thriller, “Threat Level Midnight,” the lost film of longtime Dunder-Mifflin regional manage......more

Filled with a lot of satisfying action and political intrigue, but lacking in scope and background. The entire book is surface action with very little of the narrative dedicated to plot and character development. The latter of which was pretty lazy, as the image of every character is limited to a ro......more

There was a time, believe it or not, when it was actually shocking to hear stories of corruption and wrongdoing perpetrated by elected officials. Likewise, there was a time when conspiracies involving government officials, multinational corporations, and foreign parties colluding to commit crimes wa......more