by FOOL | Oct 17, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction
Last year, Oundle Crime read a novel called Mrs Spy by M.J. Robotham – a light hearted spy story, set in 1960s London. It got the thumbs up from our group and we hoped there would be more books in the pipeline. Now there’s a sequel called The Spy and the Snake which,...
by FOOL | Sep 19, 2026 | Espionage, Non-fiction
I only read non-fiction very occasionally, but this looked intriguing enough to borrow when I saw it at Oundle Library – and I’m glad I did! The Spy in the Archive by Gordon Corera is a tantalising story of how one, lowly librarian for the KGB became a traitor, stole...
by FOOL | Sep 11, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd was a book I saw recommended in a newspaper’s Best Books for Summer Reading list and it took me by surprise. It is – as you’d expect – beautifully written and completely gripping. Yet afterwards, when telling a friend about it, I...
by FOOL | Jul 31, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Psychological Thriller
It’s summer, so naturally we chose exotic or holiday locations as our reading theme in July. Some of our choices are new books and a few were published quite a while ago, but the thing they all have in common is that we enjoyed reading them and think you might do so...
by FOOL | May 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Humour
Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a standalone novel by the American author Ace Atkins, that was published in December 2025. I’m still not quite sure what pushed me to borrow it. Yes, the cover is striking and there’s a quote on it from Mark Greaney (an author I...
by FOOL | May 2, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
So, what did Oundle Crime read in April? Well, we were lucky enough to have been given copies of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston to read and review, so at our meeting we spent quite a bit of time chatting about that, and you can read our review here. We’d also...
