Future Reading - Part 4 - Spy, War, Thriller, Catch-alls

This is my 4th look at what I hope to read for the rest of 2017. Back when I made this category, I was trying to catch those books that didn't fit into my other categories, such as Mystery series and modern fiction. I hoped to read 10 books in this challenge and so far have completed 5. I have somewhat covered this particular challenge with my post on Thrillers back on the 25th of September. (Click on Thrillers, of course if you want to refresh your memory.

In my post back in November 2016, I had provided a list of 5 probably books that I might read. Of those initial 5 selections, I've read 2. So along with those books I mentioned on the 25th, I still have the following to try. (The synopses of these books can be found be clicking on here.)

1. The Third Option by Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp #2).

2. Gunner Asch Goes to War by H.H. Kirst (1956).

3. The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva (1995).













I do have many options in this category. As I look through my various lists, these are some other possibilities.

1. Kolmsky Heights by Lionel Davidson (1994). I've had this for years. About time I read it.










"From the heart of Siberia have come coded messages implying a mysterious secret to be entrusted to only one man. How that individual gets in, finds the contacts, and tries to get the secret out is a masterpiece of wrenching excitement and immensely intelligent storytelling. Lionel Davidson is an award-winning author critically acclaimed on a par with Le Carre, Forsyth and Follett."

2. The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall. This is a new book and series for me. Looking forward to trying it.












"You are a secret agent working for the British in Berlin. You are due to go home on leave, but you are being followed-by your own people, or by the enemy. A man meets you in the theatre and briefs you on a plot to revive the power of Nazi Germany. You do not believe him, but you remember that one of the suspects mentioned was a senior SS officer you met with in the days when you were working as a spy in Nazi Germany. The next day you make contact with a beautiful girl who may know something. Someone tries to kill both of you.
Your name is Quiller. You are the hero of an extraordinary novel which shows how a spy works, how messages are coded and decoded, how contacts are made, how a man reacts under the influence of truth drugs-and which traces the story of a vastly complex, entertaining, convincing, and sinister plot."

3. The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean (1957). MacLean was one of my favourite authors when I was in high school. It's been nice to be exploring his early works again.









"An entire navy had tried to silence the guns of Navarone and failed. Full-scale attacks had been driven back. Now they were sending in just five men, each one a specialist in dealing death."

4. Shout at the Devil by Wilbur Smith (1968). I've read one book by Smith so far and was pleasantly surprised by it. Hope this is the same.










"Together O'Flynn and Oldsmith braved the terrors of Africa to make a private paradise, fighting only for family and fortune. But then Germany's shadow fell across the savage land, shattering their lives and making their jungle home a bloody battleground."

I wonder which books I end up picking. I've one more group to look at. I'll try to do that in the next day or so. Take care!