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(Part Three of this Present Tense Book Review.) I’ve now finished the book, and I’d recommend it to anyone who likes a well-written, undemanding thriller. Some aspects of the book seem a little sadistic for my bleeding-heart, liberal tastes, and some of the attitudes of the lead character (and, presumably, author) are xenophobic and right-wing.…

(Part Two of this Present Tense Book Review.) Many adventure novels sag a bit in the middle, but Sapper has kept up the pace up with a kidnap subplot and the introduction of a set of Drummond’s old army pals, who make the plot slightly more credible (i.e. it’s not just one man against an…

The internet is not exactly lacking in book reviews, so thought I’d try to give a bit of a twist to my meagre musings: talking about the book before I’ve finished. I’m starting with Bulldog Drummond, by Sapper (a pseudonym required because the author was a serving member of the armed forces). I’ve read the…

Again I have failed to write a present tense book review, although this time it’s more because I didn’t really have anything to say until I got to the end (although my slothfulness played a part too). If you’re not already aware of this book, then you probably won’t be interested in it. If you…

This was going to be one of my incredibly popular (i.e. read by Mrs. Monkeyshines and/or Binky) present tense book reviews, but a) I’ve been too busy doing nothing over Christmas to faff around on my website, and 2) it’s quite short, and also superb, so I rattled through it in no time. It’s by…