Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts

Friday, August 29, 2025

The Mediocre Spy Thriller Agatha Christie Wrote: Destination Unknown!

I stumbled onto this weird little book when I was in a bit of an Agatha Christie kick. Destination Unknown, which was also published as So Many Steps to Death, is a grandmaster mystery novelist's attempt at a spy thriller. And sadly, though not wholly unexpectedly, it isn't very good.

Imagine Tolkien writing a courtroom drama.

Monday, August 25, 2025

A Sci-Fi Thriller with Some Cool Ideas! The World of Null-A Review!

This book was recommended by someone who commented on one of my YouTube videos! It's a science fiction novel by A.E. van Vogt, and the version I read was a revised 1970 paperback edition that added a little more background and clarity about the phenomenon he calls "null-A."