International turmoil, Cloak-and-Dagger Operations, and political chaos.  These are entertaining thrillers.

The Mulberry Bush

By |2019-12-17T21:29:49+00:00January 4th, 2017|2016 Best Books of the Year, Mysterious Book Report, Spy/Thriller|

Mysterious Book Report No. 250 The Mulberry Bush by John Dwaine McKenna Somewhere in the big junkyard that passes as my mind, there’s a snippet of a country song that goes . . . “I thought I’d been loved and I thought I’d been kissed, but that was before I met you . . .” which I’m going to rip off and paraphrase to introduce this week’s Mysterious Book

Pacific Burn

By |2019-10-03T20:21:45+00:00January 3rd, 2017|Mysterious Book Report, Spy/Thriller|

Pacific Burn Mysterious Book Report No. 249 by John Dwaine McKenna With a renewed focus on Asia of late, it seems as though there’s news and happenings on an hourly basis from the region. China, North and South Korea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Burma, Taiwan, Tibet . . . and of course Japan, have all featured in the news recently . . . and why not? The majority of the

Japantown

By |2019-10-03T20:20:43+00:00June 14th, 2016|Mysterious Book Report, Spy/Thriller|

  Japantown Mysterious Book Report No. 150 by John Dwaine McKenna Have you ever noticed that we humans tend to seek the company of our own kind?  That we form affinity groups of like-minded persons and stay within, or at least in proximity to it?  This is especially true of recent immigrants and non-English speakers, so much so in fact, that certain areas of major cities are known by

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