Category Archives: Tom Rob Smith

Review: AGENT 6 by Tom Rob Smith

Posted on February 8, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

AGENT 6 is the somewhat epic conclusion to Tom Rob Smith’s trilogy featuring MGB agent turned human being Leo Demidov. It takes readers from 1950 to 1980 and from Russia to America to Afghanistan in something that feels less like … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, book review, Russia, Tom Rob Smith, USA | 11 Comments

Review: The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith

Posted on December 22, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

It is 1956 in Russia. Former MGB Officer Leo Demidov and his wife Raisa are trying to make a life for their odd little family. Raisa has only recently fallen in love with the man she was married to for … Continue reading →

Posted in Aussie Readers Summer Reading, book review, Russia, Tom Rob Smith | 6 Comments

2009 – The Favourites

Posted on January 2, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I don’t rely entirely on my ratings for including a book into my favourite reads of the year. There’s also an indefinable ‘something-about-it-stuck-in-my-head-long-after-finishing’ quality that comes into play and that element is unknown when I give my rating (which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian Hyland (Aus), books of the year, Colin Cotterill, Denise Mina, Johan Theorin, Karin Alvtegen, list, Malla Nunn (Aus), Matt Beynon Rees, Reginald Hill, Stieg Larsson, Tom Rob Smith | 7 Comments

Review: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Posted on April 21, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

Title: Child 44 Author: Tom Rob Smith Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books ISBN: N/A (digital download via audible) Length:14hrs 23mins Narrator: Steven Pacey It’s the early 1950’s in Russia and Leo Demidov is a war hero and high-ranking officer in … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Russia, Tom Rob Smith | 6 Comments