tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post3175996102381072828..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: BOOKS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2023col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-57053628315909481932023-01-08T20:32:38.973-08:002023-01-08T20:32:38.973-08:00At least I should have time to read the 5th McCoy ...At least I should have time to read the 5th McCoy before this one drops. I liked Offutt's first Mick Hardin book, I need to catch up with him as well!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-54215528765212451382023-01-08T20:31:24.600-08:002023-01-08T20:31:24.600-08:00I have The Old Man on the pile somewhere. I'll...I have The Old Man on the pile somewhere. I'll have to read it first.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-29821594944198205692023-01-08T10:47:13.323-08:002023-01-08T10:47:13.323-08:00Ah, a new Alan Parks - looking forward to it. I j...Ah, a new Alan Parks - looking forward to it. I just got my hands on an ARC of Chris Offutt's next Mick Hardin novel Code of the Hills. The sad thing it is number three on the TBR pile. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-16924361713291212212023-01-08T07:33:54.233-08:002023-01-08T07:33:54.233-08:00The Old Man is well worth a read and watching but ...The Old Man is well worth a read and watching but we've seen retirees in the espionage genre so many times. May be that explains why there are no new recruits! <br /><br />If success is to breed success the film industry must not lazily polish old gems but mine for new ones. The espionage genre suffers much from the lazy risk averse philosophy of polishing old gems. Bond, Palmer, Smiley, Bond, Palmer, Smiley, Bond and Bridges again! It’s about time new and genuine spies like Pemberton’s People were given their due, so do read an intriguing News Article dated 31 October 2022 about them in TheBurlingtonFiles website and then get in touch with your friends in the film industry.<br /><br />A good example of such a new gem in the espionage genre is Beyond Enkription, the first spy thriller in The Burlington Files series. The real life story would make for a stunning TV series or films and being based on fact, it would be more difficult for actors and TV producers to deliver a lazy production. <br /><br />Why choose The Burlington Files when some critics have likened its protagonist to a "posh and sophisticated Harry Palmer"? Maybe it has a touch of Michael Caine magic but on another positive note it is indisputably anti-Bond rather than merely Deightonesque. Film producers should check out this enigmatic and elusive thriller. As it's not yet a remake it may have eluded them to date.MI6https://www.blogger.com/profile/08416815195914841290noreply@blogger.com