Alan Cheuse, one of the best reviewers of spy novelists, has great pub day write-up of TCA in the Boston Globe. “A novel that earns your attention and delivers an intriguing catch at the end… clean, clear prose… compelling.” The full review: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/02/11/book-review-the-counterfeit-agent-alex-berenson/fA8eHUAqDWf3pg3LLpJTaL/story.html?s_campaign=8315
Reviews
Booklist (starred review), The Faithful Spy
Published: January 28, 2008 “Berenson works against the inherent sensationalism of his story with a diversity of viewpoints and deft character sketches that avoid oversimplifying the complex beliefs and strategies of his combatants… The plotting is superlative, baffling readers and characters alike as the mastermind behind al-Qaeda´s sleeper network wages covert war against a vigilant […]
The News & Observer, The Ghost War
Published: January 28, 2008 I was about 100 pages into Alex Berenson´s mesmerizing new spy thriller, “The Ghost War,” one midnight dreary recently when the familiar National Weather Service “BWAAA! BWAAA! BWAAA!” started exploding incessantly from a nearby radio, warning of imminent severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes and the dreaded “straight-line winds.” As vicious gusts shook […]
Kirkus, Jan. 1, 2010
Published: January 1, 2010 Superspy and serial country-saver John Wells (The Silent Man, 2009, etc.) seeks to uncover the truth about a string of murdered operatives from a top-secret unit. Last seen stopping an Islamist plot to detonate a nuclear device in Washington, D.C., CIA agent Wells is called back to duty from a rest period […]
Library Journal, Jan. 1, 2010
Published: January 29, 2010 By Jonathan Pearce Berenson´s (The Faithful Spy ) latest ingeniously plotted and fast-paced story again offers superspy John Wells, who is called upon by shifty CIA superiors to investigate the systematic murders of members of a now-disbanded supersecret interrogation team known as the Midnight House. Our well-equipped hero deduces that both […]
