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What do readers say about Codename Villanelle?
a female assassin just as engrossing off the wall kookiness a novel seriesThe breakneck thriller that inspired TV sensation Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh, "unlike any other spy drama you've seen" (Daily Beast).
Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. A catlike psychopath whose l... More details on Codename Villanelle
The Palazzo Falconieri stands on a promontory on one of the smaller Italian lakes. It’s late June, and a faint breeze touches the pines and cypresses that cluster like sentinels around the rocky headl...
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What do readers say about I Am Pilgrim?
first person thriller undercover government work fast-paced and deliberate a perfect summer readA breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy.
An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.
A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.
Not everybody knows this—or cares probably—but the first law of forensic science is called Locard’s Exchange Principle and it says “every contact between a perpetrator and a crime scene leaves a trace...
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What do readers say about Kill Me?
dark and twisted dark, gritty and dangerous una and nero a dark and strange soulmate type bondUna
To many, I am little more than a myth. The Kiss of Death, a hired killer, revered by some of the greatest criminal organisations in the world. Trained by the bratva themselves, without conscience, without mercy, the perfect soldier. I'll kill a... More details on Kill Me
This godforsaken city has been my home for weeks now, and I’m more than ready to be done with it. I feel stilted being surrounded by all the concrete, as though I can’t catch a full breath. I’ve spent...
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What do readers say about The Spy Who Came in from the Cold?
beautifully crafted novel and very entertaining angry, grim seminal spy novel cold war spiesIn the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse-a desk job-Contr... More details on The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
‘Shut up,’ said Leamas from the window. One of the policemen left the hut and walked to the sandbag emplacement two feet short of the white demarcation which lay across the road like the base line of ...
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What do readers say about Slow Horses?
clever original tense above average, nicely complicated sly humour and tension too much detailYou don't stop being a spook just because you're no longer in the game.
Banished to Slough House from the ranks of achievers at Regent's Park for various crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal, Jackson Lamb's mis... More details on Slow Horses
Let us be clear about this much at least: Slough House is not in Slough, nor is it a house. Its front door lurks in a dusty recess between commercial premises in the Borough of Finsbury, a stone’s thr...
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What do readers say about The Faithful Spy?
modern-day thriller/spy novel gripping and suspenseful fast-paced and fantastic a fairly straight-forward thriller#1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Edgar® Award
Drawing from his experience as a correspondent in Iraq, Alex Berenson exploded onto the thriller scene with this perfectly crafted, highly-acclaimed debut novel-"a timely reminder of the extreme... More details on The Faithful Spy
SHEIKH GUL SCOWLED at his congregation. “These days every Muslim must fight jihad,” he said in Pashtun, his voice rising. “When the Mongols invaded Baghdad, it didn’t help the people of Baghdad that t...
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What do readers say about The Spy and the Traitor?
fantastic well-researched and written easy to follow and intriguing cold war espionageIf anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see hi... More details on The Spy and the Traitor
Oleg Gordievsky was born into the KGB: shaped by it, loved by it, twisted, damaged, and very nearly destroyed by it. The Soviet spy service was in his heart and in his blood. His father worked for the...
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What do readers say about The Charm School?
cold war spy story old school thriller cold war spy novel excellent spy thriller"True master" and #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille presents a chilling, relentlessly suspenseful story of Cold War espionage perfect for fans of the hit FX show The Americans (Dan Brown).
On a dark road deep inside the Russian wood... More details on The Charm School
Fisher had become impatient with these internal control measures. He felt as if he were making a major border crossing at each town in which he was obliged to stop. He said, "Ex-college student, curre...
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What do readers say about The Kill Artist?
international political thriller israeli super-assassin gabriel allon a fairly average thriller fun international spy thrillerOnce a key operative in secret Israeli-intelligence missions, Gabriel Allon is on the run from his past, assuming a quiet life as a meticulous restorer of priceless works of art. But now he is being called back into the game. The agent with whom he i... More details on The Kill Artist
Before the war Maurice Halévy was one of the most prominent lawyers in Marseilles. He and his wife, Rachel, had lived in a stately old house on the rue Sylvabelle in the Beaux Quartiers, where most of...
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What do readers say about A Spy Among Friends?
a spy thriller the cambridge spy ring driving narrative style friendship and betrayalNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War's most infamous spy, from the master espionage writer and author of The Spy and the Traitor.
Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him-like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend s... More details on A Spy Among Friends
One moment Nicholas Elliott was at Ascot racecourse, watching the favourite, Quashed, come romping home at 7–2, and the next, rather to his own surprise, he was a spy. The date was 15 June 1939, three...
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