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Agents of treachery Agents of treachery Otto Penzler For the first time ever, legendary editor Otto Penzler has handpicked some of the most respected and bestselling thriller writers working today for a riveting collection of spy fiction. From first to… OL15441562W
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré Spy Novel OL15723140W
Novels Novels Jack Higgins Three vintage Higgins novels that explore the nature of revolution and the element of terror in all such movements, and the cost to the individual in terms of personal integrity against larger financ… OL157684W
The Night Manager The Night Manager John le Carré Individual greed takes the place of old world rivalries of great nations. Inside look at the international cartel of illegal arms dealers, and drug smugglers. Lays forth an understanding of paradoxes… OL181821W
The Honourable Schoolboy The Honourable Schoolboy John le Carré In the aftermath of the events described in *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy*, George Smiley attempts to bring the Circus back from the brink and undo the damage caused by the traitor/mole Bill Haydon w… OL181823W
Yesterday's spy Yesterday's spy Len Deighton Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab arms dealing with the man who led the old anti-Nazi Guernica network. Time to reopen the master file on yesterday's spy! Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab … OL20905413W
The Riddle of the Sands The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its uniq… OL23797W
Game, set & match Game, set & match Len Deighton TV tie-in with series starring Ian Holm and Mel Martin OL2425014W
Hypno hounds Hypno hounds Michael Broad Three more stories from the case files of Agent Amelia, the resourceful and feisty secret agent, who doesn't let school hold her back in the slightest! Hypno Hounds are menacing the holiday cottage A… OL24272909W
Cobra Trap Cobra Trap O'Donnell, Peter Each short story in this final installment of the Modesty Blaise series details a different, thrilling tale of international intrigue starring Modesty and her loyal deputy, Willie Garvin. From Modest… OL3021358W
The Freedom Trap The Freedom Trap Desmond Bagley An agent of the British Government is sent on a new and deadly assignment - to snare The Scarperers (a notorious gang of criminals who organise gaol-breaking for long-term prisoners) and Slade, a not… OL3917404W
They Came to Baghdad They Came to Baghdad Agatha Christie E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Ch… OL472215W
Le Carré's landscape Le Carré's landscape Tod Hoffman "The reality of espionage isn't easily disentangled from its mythology, and somewhere at the uneasy confluence of these dimensions is the fiction of John le Carre. A former British intelligence offic… OL6016671W
Trouble on the Thames Trouble on the Thames Victor Bridges Owen Bradwell is a courageous naval officer who returns to England in the 1930s. He believes that his career is over because he has become colour-blind - but with Nazi Germany an increasing menace, t… OL7578589W
For Your Eyes Only [James Bond (Original Series) #8] For Your Eyes Only [James Bond (Original Series) #8] Ian Fleming "Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone—her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else… OL85748W