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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Secret wars Secret wars Gordon Thomas From the back cover: <blockquote>Gordon Thomas, a leading expert on the intelligence community, returns in *Secret Wars* to provide the definitive history of the famed MI5 and MI6. Thomas's wide-… OL14955957W
Dead Spy Running Dead Spy Running Jon Stock Re-inventing the spy story for the 21st Century.John Le Carre meets Jason Bourne!Daniel Marchant, a suspended MI6 officer, is running the London Marathon. He is also running out of time. A competitor… OL15190848W
The dog who came in from the cold The dog who came in from the cold Alexander McCall Smith Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongrove's residence has become the target of New Age … OL15902119W
En un país extraño En un país extraño Charles Cumming 411 pages ; 22 cm OL17746814W
Timebomb Timebomb Gerald Seymour The intended buyer of a dirty bomb stolen by a KGB operative sixteen years prior begins to suffer Stockholm syndrome after traveling with an undercover agent with the MI6. OL18180767W
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
Treacherous is the night Treacherous is the night Anna Lee Huber "It's not that Verity Kent doesn't sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she's discovered Sidney is very muc… OL19761131W
Timebomb Timebomb Gerald Seymour "In 1992, after being fired from a top secret facility, a top KGB man buried a nuclear suitcase. Sixteen years later he has found a buyer for it. An exchange point in Eastern Europe is agreed upon. T… OL21522497W
Rogue elements Rogue elements Hector MacDonald Drugs are everywhere. Some think they should be legal. Three world leaders want to make it happen. Until one of them is assassinated. Ranging from Tobago and Cyprus to the Pyrenees and Brasilia, Rogu… OL22132620W
British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War Dennis Deletant "British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War is the first monograph to examine the activity throughout the entire war of SOE and MI6. It was generally believed in Britain's … OL22318917W
Mi vida en Al Qaeda Mi vida en Al Qaeda Omar Nasiri A Moroccan operative for British and French intelligence describes his time undercover inside the fundamentalist group Al Qaeda, from Islamist cells in Belgium to the training camps of Afghanistan an… OL26448255W
Reconstruction Reconstruction Mick Herron When a gunman breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn’t there on a homicidal mission, and he’s just as scar… OL8475783W
Eagle Strike Eagle Strike Anthony Horowitz Sir Damian Cray is a philanthropist, peace activist, and the world's most famouspop star. But still it's not enough. He needs more if he is to save the world. Trouble is, only Alex Rider recognizes t… OL84767W
Point Blanc Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy – an exclusive school for rebellious rich… OL84778W