Spies in Fiction
With a new James Bond movie in the theatres and the David Petraeus scandal in the news, spies seem to be everywhere these days. It seems like an appropriate time for an espionage booklist.
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At Risk by Stella Rimington
Intelligent, dedicated MI5 agent Liz Carlyle must track down a pair of terrorists before they can achieve their objective. Rimington was Director General of MI5 between 1992-1996.
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Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane
An assassin in a war that has been raging for generations falls in love and begins to question everything in his life.
Double Game by Dan Fesperman
A journalist is led on a hunt to find a former spy by an anonymous source who uses spy novels to communicate clues.
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A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
Amelia Levene is on the eve of becoming the first woman to run MI6 when she mysteriously disappears. When former MI6 officer Thomas Kell is recruited to find her he embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with deadly consequences.
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House of the Hunted by Mark Mills
Former SIS agent Tom Nash is enjoying retirement when he suddenly finds himself the target of unknown assassins.
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Red Cell by Mark Henshaw
Former CIA analyst Henshaw draws upon his own background in this novel about a rookie CIA agent Kyra Stryker assigned to a CIA think tank.
Snow Job by Arthur Deverell
Lawyer Arthur Beauchamp and CSIS agent Ray DiPalma must travel to Albania to find Beauchamp's client, a suspected assassin.
Spycatcher by Matthew Dunn
Elite intelligence agent Will Cochrane is asked by MI6 and the CIA to neutralize the world's most dangerous terrorist. Novelist Dunn is a former MI6 agent.
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
A former black ops agent, now working a desk job, is called back into the field to stop an international assassin.
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
A young woman recruited by MI5 complicates her first assignment by falling in love with its target.
There are lots of other novels about spies. Ask staff at your local library branch for additional suggestions.
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