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Spy and Espionage related posts from Graeme Shimmin.
The Game is a BBC spy thriller series set in 1970s London and focussing on MI5’s attempts to prevent a devastating KGB operation. It stars Tom Hughes as Joe Lambe, and Brian Cox as…
Invisible Inc. is a spy-themed, turn-based, stealth game set in year 2074. It has been a critical and commercial success and was shortlisted for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize,…
The IPCRESS File, written by Len Deighton and published in 1962, was a huge commercial and critical success and is often mentioned as one of the best spy novels…
Exciting news – the A Kill in the Morning paperback is out today! This morning, I found it nicely displayed in my local book shop: My Journey I’ve…
The Wild Geese was written by Daniel Carney and published in 1978, just before the release of the movie of the same name. Curiously, although the book is not a novelisation of…
Notorious, starring Cary Grant as Devlin, Ingrid Bergman as Alicia and Claude Rains as Sebastian, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a screenplay by Ben Hecht and released…
The Quiller Memorandum (originally titled The Berlin Memorandum) was written by Adam Hall and published in 1965. It introduced the long running super-spy character, Quiller. It’s often thought to be one of…
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a comedy-thriller spy movie released in 2015. It was directed by Matthew Vaughn, and stars Colin Firth as Harry Hart and Taron Egerton as Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin. Kingsman: Title The title uses a…
Our Man in Havana, written by Graham Greene and published in 1958, is one of the funniest and best spy novels ever written. Our Man in Havana: Title…
The Afrika Reich was written by Guy Saville and published in 2011. It’s a military thriller set in an alternate history where there was a truce between Britain…