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Spy and Espionage related posts from Graeme Shimmin.
SS-GB is a classic work of alternative history, set in a world where Nazi Germany invaded Great Britain in 1940. Written by Len Deighton and published in 1978, it’s…
Spies Like Us stars Chevy Chase as Emmett Fitz-Hume and Dan Aykroyd as Austin Millbarge. It was directed by John Landis from a screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and…
The Day of the Jackal, written by Frederick Forsyth and published in 1971, is widely regarded as a classic. Critics often mention it in lists of the top…
Ice Station Zebra, written by Alistair Maclean and published in 1963, is a classic mystery/thriller set on a submarine in the Arctic. Ice Station Zebra: Logline When the…
Firefox is a Cold War technothriller written by Craig Thomas and published in 1977. It’s widely regarded as a classic and often mentioned in lists of the top ten…
Rogue Male, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1939, is one of the first assassination novels told from the point of view of the assassin. Widely regarded…
Casino Royale, written by Ian Fleming and published in 1953, was the first James Bond novel. It led, eventually, to a massive franchise including dozens of books, films…
The Thirty-Nine Steps, written by John Buchan and published in 1915, was one of the first “conspiracy” spy thrillers. Critics regularly vote it one of the top ten spy…
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, written by John le Carré and published in 1963, is a literary thriller addressing the amorality of spying and the cynicism…
This is a guest post by Sarah Jasmon– author, journalist and copywriter. Red Joan, written by Jennie Rooney and published by Chatto and Windus in 2013, is loosely…