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The Hunt For Red October, written by Tom Clancy and published in 1984, was a huge commercial and critical success. Critics often mention it as one of the best…
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…
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…
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…
Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union, 24 November 1979 …two, one… cameras are rolling, comrade. Tonight, excitement is mounting at the Kola Ultra-deep Borehole. Scientists calculate the world’s deepest mine…
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 Night of Wenceslas, written by Lionel Davidson and published in 1960, was Davidson’s début novel and won several awards, including the Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger. Davidson went on to…
This is the day I have dreamed of… today is publication day for my first novel A Kill in the Morning. First thing this morning, I popped in…
From Russia With Love was written by Ian Fleming and published in 1957. It was the novel that made his name, and James Bond’s. From Russia with Love:…