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Resistance, written by Owen Sheers and published in 2007, is a literary alternative history novel set in 1944 in a Wales occupied by Nazi German troops. There was…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by John le Carré and published in 1974, is le Carré’s masterpiece, even better than The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….
633 Squadron, written by Frederick E. Smith and published in 1956, was the source novel for the classic 1963 war movie of the same name. Although it’s not…
Red Sparrow released in September 2017, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Francis Lawrence, is a noirish espionage-thriller about a Russian ballerina forced to become a seductress for…
Come Into My Parlour, written by Dennis Wheatley and published in 1949, was the sixth of Dennis Wheatley’s novels featuring secret agent Gregory Sallust—a series that critics sometimes…
The Scarlet Pimpernel, written by Baroness Emma Orczy and published in 1905, was based on a popular play also written by the Baroness first performed in 1903. The…
A Legacy of Spies is a John le Carré novel published in 2017. It’s a parallel story to The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, within a…
American Assassin released in September 2017, starring Dylan O’Brien, and directed by Michael Cuesta, is an espionage thriller about a man who joins a CIA black ops unit, seeking revenge…
Charade staring Cary Grant as Peter Joshua, and Audrey Hepburn as Reggie Lampert, directed by Stanley Donen, and released in 1963, is a good example of a romantic-comedy-espionage-thriller, a genre crossover…
American Made released in August 2017, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman, is a black-comedy-thriller about a pilot who gets mixed up with the CIA and drug-smuggling, against…