Most of her writing, fueled by her love of international relations and the world of espionage, reached the bestseller lists including The Salzburg Connection (1968). The book mirrored her own life as MacInnes had lived in Europe with her husband, a British MI6 officer. An operation involving an Iranian scientist in Istanbul presents an age-old question: is it better to follow orders or your conscience? Ī short time after moving to New York, Scottish-American author Helen MacInnes began writing Above Suspicion (1941), a semi-autobiographical tale of honeymooners in Europe who spied on the Nazis. Wolff examines the cost of a life spent in the shadows and the inner turmoil of August Drummond, a disgraced spy on the edge of a breakdown. James Wolff’s How To Betray Your Country is the sequel to Beside the Syrian Sea and also a clever standalone spy novel. How To Betray Your Country by James Wolff Fast forward four years and Ruth Macallister is on her way to Moscow, desperate to extract her sister from behind the Iron Curtain. Set In London in 1948, Iris Digby disappears with her husband, an American diplomat working abroad. Part mystery, part espionage thriller, Beatriz Williams’ Our Woman in Moscow deserves your full attention. If you enjoy cerebral spy thrillers, this one should be high on your list. Red Widow involves two CIA officers drawn into a threat involving the Russia Division that may be coming from within. Red Widow is described as a cross between Killing Eve and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy but there’s an authenticity that comes only with experience - in Katsu’s case, her decades spent working as a senior analyst at the CIA and NSA. Stejskal, who later became a CIA operative, never looked back.
As a young man, he watched Clint Eastwood onscreen and decided to jump out of airplanes and work behind enemy lines. The book - later a Hollywood movie - was a game-changer for True Spy James Stejskal. MacLean’s When Eagles Dare (1976)follows British commandos on a mission to infiltrate a Gestapo HQ. Scottish novelist Alistair MacLean is known to readers of neck-snapping spy fiction but some may not be as familiar with his gritty page-turners. Ex-journalist Rory Clements’ sinister twists and incredible research has introduced a new generation to historical espionage - rightly so.
The Tudor Spy series is a window into Elizabethan England through the eyes of John Shakespeare, a private investigator who introduces us to a world of murder, conspiracy, royals, criminals, spies, and his young brother Will Shakespeare. Holy Spy & John Shakespeare Tudor Spy series by Rory Clements
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