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Cover of A Reporter's Life
A Reporter's Life Walter Cronkite · 1996 · 637p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Walter Cronkite gives an account of his personal life as that of a reporter and T.V. newscaster. Shares Journalists
Fair Warning
Fair Warning Michael Connelly · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, as Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar—until now.   Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a… Shares Journalists
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Neither 5 nor 3 Helen MacInnes · 1951 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Journalists with this book.
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Liar's candle August Thomas · 2018 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Reminiscent of the work of John le Carre and Olen Steinhauser, this brilliant debut novel features a young State Department intern on the run in Turkey, trying to outwit and outmaneuver everyone from the Turkish president to Islamic extremists to the CIA. Racing to keep from being killed and to uncover the truth, Penny Kessler reluctantly partners with Connor Beauregard, a rookie CIA officer on… Shares Intelligence officers
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The Four Pools Mystery Jean Webster · 1908 Terry Patten, star-reporter for the The Post-Dispatch, is called to investigate a case of missing bonds allegedly stolen by a ghost from a safe at Four-Pools Plantation in Virginia when Colonel Gaylord, the patriarch of the plantation, is found murdered. Shares Journalists
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Contact zero David Wolstencroft · 2005 · ★ 3.6 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Framed and dispossessed for a crime he did not commit during his first assignment, recent Spy School graduate Ben Locke learns that several of his fellow classmates have been murdered, a situation that forces him to search for the enigmatic Contact Zero, a mythical helper of Agency ex-members. Shares Intelligence officers
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Partners Grace Livingston Hill · 1980 · ★ 4.9 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Two lonely young people join together in saving a life and learning to love. Without friends or family, young Dale Hathaway relied on faith to brighten the lonely boarding house existence that had become her life. Pursued by unwanted lovers, Dale longed for a real home and a man she could love. Then one night an abandoned baby on her doorstep showed the way to a partnership guaranteed to… Shares Journalists
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The Centaur Algernon Blackwood · 1911 · ★ 3.7 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all." On a cruise through the Greek islands, a man encounters a handsome father and his son. He is strangely drawn to his fellow travelers, and discovers with some elation that they will all share a cabin aboard ship. Tricks of the light… Shares Journalists
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Feed Seanan McGuire · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 595p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Zombies Shares Journalists
Cover of Der Aufmacher
Der Aufmacher Günter Wallraff · 1977 · ★ 3.7 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Vor zwanzig Jahren erschien zum ersten Mal Günter Wallraffs inzwischen legendärer Bericht aus dem Inneren der "Bild"-Zeitung. Shares Journalists
The adulterants
The adulterants Joe Dunthorne · 2018 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Ray Morris is a tech journalist with a forgettable face, a tiresome manner, a small but dedicated group of friends, and a wife, Garthene, who is pregnant. He is a man who has never been punched above the neck. He has never committed adultery with his actual body. He has never been caught up in a riot, nor arrested, nor tagged by the state, nor become an international hate-figure. Not until the… Shares Journalists
Zoo Station
Zoo Station David Downing · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The first in the 'John Russel' series of novels, set in WWII Berlin. Shares Journalists
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Doctor Frigo Eric Ambler · 1974 · ★ 3.7 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "A coup d'etat in a Caribbean state causes a political storm in the region and even the seemingly impassive and impersonal Doctor Castillo, nicknamed Doctor Frigo, cannot escape the consequences. As things heat up, Frigo finds that both his profession and life are horribly at risk."--Page 4 of cover. Shares Intelligence officers
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Another City, Not My Own Dominick Dunne · 1997 · ★ 3.8 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters - Gus Bailey - Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial. We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne. He is a writer and journalist, father of a murdered child, and chronicler of justice -… Shares Journalists
Cover of All The Queen's Men
All The Queen's Men Linda Howard · 1999 · ★ 3.9 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate (The second book in the CIA's Spies series) CIA agent John Medina and electronics expert Niema Burdock share a violent past: the two were part of a covert operation that went tragically wrong, resulting in the death of several people. Now, five years later, their paths cross again and John, whose love for Niema has only grown over time, is determined to keep her in his life for good. Having… Shares Intelligence officers
Cover of The Matarese Circle
The Matarese Circle Robert Ludlum · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 601p · ≈ 20h · Challenging An international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage and a life of explosive terror and violence. But though these sworn enemies once vowed to terminate each other, they must now become allies. Because only they possess the… Shares Intelligence officers
Cover of The Mission Song
The Mission Song John le Carré · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Wanneer een Afrikaanse tolk bij een geheim topoverleg ontdekt dat men een invasie van het noodlijdende Congo plant, probeert hij dat wereldkundig te maken. Shares Intelligence officers
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The debriefing Robert Littell · 1979 · ★ 3.8 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A novel of the history of the CIA. Shares Intelligence officers

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