18 books like Stamboul train

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White eagles over Serbia Lawrence Durrell · 1957 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A 1950s spy novel Sent to Serbia to investigate the murder of a colleague, a British secret agent is caught in a life-and-death struggle between the Communists and a band of underground Royalists called the White Eagles. Shares British and irish fiction, Spy Fiction

The line-crosser Ted Allbeury · 1993 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Europe, Spy Fiction with this book.

A Coffin for Dimitrios Eric Ambler · 1939 · ★ 4.0 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel leads Charles Latimer, the author of a handful of successful mysteries, into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers. At first merely curious to reconstruct the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and… Shares Orient Express, Railroad travel, Europe, Spy Fiction

Uncommon danger Eric Ambler · 1937 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When the stranger offered 600 marks to do a little job, Kenyon accepted. The guy was a lying rat, but Kenyon needed the money. That little job got him involved in a deadly game of Soviets vs. Nazis, with Soviet military secrets the prize. All set in motion by a cynical force seeking a piece of the Roumanian oil fields, source of the black blood of war. Shares Orient Express, Railroad travel, Spy Fiction

The Salzburg Connection Helen MacInnes · 1877 · 395p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In 1945, with their thousand-year empire falling around them and the Allies on their heels, the Nazis hide a sealed chest in the dark, forbidding waters of the Finstersee - a lake surrounded by the brooding peaks of the Austrian Alps. There it lies for twenty-one years, almost forgotten, until a British agent decides to raise it from the depths. The secrets he uncovers are far- reaching and… Shares Fiction inEnglish, Spy Fiction

Ladies whose bright eyes Ford Madox Ford · 1911 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships with this book.

Mysterious Mr. Sabin Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1900 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "The mysterious Mr. Sabin is an unscrupulous French royalist who aids the German government in a conspiracy of war against England. His part in the plot is that of securing valuable papers recording the coast defenses of England, for which services he demands Germany's conquest of France and the restoration of the monarchy in the person of Prince Henri and his cousin, Helene of… Shares Spy Fiction

Pray for Brave Heart Helen MacInnes · 1955 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate About the undeclared and ever-waging war of our time, the war for men's minds, and the action takes place in Switzerland. Shares Spy Fiction

Family Trade James Carroll · 1982 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

Windmills of the gods Sidney Sheldon · 1987 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A college professor, a naive Kansan, becomes the US ambassador to Romania and learns a lot about life. Shares Spy Fiction

The man who lost the war W. T. Tyler · 1980 · ★ 3.5 · 434p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

If you can't be good Ross Thomas · 1973 · ★ 4.1 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

The second lady Irving Wallace · 1980 · ★ 3.9 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

The Whip Hand Victor Canning · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

City of Stairs

City of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett · 2014 · ★ 4.3 · 452p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions — until its divine protectors were killed. Now, Bulikov’s history has been censored and erased, its citizens subjugated. But the surreal landscape of the city itself, forever altered by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it, stands as a haunting reminder of its… Shares Spy Fiction, Murder

Neither 5 nor 3 Helen MacInnes · 1951 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction, Romance & Relationships with this book.

The Black Robe Wilkie Collins · 1881 · ★ 3.7 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he cannot allow. Complicating things is… Shares British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships

Ghost Shadow Heather Graham · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "There are those who walk among us who are no longer alive, but not yet crossed over. They seek retribution, vengeance, to warn. Among the living, few intuit their presence. Katie O'Hara is one who can. As she's drawn deeper and deeper into a gruesome years-old murder, whispered warnings from a spectral friend become more and more insistent. But Katie must uncover the truth: could David Beckett… Shares Romance & Relationships, Murder

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