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SS-GB Len Deighton · 1978 · ★ 3.8 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, it's 'business as usual' at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case. Life must go on.But when SS Standartenfuhrer Huth arrives from Berlin with orders from the great Himmler himself to supervise the investigation, the resourceful Archer finds… Shares Espionage, World War, Great Britain

The Runagates Club John Buchan · 1928 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate John Buchan’s The Runagates Club is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories appeared from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers, and feature Richard Hannay, Edward Leithen, and many newcomers to the Buchan canon. John Buchan designed The Runagates Club as a showcase for the best of his 1920s magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new… Shares Intelligence service, World War, Great Britain

Horizon, a novel Helen MacInnes · 1946 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A wartime story of conflicting emotions and loyalties. Some Tyrolean citizens, north and south, sick of being under Italian rule, look to the Nazi invasion as a liberation, their promises of freedom as something worth fighting for. Other wiser heads, including liberated POW Roy know the Nazi's treachery. Roy is holed up for 8 months in a family home as liaison between the local resistance and… Shares Espionage, World War

The Killing (CHERUB #4) Robert Muchamore · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When James is given the mission of digging up leads on Leon, a small-time crook with big money, James unravels a larger plot than expected with the only person who might know the truth being a deceased eighteen-year-old boy. Shares Great Britain. MI5, Intelligence service, Great Britain

The Scottish Prisoner

The Scottish Prisoner Diana Gabaldon · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate “This could be the worthy Lord John Grey’s breakout novel, as readers are treated to large dollops of Outlander hero Jamie Fraser.”—Booklist   A captivating return to the world Diana Gabaldon created in her Outlander and Lord John series, The Scottish Prisoner is a masterpiece of epic history, wicked deceit, and scores that can only be settled in blood.   London, 1760. For Jamie Fraser,… Shares Great Britain

Murder in St. Giles

Murder in St. Giles Ashley Gardner · 2018 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Great Britain with this book.

The laughing monsters Denis Johnson · 2014 · ★ 3.2 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "A literary spy thriller set in Africa, where an intelligence agent is caught up in a get rich quick scheme"-- Shares Officials and employees, Intelligence service, New York Times reviewed

Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Greece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece—the city of Salonika. In that ancient port, with its wharves and warehouses, dark lanes and Turkish mansions, brothels and tavernas, a tense political drama is being played out. On the northern border, the Greek army has blocked Mussolini’s invasion, pushing his divisions back to Albania—the first defeat… Shares Espionage, World War, New York Times reviewed

The Recruit (CHERUB #1) Robert Muchamore · 1993 · ★ 4.2 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate a fast paced action filled story where kids are recruited to become secret agents called cherub agents James Adams has been recruited after his mum die's and is ready to take on what ever training has install for him warning not suitable for younger readers Shares Great Britain. MI5, Intelligence service, Great Britain

Divine Madness (CHERUB #5) Robert Muchamore · 2006 · ★ 4.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Great Britain. MI5, Espionage, Intelligence service with this book.

The ghost Jefferson Morley · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story. From the agency's MKULTRA… Shares Officials and employees, Espionage, Intelligence service

I Spy Natalie Sumner Lincoln · 1916 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The allied forces, English and French, had been bent backward day by day, until it seemed as if Paris was fairly within the Germans' grasp. Bent indeed, but never broken, and with the turning of the tide the Allied line had rushed forward, and France breathed again. Shares World War

The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened European scene and by his wisdom and knowledge and bravery, he gathered together an army of valorous warriors who banished the Vikings back to the North. This true historic tale… Shares Great Britain

Night of the Fox Henry Patterson · 1757 · ★ 3.7 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Narra unos acontecimientos que hubieran podido cambiar radicalmente el desenlace de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un veterano agente secreto británico debe rescatar a cualquier precio a un coronel norteamericano que ha naufragado cerca de la isla de Jersey, ocupada por los alemanes. El éxito de la operación resulta aún más problemático por la presencia en la isla de un doble del mariscal Rommel. La… Shares World War, New York Times reviewed

Goldfinger Ian Fleming · 1958 · ★ 3.8 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked. And a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned. Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Great Britain

American Icon

American Icon Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, the man who had saved Boeing, Ford had put together a bold plan to unify… Shares New York Times reviewed

For Your Eyes Only Ian Fleming · 1959 · ★ 3.7 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone—her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable luck! Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. ‘I’m sorry I’m late. We’ve got to get moving at once. You’re wanted at the office.’ She… Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Great Britain

Russians Among Us Gordon Corera · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service with this book.

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