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Agent Running in the Field - A Novel (Paperback): John le Carre Agent Running in the Field - A Novel (Paperback)
John le Carre
R388 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"[Le Carre's] novels are so brilliant because they're emotionally and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they're novels." -New York Times Book Review A thrilling tale for our times from the undisputed master of the spy genre Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.

Disposable Asset (Paperback, Main): John Altman Disposable Asset (Paperback, Main)
John Altman
R401 R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Save R112 (28%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"This can't-put-it-down spy thriller from Altman introduces the most deadly and proficient young woman warrior since the Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen" Publishers Weekly A lone female agent finds herself abandoned in enemy territory in this riveting espionage thriller Having completed her mission, CIA agent Cassie Bradbury finds herself cut adrift in Moscow with no documents, no tickets and no identification. Hot on her trail are the KGB, the Russian Mafia - and Sean Ravenscroft, the disgraced ex-CIA agent who has been sent to track her down. Realizing that she has been set up and is now expendable, Cassie will need all her courage and resourcefulness to outwit her pursuers - and stay alive long enough to exact revenge on the man who recruited her, who trained her - who betrayed her.

One Minute Out (Paperback): Mark Greaney One Minute Out (Paperback)
Mark Greaney
R449 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Matt Helm - The Intriguers (Paperback): Donald Hamilton Matt Helm - The Intriguers (Paperback)
Donald Hamilton
R229 R170 Discovery Miles 1 700 Save R59 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"That cold-blooded human spider spinning his lousy webs of intrigue..." Matt Helm is on vacation in Mexico with nothing on his mind except fishing, when some joker tries to shoot him in the back. Naturally it was no accident. When secret agents get shot at, it never is. So Helm has to go back to work. At least there's a bonus in the form of his boss's beautiful daughter, a playmate in peril.

Vera Kelly Lost and Found (Paperback): Rosalie Knecht Vera Kelly Lost and Found (Paperback)
Rosalie Knecht
R284 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R27 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Spring 1971. Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave their cosy Brooklyn apartment for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in Los Angeles. Max's parents are divorcing - her father is already engaged to a much younger woman and under the sway of an occultist charlatan; her mother has left their estate in a hurry with no indication of return. Max, who hasn't seen her family since they threw her out at twenty-one, prepares for the trip with equal parts dread and anger. Upon arriving, Vera is shocked by the size and extravagance of the family estate which reveals a privileged upbringing that, up until this point, Max had only hinted at. Tensions boil over at dinner as Max attempts to navigate her father, who is hostile and controlling, and the occultist, St James, who is charming but appears to be siphoning family money. The next morning, when Vera wakes up, Max is gone... In Vera Kelly Lost and Found, Rosalie Knecht gives Vera her highest-stakes case yet, as Vera quickly puts her private detective skills to good use and tracks a trail of breadcrumbs across southern California to find her missing girlfriend. She travels first to a film set in Santa Ynez and, ultimately, to a most unlikely destination where Vera has to decide how much she is willing to commit to save the woman she loves.

The Enigma Girl (Paperback): Henry Porter The Enigma Girl (Paperback)
Henry Porter
R477 R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A masterclass in espionage thriller fiction from the heir to John le Carre for fans of Mick Herron, Charles Cumming and David McCloskey. Meet 'a female agent for our times', disgraced MI5 operative Slim Parsons.

Slim Parsons is all but burned.

Her last deep cover job for MI5 ended with a life-and-death struggle on a private jet that caused her to go on the run from both the deadly target and her angry bosses in the Security Service. They say that violence comes too easily to her; that she's bordering on delinquent and unsuitable for the roll of an MI5 operative.

Yet she is recalled and asked to infiltrate a news website that's causing alarm in the highest circles. It is staffed by a group descended from wartime codebreakers operating from an unassuming office block near Bletchley Park. Operation Linesman looks like a come down, the curtain on a brilliant career in the shadows. However, she accepts the assignment on condition that the Security Service searches for her missing brother.

Linesman turns out to be anything but simple. Her personal loss, her previous deep cover role, and a threat to MI5 itself from her original target come together in a three-way collision.

And all the while she is watched by someone even deeper in the shadows than she is.

Icelight - Peter Cotton Thriller 3: Gripping espionage at its best (Paperback): Aly Monroe Icelight - Peter Cotton Thriller 3: Gripping espionage at its best (Paperback)
Aly Monroe 1
R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Book 3 in the Peter Cotton spy thriller series, for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris. Winner of the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award Praise for Aly Monroe 'Splendid . . .Monroe provides terrific and convincing historical atmosphere' The Times 'Skilful and evocative . . . [a] stylish and impressive debut' The Economist 1947. Threadbare London endures the bleakest, coldest winter for decades. Food rationing is worse than during the war. Coal supplies run out. The Thames freezes over. Against a background of black ice, blackouts and the black market, agent Peter Cotton is seconded to Operation Sea-snake. MI5 is in the grip of civil war; MI6 is riddled with traitors. Unsure who to trust - or even who is pulling the strings - Cotton, ever the outsider, must protect an atomic scientist caught up in a vicious homophobic witch-hunt, limit the damage caused by a bully-boy MP, rely on a rent-boy informer and, despite the murderous attentions of a couple of Glasgow razor boys, embark on a ruthless hunt of his own. The Peter Cotton spy thriller series: Book 1: The Maze of Cadiz Book 2: Washington Shadow Book 3: Icelight Book 2: Black Bear Short story: Redeemable

Traitor - A Thriller (Paperback): Jonathan De Shalit Traitor - A Thriller (Paperback)
Jonathan De Shalit
R371 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the exhilarating tradition of I Am Pilgrim comes a sprawling, international high-stakes thriller that pits the intelligence of one man against one of the most successful spies ever to operate against American interests--"one of 2018's hottest debuts!" (The Real Book Spy). When a young Israeli walks into an American embassy and offers to betray his country for money and power, he has no idea that the CIA agent interviewing him is a Russian mole. Years later, the Israeli has risen in the ranks to become a trusted advisor to Israel's prime minister and throughout his career, he's been forced to share everything with the Kremlin. Now, however, a hint that there may be a traitor in the highest realms of power has slipped out and a top-secret team is put together to hunt him down. The chase leads the team from the streets of Tel Aviv to deep inside the Russian zone and, finally, to the United States, where a most unique spymaster is revealed. The final showdown--between the traitor and the betrayed--can only be resolved by an act of utter treachery that could have far-reaching and devastating consequences for all of humanity.

A Fatal Game (Hardcover): Nicholas Searle A Fatal Game (Hardcover)
Nicholas Searle 1
R433 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R39 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre' Daily Express ___________________ The railway station is heaving with rush-hour commuters when the bomb goes off. In the subsequent enquiry, serious questions are asked of Jake Winter, the British Intelligence Officer responsible for preventing the attack. Especially when it transpires that the bomber was his agent. With his conscience - and his career - in tatters, Jake's hopes rest on his new recruit, a young British-Asian man named Rashid. Recently returned disillusioned from the Middle East, and now enlisted into a new terrorist plot, Rashid seems to be the answer Jake, and MI5, have been waiting for. But how can Jake know for certain when Rashid is his only source? Is history about to repeat itself or has Jake lost his nerve, haunted by his last mistake? After all, who can you trust, when you no longer trust yourself? ___________________ ***PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS SEARLE*** 'It reminded me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail 'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist

Traitor - The most twisty, action-packed action thriller of the year (Paperback): Tom Wood Traitor - The most twisty, action-packed action thriller of the year (Paperback)
Tom Wood
R448 R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

SOMEONE'S SET HIM UP SOMEONE'S GOING TO DIE When Victor is arrested for a murder that, for once, he didn't commit, escape must surely be inevitable for a hitman of his ferocity. Yet someone wants Victor put away, and he finds himself behind bars, incarcerated by police who have no idea of the monster they are dealing with and have, apparently, tamed. Quickly, however, his fellow prisoners realise that he's not trapped in there with them: they are in a cage, with the most dangerous of enemies. And Victor has a traitor to find.

Welcome to West Berlin (Hardcover, 28th Ed.): Herbert M. Lobl Welcome to West Berlin (Hardcover, 28th Ed.)
Herbert M. Lobl
R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Darker Reality (Elena Standish Book 3) (Paperback): Anne Perry A Darker Reality (Elena Standish Book 3) (Paperback)
Anne Perry
R144 Discovery Miles 1 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The third novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, set in the 1930s when the world was a place of increasing fear and uncertainty... Spring, 1934. With the threat of war looming, political tensions begin to rise... Elena Standish, a young English photographer who works for British Intelligence, is visiting her grandparents' home in Washington DC when tragedy strikes. A lavish party is held to mark her grandparent's sixtieth wedding anniversary and Elena takes pride in capturing the event on camera, but when the beautiful wife of a renowned scientist is found murdered in the driveway, allegedly run over by Elena's grandfather's car, Elena's world is turned upside down. Arrested on suspicion of murder, Wyatt Baylor protests his innocence, claiming he has enemies who are trying to frame him. But who are these enemies and how can Elena defend a man she barely knows? Turning to secret agent James Allenby for help, Elena must uncover the truth behind the events of that fateful night. But can she trust Allenby or her family and is she willing to risk everything in her pursuit of the truth?

High Jinx (Paperback, New edition): William F. Buckley High Jinx (Paperback, New edition)
William F. Buckley
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The year is 1954, and Joseph Stalin is dead. As the ruthless Laurenti Beria, head of the KGB, plots to succeed him, another drama is taking place in a distant part of the Soviet empire. United States and British commandoes have begun a mission to overthrow the Soviet-controlled government of Albania, but it is doomed to failure from the outset--jinxed by a traitor.

In the aftermath of the disaster, CIA super spy Blackford Oakes pursues his adversary from a covert camp for training murderers to Buckingham Palace, from a KGB hideout in Stockholm to the very doors of the Kremlin. The result is a satisfying tale that brings this episode in the conflict between the West and the Soviet Bloc to a summary conclusion.

Scorpion Betrayal (Paperback): Andrew Kaplan Scorpion Betrayal (Paperback)
Andrew Kaplan
R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Kaplan has written one of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I've read in years." -Harlan Coben, author of Live Wire "Wow! Scorpion Betrayal...delivers more heart-thumping twists and turns, beliefs and betrayals, than The Day of the Jackal and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold rolled into one." -Katherine Neville, author of The Eight A breakneck-paced international espionage thriller in the Robert Ludlum and Daniel Silva vein, Andrew Kaplan's phenomenal Scorpion Betrayal is a relentlessly exciting page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Featuring one of the most intriguing protagonists in spy fiction-an ex-CIA agent code-named Scorpion-on a breathtaking chase across the capitals of Europe in pursuit of a frighteningly elusive terrorist known as "the Palestinian," this is a novel that Alex Berenson, Ted Bell, Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Barry Eisler fans are going to love. And don't miss Andrew's new novel, Homeland: Carrie's Run, available September 3rd, the official prequel novel to the hit Showtime series, Homeland, featuring CIA Intelligence Officer Carrie Mathison on a mission in the Middle East prior to Season 1. This riveting, original thriller reveals the compelling untold backstories of the series' main characters and takes fans deeper into the life and mind of the brilliant female spy. Find out how it all began in Homeland: Carrie's Run.

No Common Ground (Hardcover): M.C. Hawke No Common Ground (Hardcover)
M.C. Hawke
R695 R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Save R66 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Lieutenant Lynn Burton stands in an old shack in the Central highlands of Vietnam. What is she doing here? Her orders are to report to Base X, but nobody knows where Base X is. Suddenly tossed into a covert CIA operation, Lynn begins a terrifying race for survival. Sergeant Charles Reese has never gotten used to the fear that hangs in the pit of his stomach every time the alarm claxton sounds announcing a rescue mission. The fear starts the moment he races over the concrete runway to the waiting helicopter, and it grows in intensity as the sleek Jolly Green Giant rises into the air and races toward a rendezvous filled with danger, perhaps even death. Sent into Cambodia to rescue Lynn and a band of children from certain death by the hands of the Khmer Rouge, Charles finds Lynn and the children alone in the jungle, surrounded by enemy soldiers who are determined to destroy the children. Their only hope is to trek through miles of jungle teeming with enemy soldiers in an effort to reach safety.

Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Treadstone Transgression (Paperback): Joshua Hood Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Treadstone Transgression (Paperback)
Joshua Hood; Narrated by Ron Butler
R305 R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Save R123 (40%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

A blown mission and a dead team leave Adam Hayes on the run in this high-stakes thriller from Robert Ludlum's Bourne universe. From the explosive world of Jason Bourne emerges a new hero. The CIA has a source in Haiti with proof of corruption at the top of the American intelligence community. Yet a simple smash and grab mission is blown wide open when a powerful element in Haiti is threatened by the breach. The CIA team's only hope for survival is a speedy extraction. None of this matters to Adam Hayes. After years of dangerous operations for Treadstone, he's ready to call it quits, but the feeling isn't mutual. Treadstone want Hayes back for one more mission. And when the mission is blown and Hayes escapes with his life, everyone, it seems, is determined to correct that oversight. Reviewers on Joshua Hood: 'A worthy addition to the Ludlum bookshelf' Mark Greaney 'The perfect high-octane thriller' Simon Gervais 'Hood is a master of action' Publishers Weekly

The Sanctuary (Paperback): Raymond Khoury The Sanctuary (Paperback)
Raymond Khoury
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A deadly quest to uncover an ancient secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries... Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from his hands, the inquisitor turns his back on his calling and sets off on an impossible journey to complete the old man's quest. Baghdad, 2003. A military unit makes a horrifying discovery: a hidden state-of-the-art lab, where dozens of men, women and children have died. The scientist they were hunting is believed to be working on a bio weapons programme. But the man known only as the hakeem - the doctor - has escaped, taking with him the startling truth about his work ...

Unsanctioned (Hardcover): E.G. Jones Unsanctioned (Hardcover)
E.G. Jones
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Honourable Schoolboy (Paperback): John le Carre The Honourable Schoolboy (Paperback)
John le Carre 1
R275 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In the second part of John le Carre's Karla Trilogy, the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension. George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky operation uncovering a Russian money-laundering scheme in the Far East. His aim: revenge on Karla, head of Moscow Centre and the architect of all his troubles. 'Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action' The Times 'A remarkable sequel ... the achievement is in the characters, major and minor ... all burned on the brain of the reader' The New York Times THE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

The Gravesend Connection (Hardcover): Stan Pollack The Gravesend Connection (Hardcover)
Stan Pollack
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sin (Hardcover): Quintin Peterson Sin (Hardcover)
Quintin Peterson
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"SIN"--The Special Investigations Network, is a gritty tale of crime and corruption in Washington D.C. during the 1980s. Officer Holloway thinks he can make a difference as an undercover narc for the Janus Project. He's dead wrong.

The Interpol Imbroglio (Hardcover): Mary Jo Grotenrath The Interpol Imbroglio (Hardcover)
Mary Jo Grotenrath
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From its attention-grabbing opening scene of a body found in an elevator in the Hotel Bristol in Vienna to its surprise ending at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, the Interpol Imbroglio will hold your interest. When delegates at a General Assembly of Interpol, the international police organization start dropping dead, fear sets in that the law enforcement community itself--or perhaps the entire city of Vienna--may be the target. The plot involves organizational politics, bio-chemical cocktails, a shady deal at a cyber-cafe, fugitive flight and extradition issues, and an unexpected romance between an Iraqi colonel and a German policewoman as war with Saddam Hussein looms. As a new fiction writer on an untapped subject, the author calls on her years of experience living in Vienna as a student when her father was stationed there with the U.S. Army and later as an attorney in the Office of International Affairs at the United States Department of Justice to provide both the inspiration and the expertise for this fast-paced story of intrigue and murder at the highest levels of the international police community.

Winter Work (Paperback): Dan Fesperman Winter Work (Paperback)
Dan Fesperman
R291 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Save R25 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets being kept hidden just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. BERLIN, 1990. On a chilly early morning walk, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbour, fellow Stasi officer Lothar, lying dead with a bullet wound to the temple. Despite the appearance of suicide, Emil suspects murder, for as East Germany disintegrates, being a Stasi colonel is more of a liability than an asset. Emil and Lothar were involved in a final clandestine mission - now Emil must finish the job alone, on uncertain ground where alliances seem to be shifting by the day. Meanwhile, CIA agent Claire Saylor, sent to Berlin to assist an Agency action against their collapsing East German adversaries, has just received an upgrade to her assignment: she'll be the designated contact for a high-ranking Stasi foreign intelligence officer. When her first rendezvous goes dangerously awry, she realizes the mission is far more delicate than she was led to believe. Emil and Claire soon find themselves on unlikely common ground, fighting for their lives against a powerful enemy hiding in the shadows. Reviewers on Winter Work: 'An entertaining thriller about a society turned upside down.' Joseph Kanon 'Fesperman belongs in the front rank of American spy novelists.' Charles Cumming 'Into this lethal turmoil, Fesperman injects an acute sense of place, and a mastery of the many consequences of failure.' Graham Hurley 'An engrossing, deep-in-the-weeds thriller.' Kirkus 'Winter Work is just fantastic.' Olen Steinhauer 'Superb spy thriller.' Publishers Weekly 'Fesperman's smooth, easy style belies its complexity, and makes for an engaging read.' Crime Time

Smiley's People (Paperback): John le Carre Smiley's People (Paperback)
John le Carre 1
R275 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The concluding part of John le Carre's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People sees the last confrontation between the indefatigable spymaster George Smiley and his great enemy, as their rivalry comes to a shattering end. A Soviet defector has been assassinated on English soil, and George Smiley is called back to the Circus to clear up - and cover up - the mess. But what he discovers sends him delving into the past, on a trail through Hamburg and Paris to Cold War Berlin - and a final showdown with his elusive nemesis, Karla. 'An enormously skilled and satisfying work' Newsweek 'We are all Smiley's people, a kind of secular god of intelligence' New Yorker THE SEVENTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

The Names of the Dead (Paperback): Kevin Wignall The Names of the Dead (Paperback)
Kevin Wignall
R261 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R42 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

They locked him up. Now he's out-for revenge. Former CIA officer James 'Wes' Wesley paid the ultimate price for his patriotism when he was locked up in a French jail for an anti-terror operation gone wrong-abandoned by the Agency he served, shunned by his colleagues and friends, cut off from his family. Now he is shattered by the news that his ex-wife, Rachel, a State Department analyst, has been killed in a terrorist attack in Spain. He also discovers that his young son, Ethan, is missing. But Wes didn't know he had a son-until now. Why was Rachel in Spain? And why did she keep his son secret from him? Granted early release, Wes takes flight across Europe to search for the truth and exact his revenge. But can he catch the spies who betrayed him before they track him down? In order to find the answers and save his son, Wes realises he must confront the dark secrets in his own past-before it's too late.

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