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After an unremarkable interview, Circus agent George Smiley determines the subject of a standard security checka civil servant in the Foreign Office named Samuel Fennanposes no threat, nor presents any reason for suspicion of espionage. Hours later, Samuel Fennan is found dead by suicide...

The best spy novel of all time Publishers Weekly Its the early 1960s, and the newly built Berlin Wall looms large. British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, caught in its shadow, feels the chill all too keenly: the preceding years have seen nearly every member of his Berlin spy network either...

John Le Carr dominates the espionage form as no other writer has since Eric Ambler was at his peak. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In years past, the Circus oversaw political matters while their counterpart, the Department, dealt with intelligence more military in nature. These days, however...

“George’s mystery unfolds with great psychological depth, finely drawn characters and gorgeous portraits of the English countryside. . . . [George] is an essential writer of popular fiction today.” —The Washington Post The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s award-winning series...

“Every generation has its iconic detective—Holmes, Poirot, Morse—but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him.”—Daily Mail Measure twice. Cut once. Detective Sergeant George Cross is nothing if not precise. When a man is found dead in the first-class toilet of a train—his...

From the Vatican to the Swiss Alps, from Australia to the heartland of America, the two masterful operatives known as Saul and Drew are being drawn together to solve a violent riddle: Why have 10 old men been abducted from around the world?

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? Theres a mole in the Circus. Pulled out of (forced) retirement by his old protg, Peter Guillam, George Smiley must determine who among the high command at the British Secret Intelligence Service is in fact a Soviet spyone whos...

Not a page of this book is without intelligence and grace. The New York Times The mole has been purged from the Circus, and George Smiley, newly-made chief of the agency, has both rebuilding and revenge in his sights. To fully eradicate the threat, Smiley must trace back the treachery to its...

" the narrative is grand, the dialogue is even better, and best of all is the warm, sadly ironic intelligence that colors even the tiniest of encounters." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) When General Vladimir, a Soviet defector, is brutally murdered in London's Hampstead Heath on his way to meet...

Read enough, and you’ll learn how to get away with murder . . . DETECTIVE SERGEANT GEORGE CROSS has a knack for dismissing red herrings: He goes by the cold hard facts, and nothing else. But with a concerning development in his personal life, Cross is hopelessly distracted. He needs to rely on...

A DS George Cross Christmas Story DS George Cross doesn't like surprises. He spends each Christmas the same way: at home eating Chinese takeout with his father, Raymond. But this year Raymond has invited George’s mother, and she intends to cook a turkey. Worse, when George asks her what she...

Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty Daily Telegraph For Alisa Brimley, editor of the small magazine Christian Voice, receiving a letter from a longtime subscriber might otherwise be a perfectly normal occasionexcept Stella Rode, the reader in question, writes that her husband is planning...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The undisputed master returns with his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years--a #1 New York Times bestseller and ideal holiday gift. Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the...

"If you like Tana French, you will love this one. It’s fun and suspenseful and it kept me up late.” —Jenna Bush Hager Eilean Eadar is a barren, windswept rock best known for the unsolved mystery of the three lighthouse keepers who vanished back in 1919. But when a young man is found dead...

This is the first book in the George Melville Mystery series and as such sees our eponymous hero, investigative officer George Melville, who works for a law firm, get tangled up in the murky world of pre-Second World War espionage. He meets an eccentric Scottish laird who in fact is his British secret service contact, as he is unsuspectingly thrust into the dangerous life as an ill-prepared secret agent in Hong Kong, Macau, Cairo, and eventually Ireland, where he meets again his old friend Inspector Dodds, along with a policewoman named Yvonne.

The world is on the brink of economic collapse. Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally is single, ambitious and independent, visiting from Australia. They're both chasing the same story. After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. International economic stability is at risk. Timing and diversity of the events makes it impossible for them to be coincidence or incompetence.