spy fiction

Surveying the British Thriller Landscape with ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’

Surveying the British Thriller Landscape with ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’

Mike Ripley's "reader's history" may only occasionally leave you shaken or stirred, but it does provide a lot of titles to consider for your reading queue.

John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’ Has That Old Dark Magic

John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’ Has That Old Dark Magic

A Legacy of Spies, John le Carré’s first George Smiley novel since 1990, finds the spymaster’s old henchman forced to excavate the details of a long-buried mission they both wish they could forget.