Wilderness of Mirrors - Great Espionage Fiction
Explore the best espionage fiction with 'Wilderness of Mirrors'—a curated list of gripping spy novels filled with deception, intrigue, and thrilling covert operations. Discover must-read books for fans of high-stakes espionage and suspense.
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The Third Man
by Graham Greene
Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites …
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carre
George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
by John le Carre
Featuring an Introduction by the author, the crowning Cold War masterwork is once again available in a collector's trade edition.
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Our Game
by John Le Carré
"FURIOUS IN ACTION...TAKES US BY THE NECK ON PAGE ONE AND NEVER LETS GO." --Chicago Sun-Times With the Cold War fought and won, British spymaster …
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The Russia House
by John Le Carré
John le Carre 's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned …
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The Honourable Schoolboy
by John le Carre
Trying to rebuild his espionage organization after a traitor is unmasked, George Smiley sends one of his most trusted agents on a mission to the …
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Smiley's People
by John le Carre
A spy story that gives the final convulsive confrontation between George Smiley and his mortal enemy, Karla.
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The Untouchable
by John Banville
WINNER OF THE LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes the fascinating story of a former British …
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Snow Wolf
by Glenn Meade
It is 1953. Joseph Stalin is teetering on the edge of insanity, and is about to plunge the world into nuclear chaos. Only one man …
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Winter
by Len Deighton
Peter and Pauli Winter are two very different brothers born into a time when the horrors of war engulf and extinguish the Germany that is. …
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Berlin Game
by Len Deighton
When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once active in the field but now anchored …
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Mexico Set
by Len Deighton
The second novel in the trilogy. Bernard is sent to Mexico in order to enrol the East German Erich Stinnes.
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London Match
by Len Deighton
"Taut...Splendid...First rate." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL With treason epidemic in London Central, a cloud of suspicion passes over each senior agent, and each falls helplessly …
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A Gentleman's Game
by Greg Rucka
Tara Chace may be the most dangerous woman alive. She can seduce you into believing she’s the woman of your dreams—or kill you with the …
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Tears of Autumn
by Charles McCarry
Influential secret agent Paul Christopher pursues a dangerous theory abut the assassinaton of President Kennedy, an investigation that threatens American foreign policy.
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Old Boys
by Charles McCarry
Retired agent Horace Christopher enlists the aid of four other retired colleagues to find his cousin, intelligence operative Paul Christopher, who has mysteriously vanished and …
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The Last Supper
by Charles McCarry
A woman's tragic death in a vehicular homicide minutes after her lover, Paul Christopher, leaves for Vietnam gives way to details about Christopher's youth and …
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The Innocent
by Ian McEwan
A member of a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin finds himself in too deep in this "wholly entertaining" work (The Wall Street Journal) …
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The Company
by Robert Littell
A novel of Cold War espionage traces the struggles of two generations of CIA operatives fighting Communism and battling one another in the complex world …
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Legends
by Robert Littell
Struggling with disjointed memories about his past identities with the CIA, former field agent turned private detective Martin Odum wonders if he can trust his …
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Moscow Rules
by Robert Moss
Sasha Preobrazhensky infiltrates the upper echelons of the Soviet power structure and attempts to destroy the Kremlin and topple the entire Russian political system in …
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Good News, Bad News
by David Wolstencroft
Two espionage agents suddenly realize that not all orders must be followed and work together against their respective bosses.
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Red Gold
by Alan Furst
Deep in occupied France, Red Gold moves with quiet menace as predators from the dark edge of war.
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Berlin Noir
by Philip Kerr
Now in one volume—the first three novels in Philip Kerr’s New York Times bestselling historical mystery series starring hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther... “A Chandleresque knight …