A grandmother waves her daughter and grandchildren goodbye after a nice visit, when the phone sings. She hears one word and then goes and gets her gun and shoots her husband in the head. It's a bold opening. This is a Swedish penned espionage thriller from Gustaf Skordeman, who has a background in writing and …
Born into money in the Mid-West, Nanee finds her true home in Paris. So when war breaks out and the German tanks enter the city, rather than leaving, she stays and joins the Resistance. She helps get famous artists targeted by the Nazi's out of the country and also carries messages, being dubbed The Postmistress. …
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A classic spy novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is le Carre's third novel and one that helped cement his name as one of the finest espionage novelists. This novel is the story of Alex Leamus. It's the 60's and he's been working in Germany, spying for Britain against the Communists on …
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During World War II, Britain sent spies into Occupied France, many of whom were women. This book tells the story of what that experience would have been like. Marian Sutro has fled to England with her parents and brother, and finds herself selected, as a French speaker, to go undercover to France to assist …
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