Espionage

John le Carré / Agent Running in the Field (Hardback)

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...

John le Carré / The Russia House (Hardback)

John le Carré has earned worldwide acclaim with extraordinary spy novels, including The Russia House, an unequivocal classic. Navigating readers through the shadow worlds of international espionage with critical knowledge culled from his...

Sterling Archer / How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written (Large Paperback)

   Lying is like 95% of what I do. But believe me: in this book, I’ll let you know exactly how to become a master spy just like me. Obviously, you won’t be as good at it as I am, but that’s because you’re you,...

Andy Lane / Agent Without Licence

 Young Bond and James Bond meet Alex Rider and Cherub in this brilliantly written, fast-paced spy action thriller. All credibly delivered from somebody who knows all about counter-intelligence...Kieron and his friend Sam are shocked to see a man...

John Le Carre / Silverview (Hardback)

 Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of months into his new career, Edward, a Polish emigre, shows up at his door with a very...

Chris Pavone / The Expats (Large Paperback)

 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER EDGAR AWARD WINNER * ANTHONY AWARD WINNERBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ACCIDENTCan we ever escape our secrets?In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg, Kate Moore's days are filled with playdates and coffee mornings, her...

David Park / Spies in Canaan (Large Paperback)

 A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption from the winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 'It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I've seen in a very long time' SUNDAY...

Stephen Leather / The Hunting

 'I doubt if a more exciting and muscular book will come along this year' Peterborough TelegraphMoney can't buy everythingBut it can buy revengeCan a doctor take lives instead of saving them?British doctor Raj Patel puts his own life on the line to...

John Martel / Conflicts of Interest

 Nachdem der kalifornische Provinzanwalt Seth Cameron einen fast hoffnungslosen Fall gewonnen hat, erhält er das Angebot, in einer renommierten Kanzlei in San Francisco zu arbeiten. Es erwarten ihn dort ein fünfzehnstündiger...

Michael Weaver / The Lie (Hardback)

 The agenda is ambitious: eliminating the mass murder in the name of ethnic cleansing now raging all over Africa. The place is propitious: the town of Wannsee, Germany, where Hitler's inner circle once planned the extermination of six million Jews...

Viken Berberian / The Cyclist (Hardback)

   The Cyclist is a stunningly original novel about food and political violence. It's a psychological ride into the tropics of terror, to the edges of our national and existential borders: the ones set at birth, the ones we are born into. The...

Scott Turow / The Burden of Proof (Hardback)

   In this novel by the author of "Presumed Innocent", Sandy Stern, a brilliant defence lawyer, is devastated by his wife's suicide. He is forced to untangle a complex web of financial dealings and relationships.   All of our books are...

Val McDermid / 1979 (Hardback)

 Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for more than thirty years. Now, in 1979, she returns to the past with the story of Allie Burns, an investigative...

W E B Griffin / The Hostage (Hardback)

 By Order of the President, the first novel in W.E.B. Griffin's crackling new Presidential Agent series, won immediate acclaim from critics and fans alike.Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more he is the...

Rory Clements / Hitler's Secret (Hardback)

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The most anticipated spy thriller of 2020, from the award-winning author of Corpus.Autumn 1941. The war is going badly for Britain and its allies. If Hitler is to be stopped, a new weapon is desperately needed.In...

Simon Kernick / Kill A Stranger (Hardback)

 WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO SAVE YOUR LOVED ONE?AND DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS?'Great plots, great characters, great action' LEE CHILD'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal' HARLAN COBENThey took your fiancee.They framed you for...

Jason Matthews / Palace of Treason (Hardback)

 From the best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of the "terrifically good" (The New York Times) Red Sparrow, a compulsively readable new novel about star-crossed Russian agent Dominika Egorova and CIA's Nate Nash. 'Enthralling. That Matthews,...

James Patterson / Private Rogue

 'Breathtaking twists and turns' Anthony Horowitz 'An unmissable, breakneck ride' James Swallow'Exhilarating, high stakes action' Lesley Kara__________________________In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.In...

Frederick Forsyth / Icon (Hardback)

   It is 1999, and in Russia Igor Komarov is set to win the next election. Komarov's secret agenda "The Black Manifesto", is smuggled into the British Embassy, and turns out to be a blueprint of "Mein Kampf". Jason Monk, ex-CIA, is called in...

Karen Cleveland / Need To Know (Hardback)

 Married for ten years. Four children. She thought she knew her husband better than anyone.She was wrong.'Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful' J.P.Delaney, author of The Girl Before'This compulsive, clever thriller will...

Stella Rimington / Illegal Action

 Readers can expect authenticity - and that is what she delivers.' The TimesILLEGAL ACTION is the third thriller from the former head of MI5 and bestselling author Stella Rimington, featuring MI5 officer Liz Carlyle.When MI5 intelligence officer Liz...

John LeCarre / Silverview

 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER PICKS 'Le Carre at his finest' Mick Herron, GuardianJulian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of...

John Le Carre / Silverview (Large Paperback)

 Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of months into his new career, Edward, a Polish emigre, shows up at his door with a very...

Frederick Forsyth / The Veteran (Large Paperback)

 collection of five heart-stopping stories from the master thriller writer The multi-million copy bestselling Frederick Forsyth is back on familiar ground. And for Forysth that means murder, mystery, intrigue, deception and revenge. The five stories...

Gregg Hurwitz / Hellbent (Large Paperback)

 THE STUNNING NEW ORPHAN X THRILLER FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR GREGG HURWITZ. 'Do you need my help?'They called him Orphan X. Evan Smoak used to be a government secret weapon.Then he ran and became the man you call on when you've nowhere else to...

John Simpson / Our Friends in Beijing (Large Paperback)

 OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES Jon Swift is in trouble again. His journalism career is in freefall. He is too old to be part of the new world order and he has never learned to suck up to those in charge. But experience has taught him to trust his...

Hans Rosenfeldt / Cry Wolf (Large Paperback)

 From the multi-award winning author of The Bridge (BBC) and Marcella (Netflix, ITV) comes a blockbuster new thriller...A DEAD WOLFA DRUG DEAL GONE WRONGA LETHAL FEMALE ASSASSINHannah Wester, a detective in the remote northern Swedish town of...

Mark Dawson / The Cleaner

 'It's impossible not to think of Lee Child's super-selling Jack Reacher' The TimesJohn Milton is the man the government call when they want a problem to vanish . . . but what happens when he's the one that needs to disappear? After a botched job...

Robert Littell / Legends (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

James Barlow / This Side of the Sky (Vintage Paperback)

All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive.   When a C-54 airplane crashes en-route to Schipol in Holland, American pilot Bill Schoyen is the sole survivor. Grounded for one year and relegated to...

Simon Scarrow / Blackout

 THE STUNNING SECOND WORLD WAR THRILLER FROM THE CELEBRATED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROWThe Richard and Judy Bookclub PickThe Times Top Ten bestseller'A wonderfully compelling thriller, reeking of authenticity, and a terrific...

Philip Kerr / Prague Fatale (Hardback)

 Philip Kerr's sequence of historical thrillers featuring private detective Bernie Gunther forms a body of work comparable to the great series of the two masters of the genre, Len Deighton and John le Carre. The Berlin Noir Trilogy quickly...

Frances Evesham / A Racing Murder

   The next thrilling Ham-Hill Murder Mystery from bestselling cosy crime author Frances Evesham.A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death. Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her beautiful grey racehorse, 'Butterfly...

John Trenhaile / The Scroll of Benevolence

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

James Swallow / Rogue : The blockbuster espionage thriller

 The explosive new book from the master of the modern espionage thriller and Sunday Times bestseller James Swallow.___________________In modern espionage, every action has a reaction. One wrong move could sink an entire region into turmoil - even...

Stephen Leather / The Runner

 ***'Thought-provoking, high-octane chase thriller with style' - Financial Times******'Leather once again delivers high-octane thrill-a-minute action that reads like a pitch for a Netflix series' - Irish Independent***The explosive new stand-alone...

Kevin Brophy / The Berlin Crossing (Large Paperback)

 Secrets and spies, love and tragedy in Stasi East Germany.Brandenburg 1993: The Berlin Wall is down, the country is reunified and thirty-year-old school teacher Michael Ritter feels his life is falling apart. His wife has thrown him out, his new...

Khurrum Rahman / The Motive

 A Jay Qasim short story and prequel to EAST OF HOUNSLOW written for Quick Reads 2021Business has been slow for Hounslow's small time dope-dealer, Jay Qasim. A student house party means quick easy cash but it also means breaking his own rules. But...

Anthony Quinn / Our Friends in Berlin

  'A gripping espionage thriller' Observer London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country...

Brett Battles / The Deceived

 Bestselling author Brett Battles takes us on a brilliantly nerve-wracking journey in this hypnotically captivating espionage thriller, jam-packed with twists and turns and fascinating characters. Fans of Jason Bourne, James Bond or Jack Reacher...

David Smith / Free Lunch : Easily Digestible Economics

  'There's no such thing as a free lunch' is the one phrase everyone has heard from economics. But why not? Never? What does economics tell us about the price of lunch - and everything else in the world? This is the perfect introduction to...

Victor Bridges / Trouble on the Thames

  'A literary craftsman, who could spring surprises with his humour and sense of suspense.' - The Times Owen Bradwell is a courageous naval officer who returns to England in the 1930s. He believes that his career is over because he has become...

Tom Grass / Twist

  Packed with action, love and betrayal, Tom Grass's electrifying heist thriller is a gripping reinvention of the Dickens classic, OLIVER TWIST.Now a major film starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora and Raff Law. Eighteen-year-old Twist...

David Young / Stasi 77

 A secret State. A dark conspiracy. A terrible crime.Karin Muller of the German Democratic Republic's People's Police is called to a factory in the east of the country. A man has been murdered - bound and trapped as a fire burned nearby, slowly...

Rory Clements / Nucleus (Hardback)

 Nucleus is the award-winning 'standout historical novel and spy thriller' (Daily Express) from the Sunday Times bestseller Rory Clements._____________________________June 1939 - England is partying like there's no tomorrow . . . but the good times...

Michael Crichton / State of Fear (Large Paperback)

 The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller.In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful...

Alan Furst / Under Occupation

 THE TIMES '100 BEST SUMMER READS''Magnificent' Sunday Times'Gripping... the twists and intrigue keep coming' Observer'As ever, Furst vividly evokes a sense of time and place' Mail on Sunday (Must-Read Books of the Year)Occupied Paris, 1942.In the...

Matt Croucher / Flash Point

  Dan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and the call of duty, but haunted by Reese's death, he drops out of...

Robert Crais / A Dangerous Man

 'Just keeps getting better and better' DAVID BALDACCI'Slick and enjoyable' SUN'Top-notch fun noir' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB (starred review)DESPERATE MEN ARE DANGEROUS . . .Joe Pike wasn't looking to save someone's life on the day he left the bank...

Leif Davidsen / The Serbian Dane

 'Davidsen writes like an assassin. Brilliant! More, more!' Fay Weldon'One of Denmark's top crime writer' Joan Smith, Sunday TimesLISE CARLSEN, a successful arts journalist trying to smooth over the cracks in a failed marriagePER TOFTLUND, a crack...

Stella Rimington / Close Call (Hardback)

 The international arms trade is about to become a national problem...In 2012, in a Middle Eastern souk, CIA agent Miles Brookhaven was attacked. At the time he was infiltrating rebel groups in the area. No one was certain if his cover had been...

Stella Rimington / At Risk (Hardback)

  At a weekly anti-terrorist meeting, Liz Carlyle, MI5 Intelligence Officer, goes on alert when it is reported that an 'invisible', an unidentified British terrorist, has entered the country. This is the first indicator that something bad may be...