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A Novel of The CIA
by Robert Littell
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by Tim Weiner
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsFor the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world.
by Stella Rimington
Published May 2006
Read ReviewsDrawing from her experience as the first woman director general of MI5, Stella Rimington gives us a story that is smart, tautly drawn, and suspenseful from first to last.
by Daniel Silva
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsRich with sharply etched characters and prose, and a plot of astonishing intricacy, this is an uncommonly intelligent thriller by one of our very best writers.
by Adam Penenberg, Marc Barry
Published Dec 2001
Read ReviewsA page-burning account of intrigue and espionage in the offices and boardrooms of today's corporations.
by John Altman
Published Aug 2001
Read ReviewsTwo spies play cat-and-mouse games across three countries,during World War II.
by John Le Carre
Published Mar 2000
Read ReviewsMasterful and prescient, Le Carré is writing at the height of his creative powers, and Oliver Single, the central protagonist, is one of his most fascinating characters.
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