The dark side of 1930s Europe, a mysterious brothel in present-day Belgravia — plus a topical Syrian-set story from a ‘Spiral’ screenwriter
A posthumous and seamless completion of a volcano thriller that the ‘Jurassic Park’ writer left unfinished after his death in 2008
Adam LeBor selects his best mid-year reads
The UN takes on terrorists, fascism spreads its web — and the mysterious Elly Conway is finally unmasked
From ex-CIA David McCloskey to Tess Gerritsen, spooks and subterfuge, espionage and danger from Moscow to Beirut
Action-packed stories from Russia to Nigeria — plus a new Nurse Ratched and the latest from former astronaut Chris Hadfield
Adam LeBor selects his must-read titles
From the Rwandan genocide to death at the Bank of England, sinister stories of spies, politics and exile
With several cliffhanger chapters, Louise Doughty’s latest novel is a consummate psychological thriller about a female spy navigating the corridors of power
Vividly drawn characters blaze trails across small-town Arkansas and Nazi-occupied Oslo
The first in a new series of thrillers features an ageing Californian hacker in the hunt for a billion-dollar blockchain
A gripping selection includes cold war conspiracies and a dark turn for Scottish politics
An action-packed selection includes cheering portrayals of women who have agency — and muscles
A motorcycle-riding Irish priest is the driving force in this polyphonic literary thriller set during the Nazi occupation of Rome
These fast-paced page-turners take in alternate history, a bullet in the head and terrors in Tokyo
Undercover agents deliver a 2022 James Bond reboot and shadowy threats from Alaska to Berlin
Cold war era novels inspired by the long, deadly reach of Moscow’s secret service
In the Belfast writer’s new thriller, a retired spy is forced to re-examine his past and finds the line between good and evil hard to discern
Fast-paced tales of intrigue from Leningrad to Lisbon. Plus echoes of George Smiley — and an illustrated edition of le Carré himself
A propulsive mystery that delights and deceives as two strangers’ lives intersect
Hans Rosenfeldt, the creator of TV show ‘The Bridge’, delivers a dark, engrossing read in ‘Cry Wolf’
Q&A with the writer on his wife of 56 years, Cabernet Sauvignon and wanting an aircraft carrier
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