John Le Carré (2005)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Walker & Company
In Le Carré's first masterpiece Alec Leamas, a British agent in early Cold War Berlin, is responsible for keeping the double agents under his care undercover and alive. When the East Germans start killing them, Leamas is sent deep into Communist territory to find out why. But nothing is quite what it seems. "The finest spy story ever written" (Graham Green). More...
Robert Ludlum (1984)
The Chancellor Manuscript
Bantam
This is one of Ludlum's earlier works. As the New York Times Book Review said, it "exerts a riveting appeal, as it seems to justify our worst nightmares of what really goes on in the so-called intelligence community in Washington." More...
Tom Clancy (2002)
The Sum of All Fears.
Berkley
The trademark of Tom Clancy's series of Jack Ryan action thrillers is the accurate description of military hardware and procedure. But there is more than a dramatic story line and nail-biting tension: Clancy has a deep understanding of international political conflicts and he is able to realistically paint fundamental human responses to extreme danger and unbarable pressure. More...
Robert Ludlum (2007)
The Scarlatti Inheritance.
Bantam
The mother-son drama at the time of Nazi Germany is Ludlum's first thriller. More...