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Charles McCarry (2005)
The Miernik Dossier. (First published in 1973)
Overlook Hardcover
McCarry, who worked for the CIA before his literary career is probably the best American spy novelist - in the same league as John LeCarre. More...
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Daniel Silva (2005)
A Death in Vienna.
Signet
This superb spy thriller deals with the unfinished business of the Holocaust. Undercover Mossad agent Gabriel Allon hunts down the infamous and still deadly Erich Radek, who lives quitely in Vienna. More...
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Robert Ludlum (2005)
The Bourne Identity.
Orion
Ludlum's most famous character, Jason Bourne, is dragged from the sea. His identity is unknown, his body is peppered with bullets and his face altered by plastic surgery. He is running for his life, targeted by professional assassins. No other writer comes even close to Ludlum's kaleidoscope of puzzles within puzzles. More...
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Vince Flynn (2005)
Consent to Kill.
Atria
A Saudi billionaire, father of a dead terrorist, is behind a conspiracy to eliminate CIA assassin Mitch Rapp. Hampered by a knee operation and other problems, Mitch has to battle terrorists and paid assassins to save his life, which would be easier, if the new national director of intelligence would not be such a hypocritical coward. More...
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Ken Follett (2004)
Eye of the Needle.
Harper Paperbacks
During World War II, The Needle, a ruthless German spy, a young Englishwoman and an investigator are linked together in a breathtaking tale of espionage. This superb thriller is one of the best spy novels ever written. More...
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Henning Mankell (2004)
The Dogs of Riga.
Vintage
Kurt Wallander, the stoic Swedish detective is investigating the murders of two unidentified men washed up on the Swedish coast in an inflatable dinghy. It leads him into the dangerous underworld of government corruption characteristic of Soviet-style totalitarian regimes. Scandinavian police work at the aftermath of the Soviet Union collapse. More...
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John Le Carré (2004)
Absolute Friends.
Little, Brown;
LeCarré is mad about what he sees as a fraudulent and unnecessary war in Iraq. The hero in his up-to-date novel, Ted Mundy, is an idealistic out-of-business spy from the Cold War era. He is hired by a mysterious benefactor to counter the widespread propaganda on behalf of an Iraqi war. Even if you don't like LeCarré's political slant, his writing is first class. More...
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Richard Condon (2003)
The Manchurian Candidate. (Reprint Ed.)
Four Walls Eight Windows
In Condon's 1959 Cold War thriller Sgt. Raymond Shaw is brainwashed during his captivity in North Korea. He returns to America programmed to assassinate a U.S. presidential nominee. The 1962 movie with Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra is considered one of the 100 top thriller movies of all times. More...
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