British Spy Thrillers

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller! On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a...

Mark Wolfe was the greatest spy of his generation. Now he's been put out to pasture. Gone are the days of dead-drops beneath railway station clocks in foreign lands that no longer exist - of dry-cleaning, double agents and triple crosses. Now Mark's stuck behind a desk in Vauxhall Cross in...

Mark Wolfe, as MI6's Senior Consultant, is an overqualified yet undervalued part-timer at Vauxhall House, but an attack on his life in his own home brings the reality of working for Six back into dangerous focus. Especially when his would-be assassin is purported to be working for il Fantasma, a...

Bloomsbury presents The Devil's Bargain by Stella Rimington, read by Penelope Rawlins. I wanted more' DAVID GILMAN One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it. Harry Bristow: policeman, father, chauffeur, fraud. In 1988 Harry made one mistake: he took a bribe, letting a man he knew as...

Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an unusually early harvest. The villagers are thrilled, but events quickly turn sour when one of them turns up dead in an apple orchard, stabbed through the heart. Amateur sleuth Lady Hardcastle and her trusty lady’s maid, Flo, suddenly have a juicy case on their hands. Might the mysterious stranger they recently met in the village be to blame?

A year after his older brother made the ultimate sacrifice, Sergeant Major Luke Carter, decorated hero of 22 SAS, is sent to Perth on a recruiting job. His orders: select two candidates from the SASR for a highly sensitive mission on foreign soil. But when a sudden crisis threatens to derail the...

Bloomsbury presents The Moscow Sleepers, the tenth book in the Agent Liz Carlyle series by Stella Rimington, read by Amy Noble For fans of Spooks, Homeland, McMafia and The Night Manager, the latest thriller in Stella Rimington’s gripping espionage series sees Liz Carlyle investigating a...

After six months in Regiment purgatory, SAS loner Jamie 'Geordie' Carter has been assigned to a new squadron. Tasked with flushing out the troop's bad apples, he's never been more exposed. And when someone tries to silence him, Carter is unexpectedly pulled from the team and given an even...

'Tremendous' – The Guardian 'I just fell in love with it' – Stephen King Set in a reimagined 1950s Britain, Dominion is a gripping, haunting spy thriller – and a poignant love story. From the master of the historical novel and author of the Shardlake series, C.J. Sansom. 1952. Twelve years...

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom. "[Narrator Ell] Potter skillfully uses accent and tone to convey personalities and keep the fast-paced story humming along." —Kirkus “An incisive feminist thriller and heaps of fun...

Bloomsbury presents The Geneva Trap, the seventh novel in the Agent Liz Carlyle series by Stella Rimington. Read by Amy Noble. When a rogue Russian spy warns her of a plot to hack into the West's military satellite systems, MI5's Liz Carlyle finds her past catching up with her... Geneva, 2012. A...

Brought to you by Penguin. How far would you go to catch a killer? This is the question UK agent Emma Makepeace must ask herself when she is sent to Edinburgh for the upcoming global G7 Summit. The Russians are in town and Emma and her team know a high-profile assassination is being planned. But...

Bloomsbury presents Breaking Cover, the ninth book in the Agent Liz Carlyle series by Stella Rimington, read by Amy Noble ‘Rimington tells her story with the crisp authority one would expect of James Bond’s M’ New York Times Book Review Recovering from a gruelling terrorist investigation...

‘A terrific thriller’ – James Patterson ‘A new benchmark for the modern spy thriller’ – Peter James ‘Excellent . . . Packed with relentless pace and hard-edged thrills’ – James Swallow An exiled agent out for revenge. A hidden enemy stoking hate. A clandestine war with no rules...

BARRY AWARD WINNER Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it. “With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever...

'A master of the wartime spy thriller' Financial Times The fourth book in the iconic John Shakespeare series, beloved by thousands of readers, from true master of historical fiction, Rory Clements. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century London comes alive in...

Bloomsbury presents Close Call, the eighth book in the Agent Liz Carlyle series by Stella Rimington, read by Amy Noble. CIA agent Miles Brookhaven was attacked in a souk while infiltrating rebel groups in the area. No one was certain if his cover had been blown or if the act was just an...

She knelt beside the body and touched the man’s neck just in case there might still be a pulse. As she expected, there was none; the waxy face and blank eyes had already told their own story . . . From the author of Death on the Lusitania, The Spies of Hartlake Hall by R. L. Graham is a...

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...