Crime in the war-ravaged Balkans of the 1990s, a plot against the UN, geopolitics in Greenland and a Danish police procedural
The return of investigators Horst Schenke and Tom Wilde, Charles Beaumont’s follow-up to ‘A Spy Alone’ — plus the latest from Stella Rimington
David McCloskey cements his place in the top division of spy writers; tradecraft secrets around the world; and arson in the London art world
Barry Forshaw and Adam LeBor select their must-read titles
Capers in Constantinople and Cornwall — plus a chilling story of espionage set in 1930s Vienna — are among the most compelling new spy novels
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
