Recommend a Good Contemporary Spy Novel
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Can anyone recommend a good contemporary spy novel? Nothing set during the Cold War or WWII. I'm more interested in novels involving contemporary Russia, China, or the Middle East.
I've recently liked Damascus Station, by David McClosky, and Red Cell, by Mark Henshaw. Also loved the Red Sparrow trilogy awhile back. (Haven't seen the movie but heard it wasn't nearly as good as the book.) Any other ideas? Thanks! |
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| You posted this 10 times already |
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| "Say Nothing." It's non-fiction but tells the story of IRA members who spied for the English. |
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Books by Charles Cumming.
https://www.charlescumming.co.uk/books I started with the Trinity Six. |
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| Mick Herron's Slough House series is very good. |
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| Daniel Silva?? |
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| Anything by Nelson DeMille. He has a new John Corey book that just came out. |
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The earlier Gabriel Allen novels are very good, but at some point they became repetitive and formulaic. |
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| Gabriel AllOn, that is. |
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I'm the PP. I haven't read them all, but I find the character of Gabriel Allon (as you pointed out) is an oddly calming character. I keep looking at his latest, but haven't bitten the bullet. |
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| Norwegian by Night & the prequel, How to find you way in the Dark by Derek B Miller |
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Agree! Also, the books do stand alone, but if you think you might read more than one or two, you might want to read them in order unless you don’t mind spoilers re the main characters. |
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| Harriet the Spy |
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Yes, I did ask this as comment on another thread, but someone suggested reposting it in a new thread so people see it. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Keep them coming! And thanks Jeff for creating this new book forum!! ❤️ |
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| I like the Gray Man series. |