Spy

Shadow-filled corridors, encrypted messages, and the ever-present threat of betrayal define the world of spy books, where intelligence operatives navigate a dangerous landscape of shifting loyalties and hidden agendas. Whether exploring the real-world mechanics of espionage agencies or the gripping personal stories of those who live double lives, these books pull back the curtain on the secretive forces that shape our world.

Spy Boksammendrag

The Briar Club

av Kate Quinn

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

4.28

300 000+

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector 🏛️ Washington Dc 👩‍❤️‍👩 1950s Lesbian Romance

Oppslukende

The Briar Club

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

av Kate Quinn 2024 432 sider

4.28

300 000+ vurderinger

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector 🏛️ Washington Dc 👩‍❤️‍👩 1950s Lesbian Romance

By Way of Deception

av Victor Ostrovsky • 1990

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

3.92

2 000+

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft ⚠️ Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

Oppslukende

By Way of Deception

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

av Victor Ostrovsky 1990 372 sider

3.92

2 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft ⚠️ Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

One Nation Under Blackmail

av Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

500+

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

One Nation Under Blackmail

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

av Whitney Alyse Webb 2022 432 sider

4.42

500+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

Rosekoden

av Kate Quinn • 2021

Three women codebreakers at Bletchley Park forge an unbreakable bond, until a traitor shatters it.

4.44

300 000+

🔐 Wartime Codebreaking ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️ Traitor In The Ranks 💎 Class Divide 👩‍✈️ Women In Wartime

Rosekoden

Three women codebreakers at Bletchley Park forge an unbreakable bond, until a traitor shatters it.

av Kate Quinn 2021 656 sider

4.44

300 000+ vurderinger

🔐 Wartime Codebreaking ⏳ Dual Timeline 🕵️ Traitor In The Ranks 💎 Class Divide 👩‍✈️ Women In Wartime

The Gray Man

av Mark Greaney • 2009

Betrayed mid-flight, an elite assassin must fight across Europe to save his handler's family.

4.16

51 000+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💪 One Man Army 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎯 Code Of Honor 🔪 Betrayed Operative

The Gray Man

Betrayed mid-flight, an elite assassin must fight across Europe to save his handler's family.

av Mark Greaney 2009 456 sider

4.16

51 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💪 One Man Army 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎯 Code Of Honor 🔪 Betrayed Operative

In the Blood

av Jack Carr • 2022

A dead Mossad agent sends a retired SEAL on a revenge hunt through a sniper's crosshairs.

4.49

27 000+

🎖️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🎯 Sniper Thriller 🤖 High-Tech Spycraft 🌐 Global Conspiracy 💀 Vengeance Quest

In the Blood

A dead Mossad agent sends a retired SEAL on a revenge hunt through a sniper's crosshairs.

av Jack Carr 2022 459 sider

4.49

27 000+ vurderinger

🎖️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🎯 Sniper Thriller 🤖 High-Tech Spycraft 🌐 Global Conspiracy 💀 Vengeance Quest

Red Sky Mourning

av Jack Carr • 2024

A rogue submarine, a quantum AI gone dark, and the retired SEAL between them.

4.48

21 000+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🎯 One Last Mission 🌐 Geopolitical Warfare 🌊 Naval Warfare

Red Sky Mourning

A rogue submarine, a quantum AI gone dark, and the retired SEAL between them.

av Jack Carr 2024 576 sider

4.48

21 000+ vurderinger

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🎯 One Last Mission 🌐 Geopolitical Warfare 🌊 Naval Warfare

Tidsministeriet

av Kaliane Bradley • 2024

A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.

3.56

200 000+

🕰️ Near-Future Sci-Fi 💕 Time Travel Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Tidsministeriet

A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.

av Kaliane Bradley 2024 339 sider

3.56

200 000+ vurderinger

🕰️ Near-Future Sci-Fi 💕 Time Travel Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Sjakalen

av Frederick Forsyth • 1971

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

4.27

100 000+

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔍 Relentless Detective 🔫 Master Assassin

Sjakalen

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

av Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 sider

4.27

100 000+ vurderinger

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔍 Relentless Detective 🔫 Master Assassin

Hemmelighetenes hemmelighet

av Dan Brown

Robert Langdon uncovers a CIA lab beneath Prague that turns near-death minds into spy drones.

3.91

100 000+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔬 Science Thriller 🧠 Dissociative Identity 🇺🇸 CIA Conspiracy 🏭 Hidden Underground Lab

Oppslukende

Hemmelighetenes hemmelighet

Robert Langdon uncovers a CIA lab beneath Prague that turns near-death minds into spy drones.

av Dan Brown 2025 677 sider

3.91

100 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔬 Science Thriller 🧠 Dissociative Identity 🇺🇸 CIA Conspiracy 🏭 Hidden Underground Lab

Kjempenes fall

av Ken Follett • 2005

From Welsh pits to Russian palaces, five families face love and ruin as the world goes to war.

4.33

300 000+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Epic Family Saga ⚔️ World War I 🚩 Russian Revolution ✊ Workers' Rights 🗳️ Political Awakening

Kjempenes fall

From Welsh pits to Russian palaces, five families face love and ruin as the world goes to war.

av Ken Follett 2005 985 sider

4.33

300 000+ vurderinger

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Epic Family Saga ⚔️ World War I 🚩 Russian Revolution ✊ Workers' Rights 🗳️ Political Awakening

Casino Royale

av Ian Fleming • 1953

Tasked with bankrupting a Soviet paymaster, a British agent wagers his life at the baccarat table.

3.74

97 000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance 🥂 Bleak Glamour 🍸 Cynical Spy

Casino Royale

Tasked with bankrupting a Soviet paymaster, a British agent wagers his life at the baccarat table.

av Ian Fleming 1953 192 sider

3.74

97 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance 🥂 Bleak Glamour 🍸 Cynical Spy

Without Remorse

av Tom Clancy • 1993

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

4.22

77 000+

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💔 Grieving Protagonist

Without Remorse

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

av Tom Clancy 1993 750 sider

4.22

77 000+ vurderinger

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💔 Grieving Protagonist

Kill Shot

av Vince Flynn • 2012

Ambushed in Paris, a wounded CIA assassin hunts the mole who sold him out.

4.32

60 000+

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎯 Framed Protagonist 😰 Atmospheric Paranoia 💥 High Octane Action

Kill Shot

Ambushed in Paris, a wounded CIA assassin hunts the mole who sold him out.

av Vince Flynn 2012 385 sider

4.32

60 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎯 Framed Protagonist 😰 Atmospheric Paranoia 💥 High Octane Action

True Believer

av Jack Carr

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

4.34

43 000+

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🌍 Global Espionage

Oppslukende

True Believer

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

av Jack Carr 2019 485 sider

4.34

43 000+ vurderinger

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🌍 Global Espionage

Nexus

av Ramez Naam • 2012

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

4.04

21 000+

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🏃 Fugitive Duo

Nexus

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

av Ramez Naam 2012 460 sider

4.04

21 000+ vurderinger

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🏃 Fugitive Duo

Savage Son

av Jack Carr • 2020

A former SEAL must rescue his friend's sister from a Russian mob's human hunting game.

4.50

36 000+

⚔️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🛡️ Home Defense 🐻 Russian Mafia 🎯 Most Dangerous Game 💥 High-Octane

Savage Son

A former SEAL must rescue his friend's sister from a Russian mob's human hunting game.

av Jack Carr 2020 416 sider

4.50

36 000+ vurderinger

⚔️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🛡️ Home Defense 🐻 Russian Mafia 🎯 Most Dangerous Game 💥 High-Octane

Klar og overhengende fare

av Tom Clancy • 1989

American soldiers fight a secret war in Colombia until the White House decides they're expendable.

4.14

100 000+

💻 Techno-Thriller ⚔️ Drug War 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏴 Betrayed By Command 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

Klar og overhengende fare

American soldiers fight a secret war in Colombia until the White House decides they're expendable.

av Tom Clancy 1989 688 sider

4.14

100 000+ vurderinger

💻 Techno-Thriller ⚔️ Drug War 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏴 Betrayed By Command 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

I Am Pilgrim

av Terry Hayes • 2013

A New York murder lures a retired spy into a plot to unleash an engineered plague.

4.30

200 000+

🔍 Forensic Investigation 🦠 Bioterrorism Plot 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🐈 Cat And Mouse Game 🗡️ Vengeance Motive

I Am Pilgrim

A New York murder lures a retired spy into a plot to unleash an engineered plague.

av Terry Hayes 2013 612 sider

4.30

200 000+ vurderinger

🔍 Forensic Investigation 🦠 Bioterrorism Plot 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🐈 Cat And Mouse Game 🗡️ Vengeance Motive

Phenomena

av Annie Jacobsen • 2017

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

3.94

2 000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🎖️ Military Intelligence 💉 Cia Mind Control

Phenomena

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

av Annie Jacobsen 2017 544 sider

3.94

2 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🎖️ Military Intelligence 💉 Cia Mind Control

I Must Betray You

av Ruta Sepetys • 2022

Blackmailed by the secret police, a Romanian teen must spy on Americans or lose his family.

4.40

100 000+

🏚️ Communist Romania 📹 Surveillance Paranoia 🕵️ Forced Informant ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⚖️ Moral Compromise

I Must Betray You

Blackmailed by the secret police, a Romanian teen must spy on Americans or lose his family.

av Ruta Sepetys 2022 321 sider

4.40

100 000+ vurderinger

🏚️ Communist Romania 📹 Surveillance Paranoia 🕵️ Forced Informant ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⚖️ Moral Compromise

Code Name Hélène

av Ariel Lawhon • 2020

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

4.41

82 000+

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies 💔 Wartime Separation 🎭 Multiple Identities

Code Name Hélène

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

av Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 sider

4.41

82 000+ vurderinger

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies 💔 Wartime Separation 🎭 Multiple Identities

Only the Dead

av Jack Carr • 2023

Framed for the President's murder, a Navy SEAL hunts the global plot his father died investigating.

4.54

24 000+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Operative ⛓️ Framed Protagonist 🇷🇺 Russian Conspiracy

Only the Dead

Framed for the President's murder, a Navy SEAL hunts the global plot his father died investigating.

av Jack Carr 2023 562 sider

4.54

24 000+ vurderinger

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Operative ⛓️ Framed Protagonist 🇷🇺 Russian Conspiracy

Damascus Station

av David McCloskey

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

4.16

24 000+

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

Oppslukende

Damascus Station

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

av David McCloskey 2021 432 sider

4.16

24 000+ vurderinger

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

av Tom Clancy • 1988

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

4.10

61 000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🎭 Double Agent 🚀 Arms Race

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

av Tom Clancy 1988 547 sider

4.10

61 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🎭 Double Agent 🚀 Arms Race

The Innocent

av David Baldacci • 2012

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

4.19

100 000+

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

The Innocent

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

av David Baldacci 2012 422 sider

4.19

100 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🏃 Child On The Run 🔫 Rogue Agent

Point Blank

av Anthony Horowitz • 2001

A teen spy infiltrates an alpine academy where the sons of billionaires are being replaced.

4.11

64 000+

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🏫 Spy School 🎭 Undercover Mission 🧬 Evil Cloning Plot 👥 Doppelganger

Point Blank

A teen spy infiltrates an alpine academy where the sons of billionaires are being replaced.

av Anthony Horowitz 2001 274 sider

4.11

64 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🏫 Spy School 🎭 Undercover Mission 🧬 Evil Cloning Plot 👥 Doppelganger

Target Tehran

av Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Target Tehran

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

av Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 sider

4.07

450 vurderinger

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

The Black Wolf

av Louise Penny

A deafened Québec detective follows a dead biologist's map to a plot meant to provoke war.

4.13

43 000+

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🕵️ Mole In The Agency

Oppslukende

The Black Wolf

A deafened Québec detective follows a dead biologist's map to a plot meant to provoke war.

av Louise Penny 2025 375 sider

4.13

43 000+ vurderinger

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🕵️ Mole In The Agency

The Secret Adversary

av Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72 000+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

av Agatha Christie 1922 266 sider

3.84

72 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

Orphan X

av Gregg Hurwitz • 2016

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

4.14

58 000+

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Orphan X

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

av Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 sider

4.14

58 000+ vurderinger

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Spy Coast

av Tess Gerritsen • 2023

A body dumped in her driveway shatters a retired spy's quiet life in coastal Maine.

4.31

100 000+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Spy 🖤 Retired Spy Sanctuary 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🌍 International Espionage 🕰️ Dual Timeline

The Spy Coast

A body dumped in her driveway shatters a retired spy's quiet life in coastal Maine.

av Tess Gerritsen 2023 341 sider

4.31

100 000+ vurderinger

🕵️‍♀️ Female Spy 🖤 Retired Spy Sanctuary 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🌍 International Espionage 🕰️ Dual Timeline

Sandworm

av Andy Greenberg • 2019

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

4.34

10 000+

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure 🇺🇦 Ukraine Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Sandworm

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

av Andy Greenberg 2019 368 sider

4.34

10 000+ vurderinger

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure 🇺🇦 Ukraine Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den Røde Pimpernel

av Emmuska Orczy • 1905

To save her brother, Marguerite must betray the Pimpernel, unaware the hero is her foppish husband.

4.07

100 000+

⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🇫🇷 French Revolution 🎭 Secret Identity 👑 Dandy Hero 💔 Blackmail And Betrayal

Den Røde Pimpernel

To save her brother, Marguerite must betray the Pimpernel, unaware the hero is her foppish husband.

av Emmuska Orczy 1905 182 sider

4.07

100 000+ vurderinger

⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🇫🇷 French Revolution 🎭 Secret Identity 👑 Dandy Hero 💔 Blackmail And Betrayal

In Too Deep

av Lee Child • 2024

Jack Reacher wakes up shackled, forced into a heist by the crew that crashed his car.

3.94

50 000+

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🔗 Waking Up Captive 🐺 Lone Wolf

In Too Deep

Jack Reacher wakes up shackled, forced into a heist by the crew that crashed his car.

av Lee Child 2024 327 sider

3.94

50 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🕸️ Criminal Conspiracy 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🔗 Waking Up Captive 🐺 Lone Wolf

Digital Fortress

av Dan Brown • 1998

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

3.71

600 000+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 👁️ Surveillance State 💻 Cybersecurity

Oppslukende

Digital Fortress

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

av Dan Brown 1998 510 sider

3.71

600 000+ vurderinger

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 👁️ Surveillance State 💻 Cybersecurity

Stormbreaker

av Anthony Horowitz • 2000

His spy uncle murdered, a boy infiltrates a fortress where school computers hide a weapon.

3.98

100 000+

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🔧 Deadly Gadgets 🎭 Undercover Mission 😤 Revenge Plot 💪 Training Montage

Stormbreaker

His spy uncle murdered, a boy infiltrates a fortress where school computers hide a weapon.

av Anthony Horowitz 2000 256 sider

3.98

100 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🔧 Deadly Gadgets 🎭 Undercover Mission 😤 Revenge Plot 💪 Training Montage

The Dawn of Yangchen

av F.C. Yee

A thief steals from the Avatar. His sentence: spy on merchants armed with a city-leveling secret.

3.90

10 000+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🕵️ Espionage Fantasy 🔍 Reluctant Spy 🎭 Double Agent 🎯 Spy Thriller Energy

Oppslukende

The Dawn of Yangchen

A thief steals from the Avatar. His sentence: spy on merchants armed with a city-leveling secret.

av F.C. Yee 2022 336 sider

3.90

10 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🕵️ Espionage Fantasy 🔍 Reluctant Spy 🎭 Double Agent 🎯 Spy Thriller Energy

Kodenavn Verity

av Elizabeth Wein • 2012

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

4.00

100 000+

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship 🔐 Coded Messages 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Kodenavn Verity

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

av Elizabeth Wein 2012 448 sider

4.00

100 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship 🔐 Coded Messages 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Consent to Kill

av Vince Flynn • 2005

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

4.41

53 000+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

Consent to Kill

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

av Vince Flynn 2005 675 sider

4.41

53 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

av John le Carré

A discarded spy returns in secret to hunt a Soviet mole buried inside British intelligence.

4.06

100 000+

🥶 Cold War Espionage 🔎 Mole Hunt 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🥃 Reluctant Investigator 🔥 Slow-Burn Thriller

Oppslukende

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

A discarded spy returns in secret to hunt a Soviet mole buried inside British intelligence.

av John le Carré 1974 381 sider

4.06

100 000+ vurderinger

🥶 Cold War Espionage 🔎 Mole Hunt 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🥃 Reluctant Investigator 🔥 Slow-Burn Thriller

The Chaos Agent

av Mark Greaney • 2024

Hunted by drones worldwide, two operatives uncover a rogue AI weapon rewriting the rules of war.

4.46

14 000+

🤖 Techno-Thriller 🕵️ Spy Thriller 💻 Rogue Ai 🔫 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 On The Run

The Chaos Agent

Hunted by drones worldwide, two operatives uncover a rogue AI weapon rewriting the rules of war.

av Mark Greaney 2024 556 sider

4.46

14 000+ vurderinger

🤖 Techno-Thriller 🕵️ Spy Thriller 💻 Rogue Ai 🔫 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 On The Run

The Bourne Identity

av Robert Ludlum • 1980

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

4.05

400 000+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 Fugitive On The Run 🤝 Reluctant Alliance

The Bourne Identity

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

av Robert Ludlum 1980 566 sider

4.05

400 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 Fugitive On The Run 🤝 Reluctant Alliance

Mossad

av Michael Bar-Zohar • 2010

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

4.19

15 000+

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🎯 Targeted Killing ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

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