British Espionage Books | Summaries & Audio

Casino Royale

by Ian Fleming • 1953

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

3.74

97k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance

Casino Royale 92%

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

by Ian Fleming 1953

3.74

97k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 💔 Double Agent Romance

Spycatcher

by Peter Wright • 1987

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

3.73

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

Spycatcher 92%

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

by Peter Wright 1987

3.73

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

Moonraker

by Ian Fleming • 1955

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

3.81

32k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

Moonraker 91%

A national hero's card cheating pulls Bond into a missile project hiding a deadlier deception.

by Ian Fleming 1955

3.81

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Nuclear Thriller 💀 Nazi Villain

A Spy Among Friends

by Ben Macintyre • 2014

Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott were friends inside Britain's secret service. One was a traitor.

4.20

30k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agents 💔 Friendship Betrayal

A Spy Among Friends 91%

Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott were friends inside Britain's secret service. One was a traitor.

by Ben Macintyre 2014

4.20

30k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agents 💔 Friendship Betrayal

The Secret Hours

by Mick Herron • 2023

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

4.25

22k+

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back

The Secret Hours 90%

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

by Mick Herron 2023

4.25

22k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back

The Night Manager

by John le Carré • 1993

Haunted by a woman's murder, a hotel night manager infiltrates a charismatic arms dealer's empire.

3.85

24k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Deep Cover 😔 Reluctant Spy

The Night Manager 90%

Haunted by a woman's murder, a hotel night manager infiltrates a charismatic arms dealer's empire.

by John le Carré 1993

3.85

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Deep Cover 😔 Reluctant Spy

Berlin Game

by Len Deighton • 1983

A British spy returns to divided Berlin to extract a defector before the mole inside can strike.

4.07

15k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧱 Divided Berlin

Berlin Game 90%

A British spy returns to divided Berlin to extract a defector before the mole inside can strike.

by Len Deighton 1983

4.07

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧱 Divided Berlin

The Ipcress File

by Len Deighton • 1962

A cynical agent tracks missing scientists into a brainwashing plot where his own side is the enemy.

3.91

18k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Brainwashing Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Ipcress File 90%

A cynical agent tracks missing scientists into a brainwashing plot where his own side is the enemy.

by Len Deighton 1962

3.91

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🧠 Brainwashing Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John le Carré • 1974

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

4.06

107k+

🥶 Cold War Espionage 🔎 Mole Hunt 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 90%

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

by John le Carré 1974

4.06

107k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Espionage 🔎 Mole Hunt 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Agent Garbo

by Stephan Talty • 2012

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

4.08

2k+

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

Agent Garbo 90%

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

by Stephan Talty 2012

4.08

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers • 1903

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

3.63

8k+

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller

The Riddle of the Sands 90%

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

by Erskine Childers 1903

3.63

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller

Shadow of Doubt

by Brad Thor • 2024

A defector's secret sends a haunted spy through Europe to stop a conspiracy at the top.

4.45

14k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏃‍♂️ Defector Thriller 🎭 Double Agent

Shadow of Doubt 89%

A defector's secret sends a haunted spy through Europe to stop a conspiracy at the top.

by Brad Thor 2024

4.45

14k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🏃‍♂️ Defector Thriller 🎭 Double Agent

The Predicament

by William Boyd • 2025

A British travel writer serves two spy masters until one orders him to betray his former lover.

4.10

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agent 🤐 Reluctant Spy

The Predicament 89%

A British travel writer serves two spy masters until one orders him to betray his former lover.

by William Boyd 2025

4.10

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agent 🤐 Reluctant Spy

A Spy Alone

by Charles Beaumont • 2023

A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.

4.08

6k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎓 Oxford University 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

A Spy Alone 89%

A former spy uncovers a Russian network buried inside Oxford. The people protecting it are his own.

by Charles Beaumont 2023

4.08

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎓 Oxford University 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

The Other Woman

by Daniel Silva • 2018

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

4.16

32k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy

The Other Woman 89%

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

by Daniel Silva 2018

4.16

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy

Gabriel's Moon

by William Boyd • 2024

A Lumumba interview turns a travel writer into an MI6 courier. His handler becomes his obsession.

4.01

16k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Reluctant Spy 💔 Childhood Trauma

Gabriel's Moon 89%

A Lumumba interview turns a travel writer into an MI6 courier. His handler becomes his obsession.

by William Boyd 2024

4.01

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Reluctant Spy 💔 Childhood Trauma

Illuminate the Shadows

by Isobel Starling • 2016

To be with Sam, Declan must survive a brutal initiation by his spy father.

3.89

477

🕵️ Spy Romance 🤕 Hurt-Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Illuminate the Shadows 89%

To be with Sam, Declan must survive a brutal initiation by his spy father.

by Isobel Starling 2016

3.89

477 ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 🤕 Hurt-Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 89%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

The New Girl

by Daniel Silva • 2019

An Israeli spymaster searches for a Saudi princess whose abduction could ignite the Middle East.

4.28

34k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 😢 Child Abduction

The New Girl 89%

An Israeli spymaster searches for a Saudi princess whose abduction could ignite the Middle East.

by Daniel Silva 2019

4.28

34k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 😢 Child Abduction

Slow Horses

by Mick Herron • 2010

Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.

4.05

86k+

🕵️ Disgraced Spies 🎭 False-Flag Conspiracy 🖤 Dark Humor

Slow Horses 89%

Exiled to a dead-end desk job, failed spies must solve a kidnapping before the blame buries them.

by Mick Herron 2010

4.05

86k+ ratings

🕵️ Disgraced Spies 🎭 False-Flag Conspiracy 🖤 Dark Humor

The Bourne Sanction

by Eric Van Lustbader • 2008

Jason Bourne leaves academia to hunt a hidden terror network striking at the heart of America.

3.90

9k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💣 Terrorism Plot 🏃 Rogue Operative

The Bourne Sanction 89%

Jason Bourne leaves academia to hunt a hidden terror network striking at the heart of America.

by Eric Van Lustbader 2008

3.90

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💣 Terrorism Plot 🏃 Rogue Operative

The 39 Steps

by John Buchan • 1915

When a spy dies in his flat, a Londoner runs for Scotland carrying secrets that could start a war.

3.59

47k+

🕵️ Early Spy Thriller 🏃 Man On The Run ⚖️ Wrongly Accused

The 39 Steps 89%

When a spy dies in his flat, a Londoner runs for Scotland carrying secrets that could start a war.

by John Buchan 1915

3.59

47k+ ratings

🕵️ Early Spy Thriller 🏃 Man On The Run ⚖️ Wrongly Accused

Operation Mincemeat

by Ben Macintyre • 2010

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

4.03

24k+

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies

Operation Mincemeat 89%

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

by Ben Macintyre 2010

4.03

24k+ ratings

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies

Dead Eye

by Mark Greaney • 2013

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

4.42

23k+

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Dead Eye 89%

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

by Mark Greaney 2013

4.42

23k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Kill Shot

by Vince Flynn • 2012

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

4.32

61k+

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎯 Framed Protagonist

Kill Shot 89%

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

by Vince Flynn 2012

4.32

61k+ ratings

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎯 Framed Protagonist

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

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

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Secret Adversary 89%

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

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

Portrait of a Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2011

A reluctant spy hunts a German agent through wartime London to protect the D-Day invasion secret.

4.26

34k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🎭 Deep Cover Agent 🔄 Double Agent

Portrait of a Spy 89%

A reluctant spy hunts a German agent through wartime London to protect the D-Day invasion secret.

by Daniel Silva 2011

4.26

34k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🎭 Deep Cover Agent 🔄 Double Agent

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie • 1959

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

3.86

52k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune

Cat Among the Pigeons 88%

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

by Agatha Christie 1959

3.86

52k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune

Overkill

by James Barrington • 2004

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

4.28

1k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Overkill 88%

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

by James Barrington 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Four Shots in the Night 88%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Splinter Cell

by David Michaels • 2004

A spy uncovers a supergun plot and learns the arms dealers are holding his daughter hostage.

3.89

14k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🕶️ Lone Operative

Splinter Cell 88%

A spy uncovers a supergun plot and learns the arms dealers are holding his daughter hostage.

by David Michaels 2004

3.89

14k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🕶️ Lone Operative

Redemption

by Will Jordan • 2012

A haunted operative breaks into a Russian prison to free a spy the agency buried alive.

4.01

2k+

🔪 Damaged Spy 🕸️ Paranoid Conspiracy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Redemption 88%

A haunted operative breaks into a Russian prison to free a spy the agency buried alive.

by Will Jordan 2012

4.01

2k+ ratings

🔪 Damaged Spy 🕸️ Paranoid Conspiracy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

The Man from St. Petersburg

by Ken Follett • 1982

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

3.95

38k+

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage

The Man from St. Petersburg 88%

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

by Ken Follett 1982

3.95

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum • 1986

A taipan seizes his wife. The ransom: the impostor killing in his name across Hong Kong.

4.11

183k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🌆 Hong Kong Underworld 💔 Loved One As Leverage

The Bourne Supremacy 88%

A taipan seizes his wife. The ransom: the impostor killing in his name across Hong Kong.

by Robert Ludlum 1986

4.11

183k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🌆 Hong Kong Underworld 💔 Loved One As Leverage

Iron Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2005

A CIA trainee joins a manhunt for a rogue agent-turned-vigilante, but he's a ghost in the crowd.

3.97

7k+

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🐭 Cat And Mouse 🕵️‍♀️ Female Agent

Iron Orchid 88%

A CIA trainee joins a manhunt for a rogue agent-turned-vigilante, but he's a ghost in the crowd.

by Stuart Woods 2005

3.97

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🐭 Cat And Mouse 🕵️‍♀️ Female Agent

Precipice

by Robert Harris • 2024

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

3.94

20k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair

Precipice 88%

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

by Robert Harris 2024

3.94

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Spymasters 88%

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Cry of the Halidon

by Robert Ludlum • 1972

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

3.77

7k+

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

The Cry of the Halidon 88%

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

by Robert Ludlum 1972

3.77

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

The Cellist

by Daniel Silva • 2021

Gabriel Allon traces a murdered Russian exile to a Swiss bank laundering billions for the Kremlin.

4.00

35k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💰 Financial Espionage 🎻 Art World Intrigue

The Cellist 88%

Gabriel Allon traces a murdered Russian exile to a Swiss bank laundering billions for the Kremlin.

by Daniel Silva 2021

4.00

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💰 Financial Espionage 🎻 Art World Intrigue

The King's Deception

by Steve Berry • 2013

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

4.00

15k+

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

The King's Deception 88%

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

by Steve Berry 2013

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

The Negotiator

by Frederick Forsyth • 1989

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

4.03

14k+

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

The Negotiator 88%

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

by Frederick Forsyth 1989

4.03

14k+ ratings

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

Act of War

by Brad Thor • 2014

A Chinese attack plan targets America; counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must dismantle it.

4.20

18k+

🎖️ Military Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌐 Geopolitical Conspiracy

Act of War 88%

A Chinese attack plan targets America; counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must dismantle it.

by Brad Thor 2014

4.20

18k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌐 Geopolitical Conspiracy

The Spy and the Traitor

by Ben Macintyre • 2018

Soviet golden boy, MI6's greatest mole, and the desperate 1985 escape that saved him.

4.52

91k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Soviet Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

The Spy and the Traitor 88%

Soviet golden boy, MI6's greatest mole, and the desperate 1985 escape that saved him.

by Ben Macintyre 2018

4.52

91k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Soviet Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Scorpia Rising

by Anthony Horowitz • 2011

A teen spy is framed for murder by a doppelganger. The target: an American diplomat in Cairo.

4.29

36k+

🕵️ Teen Spy Thriller 👥 Evil Doppelganger 🎯 Framed For Murder

Scorpia Rising 88%

A teen spy is framed for murder by a doppelganger. The target: an American diplomat in Cairo.

by Anthony Horowitz 2011

4.29

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Spy Thriller 👥 Evil Doppelganger 🎯 Framed For Murder

The Broker

by John Grisham • 2005

A fallen insider, pardoned and exiled to Italy, becomes bait in a CIA trap.

3.84

103k+

🎭 Assumed Identity 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🏃 International Manhunt

The Broker 88%

A fallen insider, pardoned and exiled to Italy, becomes bait in a CIA trap.

by John Grisham 2005

3.84

103k+ ratings

🎭 Assumed Identity 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 🏃 International Manhunt

Satori

by Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

Satori 88%

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

by Don Winslow 2011

3.95

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

Stormbreaker

by Anthony Horowitz • 2000

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

3.98

109k+

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🔧 Deadly Gadgets 🎭 Undercover Mission

Stormbreaker 88%

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

by Anthony Horowitz 2000

3.98

109k+ ratings

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🔧 Deadly Gadgets 🎭 Undercover Mission

The Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman • 2025

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

4.26

141k+

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Impossible Fortune 88%

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

by Richard Osman 2025

4.26

141k+ ratings

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth • 1971

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

4.27

147k+

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Day of the Jackal 88%

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

by Frederick Forsyth 1971

4.27

147k+ ratings

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman • 2021

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

4.35

362k+

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 Found Family

The Man Who Died Twice 88%

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

by Richard Osman 2021

4.35

362k+ ratings

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 Found Family

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