• Espionage/Thriller

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    Two Nights in Lisbon

    Chris Pavone

    "Ariel awakens, alone."

    October 22, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Five Thrillers Set In the Woods

    German thriller writer Romy Hausmann wanders deep into the forest with these five tales of woodsy terror....

    October 19, 2021  By Romy Hausmann
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    The Bizarre History of the Many, Many Bond Imitators of 60s and 70s Pop Culture

    For two strange decades, the spawn of Bond were everywhere.

    October 11, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World

    In the late '80s, Lee Child—he was still Jim Grant then—picked up a copy of a French novel by Loup Durand. Its influence was profound.

    October 8, 2021  By Heather Martin
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    The Birth of the CIA—And the Soviet Mole Who Had a Hand in Everything

    At a dinner in London, 1946, Kim Philby hinted at an intriguing proposition: the complete merger of American and British intelligence.

    October 7, 2021  By Michael Holzman
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    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    October 4, 2021  By Paul French
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    The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York

    Vito Racanelli on Itavia Flight 870, Leonardo Sciascia, and more.

    October 1, 2021  By Vito Racanelli
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    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    October 1, 2021  By DiAnn Mills
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    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

    September 30, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How a Book by an Ex-KGB Officer Upended Joseph Weisberg's World

    In 2004, the future creator of 'The Americans' was working for the CIA when he read a book by Victor Cherkashin and recognized himself in descriptions of the KGB workplace.

    September 29, 2021  By Joseph Weisberg
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