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Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

By RoughJustice

11 February, 2026

Recent years have seen a renaissance of fiction set in the murky world of espionage. No doubt the continued success of Mick Herron, both in print and on Apple TV, has played no small part in this. David McCloskey’s series of action-packed thrillers regularly hits…

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A Spy in the Blood by Paul Warner

By Chris Connor

30 January, 2026

Espionage fiction is as popular as it has been in a long time, thanks to Mick Herron, David McCloskey and many others. Releasing a spy novel in this market is a tough task, let alone the first in a planned series. Paul Warner, who has…

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A classic revisited: The Night Manager

By Chris Connor

27 January, 2026

John le Carré needs no introduction at this point; his legacy is immortalised on both the page and screen. While his Smiley novels are staples the world over, from Call for the Dead to his re-introduction to the world of The Circus in 2017’s A…

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The Night Manager season two – on iPlayer and Amazon Prime

By Chris Connor

5 January, 2026

The smash hit espionage drama The Night Manager is back for a second season after a decade away. The first episode premiered on BBC One in the UK on New Year’s Day, with new episodes weekly and the show is also available to stream on…

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How Not to Kill a Spy by John Fullerton

By Paul Burke

10 December, 2024

The second Septimus Brass novel is another illustration of just how widely John Fullerton’s spy fiction ranges. He spans the genre from Cold War to contemporary espionage, and from Afghanistan to Beijing, via Russia to London, which is where we find ourselves in How Not…

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Alias Emma by Ava Glass

By Paul Burke

22 August, 2022

Ava Glass is a new name to us here on Crime Fiction Lover. In fact, it’s the pseudonym for the successful and prolific British YA author Christi Daugherty, creator of the Night School and Number 10 series. The surname Glass even comes from a character…

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Yesterday’s Spy by Tom Bradby

By Paul Burke

30 May, 2022

The Cold War hasn’t been this popular with spy writers since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 but readers are delighted by its resurgence on the page. While ITN news reader Tom Bradby is best known for his contemporary Kate Henderson trilogy, here he’s…

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Slough House by Mick Herron

By RoughJustice

11 February, 2021

Slough House is Mick Herron’s seventh novel about his team of unloved, incompetent though often marvellously effective MI6 spies. Like all series of this vintage, the characters tend to come and go so a good way to start this review is the same way Herron…

Crime Fiction Lover

Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

A Spy in the Blood by Paul Warner

A classic revisited: The Night Manager

The Night Manager season two – on iPlayer and Amazon Prime

How Not to Kill a Spy by John Fullerton

Alias Emma by Ava Glass

Yesterday’s Spy by Tom Bradby

Slough House by Mick Herron

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