Spy Fiction – Past and Present

Spy Fiction – Past and Present
Bethany Branch, May 18, 2012 and Gere Branch, May 21, 2012
Layne P.

In May 2012, Layne shared a selection of both classic and contemporary spy fiction novels with both the Bethany and Gere BooksTalk groups!

Classic

Kim
by Rudyard Kipking

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John LeCarre

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John LeCarre

Our Kind of Traitor
by John LeCarre

Casino Royale
by Ian Fleming

From Russia With Love
by Ian Fleming

The Spy Who Loved Me
by Ian Fleming

Contemporary

Lee Child (Main Character — Jack Reacher, military intelligence)

• The Affair

Vince Flynn (Main Character — Mitch Rapp, under-cover CIA-counter-terrorism)

• American Assassin
• Executive Power
• Kill Shot

Joel C. Rosenberg (Main Character — David Shirazi, field officer, CIA)

• The Twelfth Imam
• The Tehran Initiative

Daniel Silva (Main Character — Gabriel Allon, “retired” Mossad Agent, and art restorer)

• The Kill Artist
• The Messenger
• The Rembrandt Affair

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