Felonious Category: Espionage

Spies, spooks and conspiracy theories, from World War I to the present.


A Gathering of Saints


A Gathering of Saints

By Christopher Hyde

It’s the summer of 1940, and while the Blitz is killing Londoners by the hundreds, a methodical madman is killing ...


Belshazzar’s Daughter


Belshazzar’s Daughter

By Barbara Nadel

The First Book in the Inspector Ikmen Series Tourist brochures present Istanbul as a glamorous, modern city, but the brochures ...


Shooting in the Dark


Shooting in the Dark

By Barbara Nadel

America is reeling from the Iran hostage crisis, which is threatening to topple the Carter presidency, and Claire Brooks is ...


The Romeo Flag


The Romeo Flag

By Barbara Nadel

The utterly ordinary Nicola Ward is a divorced schoolteacher living in Maine when one day a mysterious (and long-delayed) trunk ...


Who Guards a Prince


Who Guards a Prince

By Reginald Hill

The multi-award winning Reginald Hill dives into the world of international conspiracy with a tale of a discontented cop and ...


The Spy’s Wife


The Spy’s Wife

By Reginald Hill

Molly Keatley is deeply contented with her life, her loving husband, her comfortable home in an attractive London suburb. Things ...


Traitor’s Blood


Traitor’s Blood

By Reginald Hill

Lemuel Stanhope-Swift--sixth Viscount Bessacarr and semi-professional cad--has for ages been on the lam from British justice, holed up in a ...


Paper Chase


Paper Chase

By Bob Cook

The four old spies are long past any James Bond-style exploits, and these days meet up mostly at the funerals ...


Disorderly Elements


Disorderly Elements

By Bob Cook

“There’s a recession on, you know.” These are not words that Michael Wyman wants to hear, particularly not from his employers, ...


The Cambridge Theorem


The Cambridge Theorem

By Tony Cape

The suicide of Simon Bowles looks open-and-shut: He left a note, he had a history of depression. But as Sergeant ...