Welcome to Six Secrets where books are loyal friends. Today we look beyond the crisply bound pages and delve into the lives of some of our favorite authors. We’ve also sourced the novels behind 10 top TV series and have inside information on must-read crime books by real-life FBI spies. If you’re looking for intel, get connected with SPYSCAPE’s Book Club!
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Slow Horses is the runaway spy drama of the season, with a quick-witted storyline and an endearingly dysfunctional team of M15 agents. Did you know the series is based on a book? It’s just one of many first-rate page-turners made into compelling dramas. Check out these 10 must-stream series and the novels that inspired them.
Mick Herron has been described as the heir to John le Carré’s legacy in the spy thriller genre, but there are quite a few challengers ready to snatch away the title of top espionage writer - including two formidable women. Catch up on the must-read successors to the bestselling author of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and The Night Manager.
As the US marks Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month this May, SPYSCAPE stocked up on some of our favorite novelists including Tatsuya Endo, author of the Japanese manga Spy x Family series, June Hur, the South Korean-born author of The Red Palace, and Arizona-born Peng Shepherd who predicted a pandemic in her 2018 debut The Book of M.
With Anthony Horowitz’s third 007 novel landing in book shops next week, SPYSCAPE thought it was high time to celebrate the tour de force of British spy writers. Horowitz joined The Spying Game podcast and gave SPYSCAPE an exclusive, behind-the-scenes interview where he shared the secrets of his private world, the inspiration behind his spy stories, and his advice for struggling writers.
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Sometimes you have to play a criminal to catch one. These undercover FBI agents have caught Russian spies, infiltrated mafia crime families, and brought down Mexican drug lords. Here are 11 of their bestsellers to put you in the middle of the action with the G-Men (and women) behind the world’s most daring operations.
Len Deighton’s The Ipcress Files (1962) was a game-changer. For the first time in British history, the spy genre was no longer the preserve of the elite. A new style of agent was born - one with tortoise-shell glasses, a Cockney London accent, and a flippant attitude. Six decades later, Harry Palmer is back and Deighton’s novels are more relevant than ever.
