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Henry Porter

    Henry Porter is a British journalist and writer who contributes commentary and reportage to leading national newspapers. His work is characterized by sharp observation and an incisive analytical approach to contemporary issues. Porter's style is both readable and thought-provoking, offering readers a deeper insight into the world he covers. His journalism has established him as a respected voice in British media.

    Henry Porter
    Firefly
    The Enigma Girl
    The Old Enemy
    A Spy's Life
    Kill the Messenger. Brandenburg. Digger. Sight Unseen
    Remembrance day
    • Remembrance day

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      When his brother is killed by a bomb on a London bus, Constantine Lindow, who is Irish by birth, must find the killer to prove his own innocence.

      Remembrance day
      3.9
    • Kill the Messenger—Tami HoagJace has one last package to deliver but en route to delivering it to a defense attorney he is nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at. Only the instincts acquired while growing up allows him to escape with his life-and with a package someone wants badly enough to kill for.Brandenburg—Henry Porter November 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall. One man is caught between East and West...Digger—Max AndersonA funny, thoughtful tale of one man's obsession with finding gold amidst crazy miners, forgotten communities, mosquitoes and dust of the Australian outback.Sight Unseen—Robert GoddardIt is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze. For want of anything more interesting to do, the man watches. And then it happens.

      Kill the Messenger. Brandenburg. Digger. Sight Unseen
      3.8
    • A Spy's Life

      • 470 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Robert Cope Harland ended his career as a British spy in an Austrian hospital, after being tortured and beaten by Czech security agents in the last days of the communist regime. He was young enough then to find a new life with the Red Cross and then with the UN. Twelve years later his UN plane crashes in mysterious circumstances at La Guardia airport, New York and Harland is the only survivor. Was it sabotage, and if so, was Harland the target? It is soon clear to Harland that the answers are to be found in his past, a past which, along with its secrets and tradecraft, he has desperately tried to forget. And now the crash has thrown him back into a world of relentless intrigue and mistrust, to his youth, and a life-changing love affair . . .

      A Spy's Life
      3.8
    • Heart-stopping international spy thriller from 'An espionage master' (Charles Cumming) starring ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson for fans of Mick Herron, Lee Child and John le Carre

      The Old Enemy
      3.9
    • The Enigma Girl

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Offering a gripping exploration of espionage, this thriller showcases intricate plots and complex characters reminiscent of John le Carré's legacy. The narrative is tailored for enthusiasts of modern spy fiction, delivering suspense and intrigue akin to the works of Mick Herron, Charles Cumming, and David McCloskey. Readers can expect a blend of sophisticated storytelling and deep character development, making it a must-read for fans of the genre.

      The Enigma Girl
      3.9
    • A superb new international thriller from this acclaimed and prize-winning writer: the boy could lead them straight to a terror threat at the heart of Europe. They just have to find him first - before the other side does

      Firefly
      3.9
    • The Dying Light

      • 402 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      One of the most important books of 2009. Henry Porter's new novel paints a chilling portrait of the police-state that the UK is about to become...

      The Dying Light
      3.8
    • The stunning new thriller from 'the proud carrier of the flag first unfurled by John le Carre' (LEE CHILD)

      White Hot Silence
      3.7
    • The Stasi was among the most sophisticated intelligence organisations inthe world, but by the end of the 1980s the Orwellian state of East Germany was collapsing around it. The special squads of armed officers, the torture chambers in the Stasi jail, the hundreds of thousands of informers could do nothing to prevent the rebellion that saw the fall of the Berlin Wall.It is in the context of these last few paranoid weeks of the Communistworld, when a population that had been oppressed for nearly sixty yearsfound the will to rise up, that this outstanding thriller is set. Its hero is DrRudolf Rosenharte, an academic from Dresden and agent for MI6; hiscontroller is Robert Harland, from A SPY'S LIFE and EMPIRE STATE.When Rosenharte's security is compromised he is faced with a starkchoice: to defect to the West, leaving his beloved family to the mercies ofthe Stasi, or return to East Germany to carry out a dangerous assignmentunder the Stasi's suspicious eye...

      Brandenburg
      3.7
    • Empire State

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      The head of the US National Security Agency is assassinated in a spectacular set piece killing at Heathrow ...An airport employee and his family are found murdered in their council house in Uxbridge ...In New York, a fashionable Upper East Side osteopath receives two postcards showing the Empire State Building ...A group of migrant workers are brutally gunned down in Macedonia ... The quest to find the link between these apparently random events is pursued by Robert Harland - drawn back to a world he thought he'd left behind with a dual role for the UN and MI6.

      Empire State
      3.6