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This series plunges into the thrilling world of espionage and international intrigue. Follow an unnamed protagonist caught in the midst of dark conspiracies and dangerous missions. Each installment delivers unexpected twists and a glimpse into the clandestine lives of secret agents. It's a timeless thriller that redefined the genre.

The Ipcress File
Billion-Dollar Brain
Horse Under Water
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy
Funeral in Berlin
An Expensive Place to Die

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    The Ipcress File

    • 272 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
    3.5(95)Add rating

    Len Deighton s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy later christened Harry Palmer and made famous worldwide in the iconic 1960s film starring Michael Caine. The Ipcress File was not only Len Deighton s first novel, it was his first bestseller and the book that broke the mould of thriller writing. For the working class narrator, an apparently straightforward mission to find a missing biochemist becomes a journey to the heart of a dark and deadly conspiracy. The film of The Ipcress File gave Michael Caine one of his first and still most celebrated starring roles, while the novel itself has become a classic."

    The Ipcress File
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    Funeral in Berlin

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.9(101)Add rating

    A ferociously cool Cold War thriller from the author of The Ipcress File. Len Deighton's third novel has become a classic, as compelling and suspenseful now as when it first exploded on to the bestseller lists. In Berlin, where neither side of the wall is safe, Colonel Stok of Red Army Security is prepared to sell an important Russian scientist to the West - for a price. British intelligence are willing to pay, providing their own top secret agent is in Berlin to act as go-between. But it soon becomes apparent that behind the facade of an elaborate mock funeral lies a game of deadly manoeuvres and ruthless tactics. A game in which the blood-stained legacy of Nazi Germany is enmeshed in the intricate moves of cold war espionage...

    Funeral in Berlin
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    Billion-Dollar Brain

    • 254 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.6(54)Add rating

    This is the thrilling story of an anti-communist espionage network owned by a Texan billionaire, General Midwinter, run from a vast computer complex known as the Brain.

    Billion-Dollar Brain
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    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

    3.8(729)Add rating

    US Secret Service high-up Colonel Mann is the main foil to the British agent in this story, which is set in the Arab world and the wastes of the north African Sahara desert, where our hero is sent to take custody of a defecting Russian scientist, Professor Bekuv. The narrator is unnamed. Things don’t go according to plan in this story. Loyalty is tested and never certain, as it becomes unclear as the novel develops who is actually chasing whom, and where the threat is coming from.

    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy