Books - what are you reading just now?

[Rlburnside]

Nine Lives - Aimen Dean a MI6 Spy inside Al -Qaeda.

Eye opening book about a jihadi that turned into a spy for the British.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Just starting The picture of Dorian Grey. tried it years ago but couldn't get into it. Let's see if the years have changed me enough.

I read it a couple of years back and enjoyed it…though I had previously been to see the Matthew Bourne production of it in the theatre so already had a feel for it.

I‘ll add. I read a lot of classic stuff that was published 100+ yrs ago and so I guess I’m used to the way novels were written back then…and so find reading them more straightforward than otherwise might be the case.

 

[Whereditgo]

Is it wrong to root for an assassin?

Maybe its ok if he is only assassinating bad guys?

 

[SaintHacker]

Got Mike Bannisters Concorde autobography for xmas, only halfway through but so far its an excellent read. Also got the latest Andy McNab nick stone story which is up next once I've finished Concorde

 

[Big85]

Just started reading ‘the four foundations of golf’ after it was delivered today

 

[Vikingman]

Working my way through the Jack Reacher books at the moment.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Working my way through the Jack Reacher books at the moment.

They are cracking right up until his brother starts writing them, at which point don't bother. Actually, the last 2-3 by Lee Childs had also started to tail off by the end but until then it's a really solid series that I thoroughly enjoyed going through.

 

[JamesR]

Nearly finished Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett. It was recommended to me as someone who loves Spy novels, but it's nowhere near the class of le Carre or Forsyth. No depth of character or details of tradecraft etc.

Any recommendations of any other good espionage writers/novels?

 

[JamesR]

Got Mike Bannisters Concorde autobography for xmas, only halfway through but so far its an excellent read. Also got the latest Andy McNab nick stone story which is up next once I've finished Concorde

Never really like Andy McNab, but Chris Ryan's The Hit List was a decent read.

 

[larmen]

Nearly finished Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett. It was recommended to me as someone who loves Spy novels, but it's nowhere near the class of le Carre or Forsyth. No depth of character or details of tradecraft etc.

Any recommendations of any other good espionage writers/novels?

Have you read the Mitch Rapp series yet? Originally by Vince Flynn and got continued by Kyle Mills after Flynn passed away.
And I have just seen on FB that Mills is handing over and some guy called Don Bentley is taking o er after number 22.

Gray Man is also quite good. Starts off a bit like the Andy McNabb books but develops from there.

That should be plenty of books to continue your reading for the beginning.

 

[fundy]

Currently working my way through the Peter Nash series by Nick Petrie, hes a modern "Reacher" type. First few have been decent if as is often the case for the genre a tad far fetched

 

[Val]

Just finished Operation Black Key by Kim Hughes, decent ex military style read. His own story is something else, former bomb disposal operator in Amghanistan.

 

[SaintHacker]

Finished the McNab, was OK, definitley the right time to retire Nick Stone, he's dragged him out well past his sell by date really. Moving back to the Dune series now, God Emporer of Dune next.