Imagine that you’re being watched. Everybody wants to know your secrets. They want to know what you know, especially if it pertains to government operations. Keeping secrets, finding them out, ...

A classic espionage novel by John le Carré has been ranked the best spy book of all time by readers, topping a list filled ...

THE SECRET WAR FOR EUROPE by Louis Hagen. 287 pages. Stein & Day. $5.95. “Whereas religion, organizations and conferences based on the higher aspirations of man have failed to bring the human race ...

“‘The Quiet American’ is not a classic tale of espionage, but Graham Greene’s masterpiece of love, betrayal and murder set against the backdrop of the French collapse of Indochina is my favorite novel ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I’ve been writing novels professionally for 15 years, but I’ve never managed to craft a second-act plot ...

Four decades since Tom Clancy's ground-breaking debut espionage thriller The Hunt For Red October was dominating bestseller lists around the world, the spy story is enjoying a renaissance thanks to a ...

I’ve loved spy thrillers since I was a teenager, and I’ve always loved short stories, so I was pleased that Otto Penzler has edited “The Big Book of Espionage Stories.” Otto Penzler, the president and ...

1. As the commander of an outmatched Continental Army, George Washington relied on his spies to anticipate enemy movements and thereby even the odds with the British. The letters Alexander Rose quotes ...