Spy fiction

Sean Connery as James Bond

Could the Sean Connery-era James Bond still swing it today?

Best-selling spy novelist Alex Berenson says the CIA's division of brains and brawn has made the do-it-all spy we recognize from Sean Connery's James Bond a thing of the past.

Could the Sean Connery-era James Bond still swing it today?

American diplomat expelled from Russia for spying evokes memories of Cold War

American diplomat expelled from Russia for spying evokes memories of Cold War

French Spy Novelist Gérard de Villiers' and his Factual Fiction

French Spy Novelist Gérard de Villiers' and his Factual Fiction

Stella Rimington: The real woman behind James Bond's M

Stella Rimington: The real woman behind James Bond's M
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The Many Personas of Stella Rimington

The Many Personas of Stella Rimington

Sweden's Spy Agency Throws James Bond-Themed Party

News emerged this week that SAPO spent $800,000 on a Bond-themed party last year that was complete with casino tables, a big band and a gala dinner.

Sweden's Spy Agency Throws James Bond-Themed Party

Best-Selling Writer William Boyd Accepts Bond Mission

Ian Fleming, died in 1964. But his creation, super spy James Bond, lives on. British writer William Boyd will write the next one. The World's Carol Zall has the story.

Best-Selling Writer William Boyd Accepts Bond Mission
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Alan Furst

Alan Furst
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Our man in Dubai: a spy novelist on a real life assassination

The assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh last month in a Dubai hotel room has been compared to the plot of a cheap spy novel. Bad costumes, security footage, and Interpol all make for a good thread.

Our man in Dubai: a spy novelist on a real life assassination