Fiction, Mystery, Spies
Novel: Red Widow by Alma Katsu
Alma Katsu is known primarily for historical horror fiction, but evidently she had a lengthy career in the intelligence…
May 3, 2023
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovel: Spook Street by Mick Herron
Mick Herron’s superb Slough House novels are worthy enough in and of themselves, but now my enthusiasm is also…
March 18, 2023
Drama, Film, History, Spies, Thriller, World War IIFilm: Narvik
While my interest World War II has cooled in recent years, I’m still intrigued by the era, especially when…
February 20, 2023
Spies, TelevisionTV: Tehran (Season 2)
While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…
January 9, 2023
Fiction, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: Slow Horses (Season 2)
In year chock-full of wonderful shows, Apple’s Slow Horses, based on the intricate, funny spy novels of Mick Herron,…
December 31, 2022
Science Fiction, Spies, TelevisionTV: Andor (Season 1)
I can’t be alone in my complicated relationship with Star Wars; the franchise did, after all, play a huge…
December 4, 2022
Fiction, Spies, ThrillerNovel: Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Mick Herron makes this stuff look easy. Effortlessly read, fast-paced, and funny, Real Tigers (2016) is the third full Slough House…
November 9, 2022
Comics, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: Kleo (Season 1)
While Kleo doesn’t do enough to rise to the top ranks of contemporary spy TV, it does plenty to…
October 21, 2022
Drama, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: The Romeo Section (Season 2)
Canadian screenwriter Chris Haddock creates thoughtful, compulsively watchable television, and the second season of The Romeo Section matches the…
October 2, 2022
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: The Tourist
On paper, there are plenty of reasons for The Tourist (2010) to be a good film: attractive leads, a solid…
September 25, 2022
Drama, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: The Old Man (Season 1)
When the spy genre is on its game, psychologically speaking, it can turn the twists and turns of plot…
September 14, 2022
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovella: The List by Mick Herron
In between the major novels of the Slough House spy series, Mick Herron has also penned a handful of…
August 7, 2022
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer’s output from the 1960s is stylish, stirring, and memorable, but his later work doesn’t tend to work…
August 2, 2022
Drama, Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: Operation Mincemeat
Back during the Spy 100 Project I rather enjoyed the staid spy film The Man Who Never Was, which…
July 4, 2022
Fiction, Spies, ThrillerNovel: Box 88 by Charles Cumming
The always reliable Charles Cumming’s new series begins with Box 88 (2020), a time-jumping spy thriller about a clandestine…
May 30, 2022