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Dead Lions
Mick Herron's 2013 second Slough House novel and CWA Gold Dagger winner, in which the disgraced MI5 slow horses investigate a former spy's death and uncover a Cold War sleeper network.
apps Top Dead Lions Alternatives
The top alternative to Dead Lions in 2026 is Spook Street with a score of 8.5/10, followed by Slough House (8.5) and Spy Hook (8.4).
Spook Street
Mick Herron's 2017 fourth Slough House novel, in which a shopping centre bombing leads the slow horses into a labyrinth...
Slough House
Published in 2021, Slough House is the eighth spy novel by British author Mick Herron, continuing his acclaimed series a...
Spy Hook
Len Deighton's 1988 first novel in the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, in which Bernard Samson investigates the unexplain...
Real Tigers
Mick Herron's 2016 third Slough House novel, in which the slow horses are drawn into a hostage crisis engineered by a pr...
Joe Country
Mick Herron's 2019 sixth Slough House novel, named after field operatives' slang for hostile territory, in which the slo...
Spy Sinker
Len Deighton's 1990 conclusion to the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, retelling earlier events from Fiona Samson's perspe...
London Rules
Mick Herron's 2018 fifth Slough House novel, in which a string of domestic terrorist attacks coincides with political up...
The Secret Hours
The Secret Hours is a 2023 spy thriller by British author Mick Herron, serving as a standalone prequel to his popular Sl...
A Small Town in Germany
John le Carré's 1968 standalone thriller set in Bonn where a British diplomat vanishes with classified files amid a risi...
A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré's 2017 novel revisiting the Cold War events of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold through the eyes of Peter...
The Secret Pilgrim
John le Carré's 1990 novel structured as a frame narrative in which retiring Circus officer Ned hosts George Smiley for...
The 9th Directive
The 9th Directive is a 1966 espionage novel by British author Elleston Trevor, written under the pseudonym Adam Hall, fe...
The Tango Briefing
The Tango Briefing is a 1973 spy novel by British writer Elleston Trevor, published under his pseudonym Adam Hall, featu...
Billion-Dollar Brain
Len Deighton's 1966 third Harry Palmer novel, featuring a reclusive Texas billionaire who funds his own private anti-com...
The Warsaw Document
The Warsaw Document is a 1971 Cold War espionage thriller by British author Craig Thomas, notable for its depiction of p...
Call for the Dead
John le Carré's 1961 debut novel, introducing George Smiley as he investigates the apparent suicide of a Foreign Office...
Horse Under Water
Len Deighton's 1963 second Harry Palmer novel, in which the unnamed British spy investigates a German U-boat wreck off t...
An Expensive Place to Die
Len Deighton's 1967 standalone spy novel set in Paris, involving a private clinic, a secret NATO dossier, and a cast of...
Secret Asset
Secret Asset is a 2006 spy novel by Stella Rimington, the former Director-General of MI5, and serves as the second insta...
Spy Story
Len Deighton's 1974 novel in which naval war-games analyst Pat Armstrong discovers someone has been living under his ide...
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