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Best 1 Spy Line
Spy Line

Len Deighton's 1989 second novel in the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, continuing Bernard Samson's investigation as his loyalties are tested across the Iron Curtain.

2 Spy Hook
Spy Hook

Len Deighton's 1988 first novel in the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, in which Bernard Samson investigates the unexplained disappearance of large sums from MI6 accounts.

3 Berlin Game

Len Deighton's 1983 novel opening the Game, Set and Match trilogy, in which MI6 officer Bernard Samson works to exfiltrate a long-running agent from East Berlin.

4 London Match

Len Deighton's 1985 concluding novel of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, in which Bernard Samson hunts a mole inside British intelligence while confronting personal betrayal.

5 Spy Sinker
Spy Sinker

Len Deighton's 1990 conclusion to the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, retelling earlier events from Fiona Samson's perspective to reveal her role as an MI6 deep-cover plant.

6 Charity
Charity

Len Deighton's 1996 novel concluding the Faith, Hope and Charity trilogy and the complete Bernard Samson series, which comprised nine novels published over thirteen years.

7 Mexico Set
Mexico Set

Len Deighton's 1984 second entry in the Game, Set and Match trilogy, following MI6 officer Bernard Samson to Mexico City as he attempts to turn a disillusioned KGB officer.

8 Billion-Dollar Brain

Len Deighton's 1966 third Harry Palmer novel, featuring a reclusive Texas billionaire who funds his own private anti-communist intelligence operation against the Soviet Union.

9 Horse Under Water

Len Deighton's 1963 second Harry Palmer novel, in which the unnamed British spy investigates a German U-boat wreck off the Portuguese coast containing Nazi blackmail documents.

10 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 morally compromised Cold War operators.

11 Spy Story
Spy Story

Len Deighton's 1974 novel in which naval war-games analyst Pat Armstrong discovers someone has been living under his identity while he is drawn into a real Cold War operation.

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