Blogs

Introduction 2023 was a ban­ner year for espi­onage fic­tion, with many titles earn­ing their place among the Best Spy Nov­els of 2023. From razor‑sharp debuts by for­mer intel­li­gence offi­cers to long‑awaited addi­tions from genre heavy­weights, pub­lish­ers deliv­ered a rich mix of clas­sic trade‑craft tales, geo‑political block­busters, and moral­ly knot­ty char­ac­ter stud­ies. Spy‑fiction pod­cast­ers and crit­ics have even com­pared the crop to the gold­en 1970s…