Real Spies

ONE WOMAN. ONE MISSION. ONE DEADLY SECRET. The race is on! An unputdownable espionage thriller about NOOR INAYAT KHAN: an Indian princess turned Allied spy during WWII. A secret so deadly, no one is safe. PRINCESS OF SPIES will grip you to the very end. ★★★★★ ´If you loved The Nightingale or The Alice Network, you won’t put this down.´ ★★★★★ ´Over the course of these pages you will suffer, you will be shocked by the horror and anguish; but you will also discover an ode to the struggle against tyranny, to faith in something that lasts beyond death, and to love.´ —...

A World War II historical fiction novel set in wartime London, inspired by real SOE intelligence operations and the legacy of spymaster Vera Atkins, this story follows a woman responsible for recruiting and sending female agents into Nazi-occupied France. Written for readers of Kristin Hannah, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff who are drawn to morally complex espionage stories rooted in real resistance work. London, 1942. At Baker Street Headquarters, Anna Adams builds lives from secrets and sends women into danger with unwavering resolve. As a senior figure within the Special Operations Executive...

When the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah abandoned smartphones in favor of “untraceable” pagers, its commanders believed they had finally escaped Israeli intelligence. They were wrong. FROM ETHAN HAREL — a writer with firsthand access to people connected to the real operation — comes the classified story behind one of the boldest intelligence missions of the century. When a young Mossad officer, Yael, discovers a narrow and nearly impossible opportunity to turn thousands of enemy pagers into synchronized remote-triggered bombs, she’s dismissed, doubted, and nearly shut ...

Weird but True Stories from World War II: Bizarre but Real Tales from the World’s Strangest War dives deep into the hidden, surreal, and astonishing true events that unfolded between 1939 and 1945. From exploding rats and rubber tank armies to psychic infiltrators and bears enlisted in combat, this fascinating book uncovers the strangest corners of World War II history—stories so unbelievable they can only be true. Perfect for history buffs, trivia lovers, and curious readers, this compelling collection brings together ten incredible stories that reveal just how unpredictable and ...

James Bond has nothing on Dusko Popov. A double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslavian diplomat....

She carried diamonds through occupied Belgium. One misstep would betray them all. A World War II historical fiction novel set between London and Nazi-occupied Belgium, this story follows a young female courier who becomes a reluctant spy — drawn into espionage, resistance work, and a clean, slow-building romance. Perfect for readers of Kristin Hannah, Kate Quinn, and Martha Hall Kelly who seek emotional, character-driven wartime narratives with high tension and strong heroines. England, 1940. As war spreads through Europe, Lili Hamilton longs for a purpose that matches the fierce spirit ...

The official record was never the truth. From the award-winning author of the Code Name series comes CODE NAME: BERLIN Where Spies Go to Die, A Cold War Thriller Inspired by Real-World Events. Berlin, 1955. CIA informants are being erased across the city, MI6 has been compromised and the KGB is losing control of its own apparatus. And now, NATO has formed, and the Soviets have answered with the Warsaw Pact. It should be balanced, but it isn't. Someone is preparing to break it apart. No pattern. No warning. No survivors. The war may be over, but the men and women who fought it are still in ...

Torture. Cannibalism. Cruelty. Execution. History is filled with tales so grotesque and chilling they sound like fiction, but every one of them is disturbingly real. From ancient empires to medieval kingdoms and beyond, rulers and regimes devised punishments that turned human suffering into spectacle. Victims were roasted alive, devoured by vermin, blinded with burning irons, flayed, impaled, drowned, or crushed under beasts—all carried out not in secret, but as deliberate displays of power meant to terrify entire populations. This book uncovers the most shocking execution methods and ...

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden* 'The finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years' Metro 'Masterful' Daily Mail 'A pulsating spy thriller' Daily Express **** Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies...

Conspiracies. Cannibalism. Torture. Human experimentation. These days, conspiracy theories run rampant. But what if some of these horrors turned out to be true? Many people are shocked to learn that history is filled with several confirmed, real-life horrors and dark conspiracies that seem too frightening to be real — everything from assassinations and grotesque human experimentation to bizarre plots, fake wars, and mass poisoning of entire populations. This book explores some of the most disturbing and incredible plots involving corporations, governments, scientists, and other trusted ...

Winner of the Association for Mormon Letters Biography Award A compelling true story of three LDS teens’ fight for freedom. “Rudi Wobbe: Charged with Preparation to High Treason and Aiding and Abetting the Enemy” Thus began the trial of Rudi Wobbe and two of his teenage friends as they stood before the justices of the dreaded Volksgerichtshof, the infamous supreme court of Nazi Germany. All the power and indignation of the Third Reich now focused on these three young LDS men who dared to distribute the truth about the war to their neighbors. If found guilty, they faced imprisonment—...

Tower of Secrets is a thriller, filled with spycraft and intelligence techniques never before revealed, a true story that is more spellbinding than any work of fiction could ever be. Head of security for cipher communications worldwide, Sheymov has rare knowledge of the entire system. Enter the riveting world of real intelligence where every life-or-death move on the chessboard affects the fate of nations. This is a tale more thrilling than fiction, told by a consummate master of the game.

Set in the aftermath of the “riveting…action-packed” (Joan Lunden, New York Times bestselling author) Oath of Honor and the discovery of a deadly global conspiracy, the president requests Logan West to form a covert task force with the mission to dismantle a nameless enemy in this “fast...

What if everything you thought was American about American food was actually smuggled across borders, invented in wartime desperation, or stolen outright? Ketchup Was a Weapon uncovers the astonishing true stories behind the dishes we call "traditional"—hamburgers that began as a survival food for Mongol horsemen, ketchup that started as a fermented fish sauce in Southeast Asia, and apple pie recipes carried by medieval English crusaders. These aren't feel-good immigrant tales. They're stories of espionage, cultural theft, wartime rationing schemes, and the entrepreneurs who turned global...

Follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life--revealing high-stakes techniques and survival secrets from real intelligence officers in life-or-death situations around the world Everyone loves a good spy story, but most of the ones we hear are fictional. That's...

"In this oddly entertaining audiobook, narrator Pete Cross takes listeners through the many experiments and devices created by the R&D branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII... Listeners will be both transfixed and horrified by the decisions weighed, and taken." - AudioFile...

In the year 2000, two countries have different experiences with their elections, and U.N. spy Mai Fisher is out to affect the outcome of one of them.But first she has to find out who has been killing major and minor government officials in Yugoslavia and stop them. As if that weren't enough, she has to convince a reluctant candidate to run against the Serbian strongman, Slobodan Milošević. After coming out of semi-retirement with reluctance, Alexei Bukharin joins his partner in what he hopes is their final mission. There are moments, though, where he remembers the most exciting aspects of...

It's 1946, and Jamie McCoy has just returned to Boston from combat in the Pacific to learn that his mother has died while he was overseas; his father, a World War I hero and world-renowned aviator, had vanished while attempting a solo flight over the Atlantic many years before. While settling his parents' estate, Jamie is told about some mysterious events leading to his father's flight that convince him to visit the rural Connecticut town where he grew up. There, in the idyllic all-American community of Granbury, he finds that his father's memory is idolized, but that of his mother is ...

They thought they had 22 spies inside Britain. They had zero. In 1944, Hitler kept 150,000 troops waiting at the wrong beach while Allied forces stormed Normandy. The reason? A failed Spanish chicken farmer convinced the Third Reich he was running 27 agents across England. Every single one was fictional. Juan Pujol García had failed at everything. Failed chicken farmer. Failed cinema manager. What he had was imagination—and a burning hatred of fascism. When British intelligence rejected him, he recruited himself to the Germans, invented an entire spy network from a Lisbon apartment using...

This is the story of the most successful espionage coup of the twentieth century. Taut, political and utterly captivating, Triple is a spy thriller from master storyteller and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. A Frightening Discovery 1968. The fledgling nation of Israel is...