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To catch a spy

Ian Fleming

1965

English Short storiesDetective and mystery storiesShort storiesAnthologieanthology

About this book

This anthology of spy stories, selected and introduced by Eric Ambler, contains seven different stories by seven different authors. The Loathly Opposite by John Buchan Giulua Lazzari by Somerset Maugham The First Courier by Compton Mackenzie I Spy by Graham Greene Belgrade 1926 by Eric Ambler <a href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21371586W/" target="_blank">From a View To A Kill</a> by Ian Fleming On Slay Down by Michael Gilbert

Who this is for

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A patient, character-first epic that asks you to sit with worldbuilding before any payoff arrives. Readers who love long arcs and slow-burn relationships tend to finish it twice; readers chasing momentum often DNF in the first hundred pages. Plan for unhurried evenings.

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A plot-driven with strong prose, tense and immersive read.

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