# Good espionage thrillers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-espionage-thrillers/346817>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-espionage-thrillers/346817 "2006-03-02T21:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-espionage-thrillers/346817/21 "2006-03-14T13:26:51Z")

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Some of Alastair Maclean’s work revolves around espionage or police work. I always liked Ice Station Zebra (the book - the movie bares virtually no resemblance to it) and some of the short stories in “The Lonely Sea” are espionage based.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-espionage-thrillers/346817/22 "2006-03-14T13:45:37Z")

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> [@tirial](#):
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> Some of Alastair Maclean’s work

He did some stuff I really liked, but he starts doing badly with _The Way to Dusty Death_.

_Goodbye California_ with the nuclear bomb ticking…ugh

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-espionage-thrillers/346817/23 "2006-03-14T15:15:30Z")

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An enthusiastic second for Daniel Silva. I’ve just gone through about five of his books, even though it’s been ruining my sleep schedule.

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