Leopold is a town police who has a good reputation and is assigned the case to find out what happened.ĭidn’t interest me as much as the stories above. Moon, a CIA investigator dies amidst investigating Venice who is supposedly in the city. Venice is a retired spy who wishes intends to live a normal life under disguise. Paula Rimmini is its guardian who is blackmailed to handover Deep Sleep in the exchange for her brother Mario RimminiĪnother gem filled with lots of twists and turns!Ĩ. Peter Baron and his friend Duke Farinese attempt to protect the formula of “Deep-Sleep: which is of strategic importance as anyone with their hands on it could put any man in Deep sleep within seconds. Romance, Espionage, Hypnotism, Abduction, Guns and glory! Nothing short of a great action-packed movie. Great spy work and excellent characters again! This was a typical plot from a movie however it was much better experience to read it. However, she’s not the only one who knows about it. Left me waiting for more and ended too quickly!įrancie is assigned a new job at a Weather department office which is a cover for creating an equipment that would save the nation from being nuked. I loved reading Major Brane and his thought process which was always double-backed! Excellent setup!Įxtremely engaging and brings one on the edge of their seat. Major Brane is tasked at finding a Chinese girl who has been abducted for possessing secrets about a local influencer. The Danger Zone was an action-packed, interesting and a perfect Spy novel! Simon Templar finds a log of wood on the road to Galveston which turns out to be a man burnt by a mob and thereupon begins the search for the mobsters who were responsible for it.Ĭharacters like Yard, Kingslake, Olga were excellently written. Excellent plot, beautiful characterisations and a good end! Loved this one. Leslie Chateris’s writing style and character formation are quite praiseworthy! Imbibing humour in serious and tense situations correctly is an art and through Simon “Saint” Templar’s character, Leslie has proved his mastery. This was the perfect Spy story so far in the book. LESLIE CHARTERIS’s- “The Sizzling Saboteur” The climax of the story is quite a unique one however the story in general is more or less an average but decent read.Ĥ. Although not clearly mentioned, the Diamond seems to be cursed and only brings despair, anguish, poverty, or worse to the owner. In this story is also an angle of a Diamond that Lyons procures within Japan. When the Jap’s start suspecting Lyons, they deploy Tomato - a young girl who aims to take Lyons down. Tokyo, 1941 is a story about an American spy (Lyons) working for Russia within Japan. Is it the passion for the country, is it money or something else? There isn’t much about the plot but the way Ashenden manipulates the Englishman is difficult to forget. The plot is all about a spy’s state of mind and why they do whatever they do. In the second story, Ashenden - An English spy conceals his identity and meets another Englishman who is also a Spy however he’s been providing information to the Germans. The first story was quite short, and I am still curious about what made the author squeeze that in. The Traitor comprises two spy stories, both traitors. However, since this was meant to be a short story, it ends fairly quickly. The plot is unique and difficult to detect but not too complex to follow. This is a typical SH story with Watson as his partner-in-(solving)-crime narrating the story in first person. Without much meandering, the reader is introduced to the mystery in a short while and thus begins a wild goose chase to find the missing papers of the Bruce-Partington plans which supposedly is an important defence document. The book starts with the story of the world-famous fictional detective - Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s - “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” Checkout spoiler-free description of each story below.ġ. The book contains 12 stories all by different authors. My favourites were: The Sizzling Saboteur, Deep-Sleep, Betrayed and The Giggle-Wrecker Espionage, Murder, Romance, Bombings, Honeytraps and what not!! The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels is an exceptional book which has complete potential to satiate the heart of a Spy story lover! Big thanks to Bill Pronzini for picking the best Spy stories and compiling into a book! Every single story is unique with a plot equally intriguing.
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