25 must-read mystery books like The Coldest Warrior by Paul Vidich

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The Coldest Warrior

By: Paul Vidich

3.93

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army bio-weapons scientist, died when…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Coldest Warrior by Paul Vidich , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. The Prodigal Spy

By: Joseph Kanon

4.29

Format: 192 pages,

What if the Communist witch-hunts of the 1950s had actually uncovered a spy? The bestselling author… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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2. The Arms Maker of Berlin

By: Dan Fesperman

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This powerfully suspenseful new novel from Dan Fesperman takes us deep into the early 1940s in Swit… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's The Arms Maker of Berlin book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

3. The Good German

By: Joseph Kanon

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

With World War II finally ending, Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, has wangled on… read more

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4. Defectors

By: Joseph Kanon

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Leaving Berlinand The Good Germancomes a thrilling and richly imagin… read more

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5. The Trinity Six

By: Charles Cumming

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed - the identity of a SIXTH me… read more

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6. A Foreign Country (Thomas Kell, #1)

By: Charles Cumming

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed, New York Timesbestselling author of The Trinity Six,comes a com… read more

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7. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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8. Phantom Orbit

By: David Ignatius

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more

Similar categories in David Ignatius's Phantom Orbit book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

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11. BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

By: Charles Cumming

4.07

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

An organisation that doesn’t exist. A spy that can’t be caught. 1989: The fall of the Berlin … read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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12. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

13. The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2)

By: Matthew Richardson

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's mos… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • thriller
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14. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.23

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Winter Work

By: Dan Fesperman

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, abo… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's Winter Work book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

17. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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20. Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

By: Alma Katsu

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An exhilarating spy thriller about two women CIA agents who become intertwined around a threat to t… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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21. The Bucharest Dossier

By: William Maz

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Bill Hefflin is a man apart—apart from life, apart from his homeland, apart from love At the start … read more

Similar categories in William Maz's The Bucharest Dossier book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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22. The Berlin Exchange

By: Joseph Kanon

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” ( The Sunday Times , London), a “heart-poun… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's The Berlin Exchange book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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23. Safe Houses

By: Dan Fesperman

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping new work of suspense from the author of The Double Game, a young woman discovers a… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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24. The Coldest Warrior

By: Paul Vidich

3.93

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army bio-weapons scientist, died when… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • the united states of america
  • spy thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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25. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)

By: Matthew Richardson

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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26. Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.11

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

'Gerlis is at the top of his game' Paul Vidich, author of Beirut Station 'Utterly gripping and sta… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gerlis's Every Spy a Traitor (The Double Agent series Book 1) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Red London (Red Widow, #2) by Alma Katsu

27. Red London (Red Widow, #2)

By: Alma Katsu

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan has a new asset to turn, in order to prevent the most calculated global in… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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28. The Accomplice

By: Joseph Kanon

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Named “The Book of the Year” by Lee Child in The Guardian From “master of the genre” ( The Washi… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's The Accomplice book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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29. Arctic Sun

By: Jack Grimwood

3.95

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . … read more

Similar categories in Jack Grimwood's Arctic Sun book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • espionage
Cover of The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs by William  Maz

30. The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs

By: William Maz

4.21

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Literary Titan Award Winner Summer 2023 Pencraft Best Book Award WinnerCIA agent Bill Hefflin is ba… read more

Similar categories in William Maz's The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) by Daniel Silva

31. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Silva's A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24) book and Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

25 must-read fiction books like The Coldest Warrior by Paul Vidich

Transform Your Habits

The Prodigal Spy

Joseph Kanon

4.29

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The Arms Maker of Berlin

Dan Fesperman

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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18 best-selling fiction books like Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

Paul Vidich

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

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