16 Top mystery books like A Delicate Truth by John le Carré

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A Delicate Truth

By: John Le Carré

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gibraltar, 2008. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most…

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1. Istanbul Passage

By: Joseph Kanon

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Stardust, The Good German, and Los Alamos a gripping tal… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Istanbul Passage book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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2. The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

By: Len Deighton

3.93

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Pa… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf."

-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

"I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information." "And?" "The most valuable?" "People with information…"

-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

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3. London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

With treason epidemic in London Central, a cloud of suspicion passes over each senior agent, and ea… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson … read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré

5. A Delicate Truth

By: John Le Carré

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gibraltar, 2008. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. The Spanish Game (Alec Milius #2)

By: Charles Cumming

3.87

Format: None pages,

For six years, Alec Milius has been trying to escape his past, but his past refuses to release him.… read more

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  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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7. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

By: Mick Herron

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their s… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. A Coffin for Dimitrios

By: Eric Ambler

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery wr… read more

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  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction

10. House of Meetings

By: Martin Amis

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary novel that ratifies Martin Amis's standing as "a force unto himself," as "The Wash… read more

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11. 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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12. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

By: Len Deighton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more

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13. Armadillo

By: William Boyd

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One cold winter's morning, Lorimer Black -- insurance adjuster, young, good-looking, on the rise --… read more

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14. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

By: Mick Herron

3.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those wh… read more

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15. 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 John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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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16. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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17. London Rules (Slough House, #5)

By: Mick Herron

4.34

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's London Rules (Slough House, #5) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

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18. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

By: Mick Herron

4.30

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. Like the ringing of a … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Joe Country (Slough House, #6) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The voice meant well, but should fuck off."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

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19. Slough House (Slough House, #7)

By: Mick Herron

4.41

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slough House (Slough House, #7) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

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20. 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 John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron

21. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

By: Mick Herron

4.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) book and John Le Carré's A Delicate Truth

  • espionage
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"

-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

16 best-selling fiction books like A Delicate Truth by John le Carré

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3.64

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Len Deighton

3.93

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London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

Len Deighton

3.59

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3.59

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John Le Carré

3.94

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David McCloskey

4.21

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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