16 Best suspense books like Red London (Red Widow, #2) by Alma Katsu

Cover of Red London (Red Widow, #2) by Alma Katsu

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…

If you liked the suspense plot in Red London (Red Widow, #2) by Alma Katsu , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

1. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery 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

Cover of Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) by John Lawton

2. Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4)

By: John Lawton

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Moscow Blues begins in Washington, D.C., in the fragile postwar period where the Red Scare is growi… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Phantom Orbit by David Ignatius

3. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry

4. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13) by Mark Greaney

5. The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13)

By: Mark Greaney

4.48

Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in th… read more

Similar categories in Mark Greaney's The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Scarlet Papers by Matthew Richardson

6. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

7. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • thriller
Cover of Deep Fake: A Thriller by Ward Larsen

8. Deep Fake: A Thriller

By: Ward Larsen

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Absolute Power meets The Manchurian Candidate in this explosive political thriller from USA Today b… read more

Similar categories in Ward Larsen's Deep Fake: A Thriller book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) by Martin Cruz Smith

9. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more

Similar categories in Martin Cruz Smith's Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

10. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

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

11. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1) by Ava Glass

12. Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1)

By: Ava Glass

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” ( CrimeReads ) , a British spy has twelv… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

13. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) by Ava Glass

14. The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

By: Ava Glass

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

British spy Emma Makepeace goes undercover on a Russian oligarch’s superyacht, where she’s one wron… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

16. The Helsinki Affair

By: Anna Pitoniak

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more

Similar categories in Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy by Paul Vidich

17. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Wolf Trap by Connor  Sullivan

18. Wolf Trap

By: Connor Sullivan

4.20

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Under the direction of the Special Activities Center in the Operations Directorate of the CIA, over… read more

Similar categories in Connor Sullivan's Wolf Trap book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk

19. Inside Threat

By: Matthew Quirk

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying thriller from the author of Red Warning and The Night Agent, an attack on the … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Quirk's Inside Threat book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Coldest Warrior by Paul Vidich

20. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Handler (Handler #1) by M.P. Woodward

21. The Handler (Handler #1)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A disgraced former CIA operative must go back in the field with only his ex-wife as his handler in … read more

Similar categories in M.P. Woodward's The Handler (Handler #1) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

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

22. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

23. The Lost Americans

By: Christopher Bollen

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she trave… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Bollen's The Lost Americans book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil You Know (Hayley Chill Thriller, #4) by Chris Hauty

24. The Devil You Know (Hayley Chill Thriller, #4)

By: Chris Hauty

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Supreme Court justice is murdered and a conspiracy with potentially cataclysmic effects is uncove… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hauty's The Devil You Know (Hayley Chill Thriller, #4) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent

25. Black Wolf

By: Kathleen Kent

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary powers of facial recogniti… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Kent's Black Wolf book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Drawing on his vast knowledge of the complex and dangerous workings of UK's intelligence agencies, David Bickford has created a fascinating world of international intrigue, featuring a female protago…"

-Kathleen Kent, Black Wolf

Cover of Arctic Sun by Jack Grimwood

26. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

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

27. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of China Hand by Scott Spacek

28. China Hand

By: Scott Spacek

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS: When a high-ranking Chinese general wants to defect to the US, the CIA t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Spacek's China Hand book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Drop (Handler #2) by M.P. Woodward

29. Dead Drop (Handler #2)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

International nuclear negotiations turns allies into enemies in this electrifying thriller from the… read more

Similar categories in M.P. Woodward's Dead Drop (Handler #2) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

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

30. 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 Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trap (Alias Emma, #3) by Ava Glass

31. The Trap (Alias Emma, #3)

By: Ava Glass

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

British spy Emma Makepeace races against the clock to stop the Russians from carrying out a high-pr… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's The Trap (Alias Emma, #3) book and Alma Katsu's Red London (Red Widow, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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Paul Vidich

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