24 Best espionage books like Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1) by James Wolff

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Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

By: James Wolff

3.73

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Jonas works for the UK secret service as an intelligence analyst. When his father is kidnapped and …

If you liked the espionage plot in Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1) by James Wolff , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Swiss Spy

By: Alex Gerlis

4.53

Format: 122 pages,

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Similar categories in Alex Gerlis's The Swiss Spy book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction

2. The Best of Our Spies

By: Alex Gerlis

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

France, July 1944: a month after the Allied landings in Normandy and the liberation of Europe is un… read more

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3. Vienna Spies

By: Alex Gerlis

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

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4. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • 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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5. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

6. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

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

7. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
"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 BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

8. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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10. 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

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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels

11. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
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12. Yesterday's Spy

By: Tom Bradby

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From British journalist and bestselling author, Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy is a brilliantly plotte… read more

Similar categories in Tom Bradby's Yesterday's Spy book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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13. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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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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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • 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

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  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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16. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

17. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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18. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. A Line in the Sand

By: Kevin Powers

3.88

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

In this “spellbinding and totally original thriller” (Philipp Meyer, author of The Son ) a lonely v… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Powers's A Line in the Sand book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

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

21. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
Cover of The Plinko Bounce by Martin   Clark

22. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

Similar categories in Martin Clark's The Plinko Bounce book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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23. The Stolen Coast

By: Dwyer Murphy

3.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up i… read more

Similar categories in Dwyer Murphy's The Stolen Coast book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"The experience was collective, but not the memory."

-Dwyer Murphy, The Stolen Coast

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24. 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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25. The Torqued Man

By: Peter Mann

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"A damn good read."--Alan Furst A brilliant debut novel, at once teasing literary thriller and a d… read more

Similar categories in Peter Mann's The Torqued Man book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • 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 James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • espionage
  • fiction
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27. Ilium

By: Lea Carpenter

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap … read more

Similar categories in Lea Carpenter's Ilium book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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28. Granite Harbor

By: Peter Nichols

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town in coastal Maine is shaken to its core by a serial killer in this crime novel from Pet… read more

Similar categories in Peter Nichols's Granite Harbor book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1) by Jack  Beaumont

29. The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1)

By: Jack Beaumont

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A gripping debut thriller based on the real-life experiences of a former French intelligence operat… read more

Similar categories in Jack Beaumont's The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1) book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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30. The Partisan

By: Patrick Worrall

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Summer 1961: The brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous. Two young pr… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Worrall's The Partisan book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
Cover of Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1) by James Wolff

31. Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

By: James Wolff

3.73

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Jonas works for the UK secret service as an intelligence analyst. When his father is kidnapped and … read more

Similar categories in James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1) book and James Wolff's Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels

28 must-read fiction books like Beside the Syrian Sea (Discipline Files, #1) by James Wolff

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Alex Gerlis

4.53

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Mick Herron

4.29

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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

Paul Vidich

3.96

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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David Ignatius

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