14 best-selling fiction books like The Alpha List: The classic spy thriller by Ted Allbeury

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The Alpha List: The classic spy thriller

By: Ted Allbeury

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Dave Marsh and Charlie Kelly grew up together on the backstreets of Birmingham. Now Charlie is a La…

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1. The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.13

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They … read more

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  • fiction
"Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?"

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"ا من أحد يطرح اسئلة عن الشيء الذي يفضل تجاهله."

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"Everything can be forgiven, save telling the truth"

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it."

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

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2. As Time Goes By

By: Ted Allbeury , t-allbeury

4.08

Format: 303 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A story of three women and their secret war. Paulette, Vi and Jenny all volunteers, all parachuted … read more

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  • fiction
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3. An Infamous Army (Alastair, #4)

By: Georgette Heyer

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR Brussels is a lively place to be in 1815, and red-haired widow Lady Bar… read more

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  • fiction

4. The Man From Berlin (Gregor Reinhardt, #1)

By: Luke McCallin

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Yugoslavia, a German officer has been shot and killed. Along with him a young, beautiful filmmaker … read more

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5. The Light of Day

By: Eric Ambler

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin's classic film, Topkapi. When Arthur Abdel Simpson … read more

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6. Nobody Walks

By: Mick Herron

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited new novel by British espionage fiction master Mick Herron, author of the 2013 Crim… read more

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7. Passage of Arms

By: Eric Ambler

3.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when th… read more

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8. 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

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  • espionage
  • fiction
"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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9. 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

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  • fiction
"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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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

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  • espionage
  • fiction
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11. Judas Country (Gripping Action-Packed Thrillers)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.06

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, action-packed novel of adventure and intrigue from a 'Top-notch thriller writer' (DAILY… read more

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12. To Die For (Hidden Norfolk #9)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.25

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

What line would you cross for the one you love? When the body of a man is found dead in his remo… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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14. The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulling on the threads of your past... is enough to kill you... When a teenage islander goes mis… read more

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  • fiction
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15. White Fox (Alexander Vasin #3)

By: Owen Matthews

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of the assassination of Preside… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
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16. Spy's Honour (Captain Matthew Ranklin #1)

By: Gavin Lyall

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“When I was younger,” the Brigadier mused, “it seemed to me that we had the best Secret Service in … read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
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17. Secrets In Blood (Wild Fens #1)

By: Jack Cartwright

4.30

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

If you can't live with the truth, bury it... Following a devastating encounter with a serial kille… read more

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  • fiction
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18. All Honourable Men (Captain Matthew Ranklin #3)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.29

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

When a local bandit holds engineers of the Baghdad Railway to ransom, Britain is secretly delighted… read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Alpha List: The classic spy thriller

By: Ted Allbeury

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Dave Marsh and Charlie Kelly grew up together on the backstreets of Birmingham. Now Charlie is a La… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
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20. Flight From Honour (Captain Matthew Ranklin #2)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A novel of intrigue and adventure set in the early days of modern espionage. read more

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21. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

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Mick Herron

4.13

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Mick Herron

4.41

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Charles Beaumont

4.14

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Owen Matthews

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John Le Carré

3.94

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David McCloskey

4.21

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Anthony Horowitz

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