15 must-read mystery thriller books like The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

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The Cover Wife

By: Dan Fesperman

3.75

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

The latest high-stakes spy thriller from master of the genre Dan Fesperman transports the reader to…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Leaving Berlin

By: Joseph Kanon

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street JournalBest Books of 2015 The accla… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin book and Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

2. A Divided Spy (Thomas Kell, #3)

By: Charles Cumming

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2012 for Best Thriller of the Year comes a grip… read more

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3. 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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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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical 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

5. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

6. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin

By: Paul Vidich

3.72

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice In the vein of Graham Greene and John le Carré, The M… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin book and Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • germany
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) by Charles Cumming

9. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

10. The Cover Wife

By: Dan Fesperman

3.75

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

The latest high-stakes spy thriller from master of the genre Dan Fesperman transports the reader to… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife book and Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • germany
  • suspense
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

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

12. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Bucharest Dossier by William  Maz

15. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon

16. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • germany
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

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

18. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Mercenary by Paul Vidich

19. The Mercenary

By: Paul Vidich

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed spy novelist Paul Vidich comes a taut new thriller following the attempted exfiltrat… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Mercenary book and Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

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

20. 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 Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver #4) by Olen Steinhauer

21. The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver #4)

By: Olen Steinhauer

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Olen Steinhauer brings back Milo Weaver in The Last Tourist.In Ol… read more

Similar categories in Olen Steinhauer's The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver #4) book and Dan Fesperman's The Cover Wife

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

19 best-selling fiction books like The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

Transform Your Habits

Leaving Berlin

Joseph Kanon

3.43

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4)

John Lawton

4.07

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BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

Charles Cumming

4.07

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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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