12 Best espionage books like The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) by Ava Glass

Cover of The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) by Ava Glass

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…

If you liked the espionage plot in The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) by Ava Glass , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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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2. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #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 Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

4. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) by Nita Prose

5. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

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6. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

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

7. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

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

8. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) by Julia  Kelly

9. A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1)

By: Julia Kelly

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the … read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu

10. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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12. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. The Excitements

By: C.J. Wray

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A brilliant and witty drama about two elderly female World War II veterans with a secret past who e… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Wray's The Excitements book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

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

14. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Perfect Shot (Special Agent Alexandra Martel, #1) by Steve Urszenyi

15. Perfect Shot (Special Agent Alexandra Martel, #1)

By: Steve Urszenyi

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Special Agent Alexandra Martel has put her days on the battlefield behind her. Charming and disarmi… read more

Similar categories in Steve Urszenyi's Perfect Shot (Special Agent Alexandra Martel, #1) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • audiobook
Cover of Double Tap (Helen Warwick, #2) by Cindy Dees

16. Double Tap (Helen Warwick, #2)

By: Cindy Dees

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A government assassin. A sociopathic killer. Both hunters—and both hunted—in the ultimate game of d… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Dees's Double Tap (Helen Warwick, #2) book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

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

17. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of If I Let You Go by Charlotte Levin

18. If I Let You Go

By: Charlotte Levin

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

*RICHARD and JUDY Book Club pick 2023* If I Let You Go by Charlotte Levin is a deeply moving and… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Levin's If I Let You Go book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart

20. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

Similar categories in Rob Hart's Assassins Anonymous book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

Cover of Trust Her by Flynn Berry

21. Trust Her

By: Flynn Berry

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters find they can't outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Flynn Berry's Trust Her book and Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

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

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Tana French

4.12

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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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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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3.81

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