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Eric
Ambler |
The father of the spy story |
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Agatha
Christie |
The
Queen of the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction also wrote stories
with spy elements. |
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John Le Carre |
The master spy story writer. |
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Francine
Mathews (a.k.a. Stephanie
Barron) |
Former
member of the CIA also writes police procedurals and Jane Austen pastiches. |
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Lynda
Robinson |
Acclaimed
by Egyptologists for accuracy, Lynda Robinson's hero is Lord Meren,
chief investigator of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. |
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Martin
Cruz Smith |
The
creator of the Arkady Renko series as well as many other different
stories. |
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