What's New
The last ten major changes to the site.
- 09/13/2019 - A terrific combination of police procedural and espionage joins the compendium today, written by the exceptional Michael Pearce. is a member of Special Branch who is sent for the first time to a foreign land to investigate a suspicious death on behalf of the Foreign Office. It will be the first of several adventures in Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Excellent writing and plotting and terrific characters.
- 09/12/2019 - BTW, I just got my copy of the latest book, Bright Lights. I have been a huge fan of the author, Mark Dawson, since his first Milton adventure and I cannot wait to read this latest entry.
- 09/12/2019 - Coming Soon: A 15-book (so far) mystery series taking place in Louisiana joins the compendium today. Now, as much as I love a good mystery, they do not normally belong in this compendium. This one gains entry though because the lead character is, when not getting involved in local shenanigans, is also a covert assassin for the CIA. Almost makes you feel sorry for the bad guys she meets down home. Please welcome .
- 09/12/2019 - A two-book series about a covert operative who has to leave her line of work because her father is running for President joins the compendium today. I was not taken with this series but I was with the main character who can kick, punch, and shoot with the best of them. Please welcome .
- 09/11/2019 - A British operative for an outfit known as the Section joins the compendium today with a three-book series filled with lots of actions and pretty interesting plot lines. is a loner who pays for his alone-ness but who gets the job done every time, doing things his way and damn the criticism.
- 09/11/2019 - Coming Soon: is a CIA agent. Stationed in Canada. Not the first place one would think to find a covert operative. This romantic spy series looks to be a lot of fun and I cannot wait to see what this lady gets up to.
- 09/11/2019 - Coming Soon: Science meets Spies in this 5-book series which looks very promising. deals with a female marine biologist, Alison Shaw, who is part of a major breakthrough (hence the name, obviously) in communicating with dolphins. Things start to get even more interesting after that. John Clay is an officer with the Department of Naval Investigations, an expert with electronics and signaling who will get involved in the fun.
- 09/10/2019 - Coming Soon: A three-book historical spy series taking place in the latter days of WWII and a couple years later during the Berlin Airlift, this series about deals with two Brits who find themselves up against the Gestapo, the Stasi, and the Soviet NKVD.
- 09/10/2019 - Coming Soon: kills people on behalf of The Shop, a top secret organization that removes enemies of the country - or does it?
- 09/09/2019 - First Look: Being a negotiator for the United Nations does not by itself sound like the makings for an exciting series to read. and the kinds of troubles she has to "negotiate" tells a totally different story.
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SPY FICTION!
Say the word SPY to most people and they will respond with James Bond,
with good reason as he is the best known of all fictional spies. With 20+ blockbuster movies over the last 40+ years,
along with the standard movie hype, virtually the entire world knows about 007 and his License To Kill.
Of course, James Bond is by no means the only spy in the world of fiction, just the best known. Who are the rest?
Who has his or her own license to kill, thrill, or chill. How do these agents stack up against each other? Who would
you want beside you in a car chase, in a knife fight, in a dark alley, or beneath the covers?
This site is dedicated to the many, many men and women who, at least in fiction, have defended our freedoms against all forms of enemies, foreign and domestic. Well, granted a few of them were just in it for the money and many were only after the excitement, and sex played a huge role in the motivation of more than a few. But still, their actions helped not only preserve our way of life (on paper) but also brought us, the readers, many hours of escapism and vicarious pleasure.
So, who are these people that I have slaved so diligently to present to you? They are the men and women of spy-fi about whom there is a series. Single-book characters need not apply. There has to be at least two books. Two's the minimum but the more the merrier.
Moreover, I have confined membership to the English language. If it wasn't put into English so I can read it, I haven't worried about it.
Each spy has his or her own page. Click on the "Characters" button to go to a listing page. Click on the letter the
character's last name starts with (or a more common moniker like "Death Merchant" if appropriate). That will take one
step further into the labrynth. Finally, select the character's name from the list and, voila!
Have fun!!