What's New
The last ten major changes to the site.
- 05/12/2025 - Let's hop back in time to World War II and the adventures of one incredibly intrepid female operative of the S.O.E. named . Author Hilary Waugh, who knows how to set the environment wonderfully, has given us two books about her.
- 05/10/2025 - From the gifted mind and pen/keyboard of Thomas Waugh comes a three-book series which I hope will have more in the future. The concept is very cool; is a successful writer of spy adventures who is mistakenly thought to be a real spy himself - up until he is actually asked to do this and that for MI6.
- 05/08/2025 - Author Jeffrey S. Stephens writes both spy adventures and crime/legal dramas and is darned good at both. He proves this again with the two-book series (so far) about former CIA operative . Great action and terrific pacing and a couple of fascinating characters. Well done to him.
- 05/06/2025 - I start my comments about today's entry into the compendium with "One thing no one who has ever read anything by author Joslyn Chase is in doubt of is the fact that this woman can WRITE". She definitely proves it yet again with the three novella series about DHS agent . I am hoping she will continue to visit him for us.
- 05/04/2025 - As I mention in My Comments for today's newcomer to the compendium, "The protagonist, , is not necessarily a 'spy' when we first meet him but he certainly played in their sandboxes with them enough to know the score". I add about the five books (so far) by Dan Stone, "the action is almost non-stop, which is probably is not good for my weak heart but great for my reading entertainment."
- 05/02/2025 - A "delightfully entertaining cozy-spy" series still being written by Anne Louise Bannon but taking place in the 80s joins the compendium today. So far there are a baker's dozen of these adventures about and her beau Sid and they are a fun way to spend a good number of evenings. Lots of mysteries and tons of characters to keep you happy.
- 04/30/2025 - A two-novella series about a fellow named joins the compendium today. These two stories, written by Jordan Dane just a few years ago, are set in the Phoenix Agency universe created by Desiree Holt and then opened to others to roam about in. FYI, The Phoenix Agency tales are set in a paranormal world where spycraft and mental abilities are combined.
- 04/28/2025 - We are traveling back to the actual year 1941 with the start of an interesting series about a nurse whose primary purpose in life initially is just to land a rich doctor as a husband (first book) but then, as the world situation in real life grew more dire, so did the challenges facing . There are serious matters addressed in the second book but by the third, author Louise Logan has the main character, Susan Merton, fully involved in hunting spies and saboteurs and traitors and murderers. The next bunch of books will have her traveling to all sorts of dangerous places and taking on a variety of opponents and lasting until just after the Second World War came to an end. A baker's dozen will comprise this intrepid woman's saga.
- 04/26/2025 - I was not in a position to watch this show when it first came out. I was just becoming a teenager several thousand miles away on another continent. I would not be in a position to learn of it or to watch its more than three dozen terrific episodes for many years; luckily by that time I was mature enough to really understand and enjoy its fantastic wit and biting commentary. With great pleasure, I add to the compendium the television show about , created by Robin Chapman.
- 04/24/2025 - In My Comments for the three-book series about entering the compendium today, I mention how much I loved my too-brief time in Greece and how these adventures by Kenneth Overman took me back to those days. The author does a terrific job making you feel like you are there even as he unfolds several darned fine and exciting tales. Hopefully he will give us more.
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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!!