[fluffy bunny]

Can anyone recommend any?

[chocky]

Anything by Fredrick Forsyth. Richard Harris is aight. I've heard good things about Len Deighton(sp?) but have not read him. I like some John LeCarre and Tom Clancy, both were just alright.
Thats all I know sorry.

[saintjon]

Whirlwind by James Clavell has an interesting espionage sub-plot to it.

[fluffy bunny]

found a good site with what i was looking for- crime, mystery, espionage, whodunnits, technothrilllers etc

http://www.mysteryguide.com/

[kater]

Sounds crazy but try Andy Mcnabb, his spy series is actually very well written in a typically blunt Mcnabb style, works for me though because its so realistic and at the same time entertaining.

[Bond]

I enjoyed a T.V. mini-series called The Brotherhood of the Rose from a while back. Maybe the book is worth checking out. David Morrell is the author. Is Robert Ludlum of The Bourne Identity too mass market? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is probably one of the most well known by LeCarré. The mini-series with Alec Guinness is good.

If we're talking movies, I could probably give more.

[fluffy bunny]

Already mentioned this somewhere else, but I'd like to stick Nelson Demille on this list along with Tom Clancy, Len Deighton and Frederick Forsyth.

Robert Ludlum- still reading though a novel of his- haven't made an opinion yet

Lee Child I'm staying away from however after Without Fail

[arodace]

:cool: Robert Ludlum is also an amazing author in espionage thriller. He wrote The Bourne Trilogy i.e. The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which the movie is coming out next year starring Matt Damon. Also, his other books are The Ambler Warning. He is an amazing writer and the plots are incredible.:cool:

[AuntiePam]

Ken Follett's early novels are espionage thrillers -- The Key to Rebecca and others, whose titles I'm forgetting. Eye of the Needle is another.

Robert Littell -- particularly The Amateur.

If you like something slower paced and character-driven, you can't go wrong with John LeCarre, especially The Little Drummer Girl and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

[raggedyman]

I really enjoy the Quiller books by Adam Hall, the David Audley novels by Anthony Price especially "Other Paths To Glory" and the Blackford Oakes series by William F. Buckley.