TootTropiques ,
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"We tend to forget that there are people who are simply after money and power, and they have no psychological complications at all."

--Len Deighton, The IPCRESS File

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jancampbellcady ,
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@TootTropiques @bookstodon Where oh where is the Len Deighton of 2024? I miss his books so much, but can’t just keep reading them over again. Also, who is the new LeCarre? Does anyone have suggestions for me? I’ll try anyone.

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There's Mick Herron's Slough House novels (adapted by Apple TV into Slow Horses.)

https://www.mickherronbooks.com/slough-house-series

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@trif @TootTropiques @bookstodon Thanks, I’ve read them all, maybe twice. He and Robert Littell are the only inheritors of the spy novel genre that I love ve and can think of right now, but if you can suggest others, I’m here and needy!

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I'll keep an eye out - it seems to be a genre that's fallen into negligence.

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@jancampbellcady @TootTropiques @bookstodon If you don't mind elements of SF/Fantasy - Dave Hutchinson's Fractured Europe quartet is very good.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/179056-the-fractured-europe-sequence

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@trif @TootTropiques @bookstodon
Re Fractured Europe Quartet: Thanks! I will def check it out.

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@trif @TootTropiques @bookstodon
I’ve bought the first “ Fractured” and read the first 3 pages. I like the confidential writing style, and I’m hoping I have 4 books to keep me happy for a bit. Thanks!

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@trif @TootTropiques @bookstodon Now into Fractured Europe and enjoying it. Thanks for the tip. Never heard of it, and had a hard time finding it. But worth the effort. 👍

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@trif @TootTropiques @bookstodon OK, now I am absolutely stuck-in-love with Dave Hutchinson. On his 2nd in Fractured series and have rest on pad waiting to be read. Thank you. Thank you! Who knew? Me and Science Fiction! Never saw it coming.

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@jancampbellcady @bookstodon I second Mick Herron!

jancampbellcady ,
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@TootTropiques @bookstodon Devoured Mick Herron, at least twice, and then the series though that Oldman is not MY Jackson Lamb. My mind sees Stephan Fry at his dirtiest, fartiest. What do you think?

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@jancampbellcady @bookstodon Hmm, interesting concept. I thought Oldman nailed it.

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@TootTropiques @bookstodon How could anyone forget this? It's what western capitalist society is built on!

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