Books like The sending by Geoffrey Household

Set during the French Indochina War, the novel follows British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and American idealist Pyle, whose ambitions and tragic fate reshape their lives amid political turmoil.

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is a 14th‑century collection of 100 Italian tales told by ten young people who flee the plague‑ravaged Florence to a villa in Fiesole, each day presenting stories framed by a rule and a closing canzone.

In Henri (Wormold), an ordinary menial clerk, a chance contract with a mysterious Englishman turns the mundane into a farcical espionage adventure against the backdrop of 1930s Havana.

In the tense Cold War era, veteran spy George Smiley is tasked with exposing a high‑level double agent within British Intelligence.

John le Carré’s thriller follows a former spy who infiltrates an international arms and drug cartel, revealing the dark underbelly of global crime and the moral ambiguity that defines modern espionage.

The Third Man, a novella by Graham Greene, follows the mysterious black‑market trader Harry Lime in post‑war Vienna, where he is believed to be dead.

Eddie Chapman, a charismatic con‑man turned double agent, seduced, deceived, and ultimately betrayed both Nazi and British intelligence—revealing the fraught loyalties of wartime espionage.

J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel *Crash* explores the twisted allure of car accidents, delving into themes of violence, obsession, and the intersection of technology and sexuality.

Jason Bourne, a deep‑cover operative with no memory, is rescued after a beachwreck and discovers a bank account embedded in his body that leads him to Switzerland and the truth about his past.

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John le Carré’s Cold‑War spy thriller follows British agent Alec Leamas as he takes one last perilous assignment to outwit East German intelligence.

A surreal black comedy about a woman's struggles as a mother and wife, exploring themes of adulthood, parenthood, and mental illness through a mother's voice as she tries to make sense of her chaotic life.

Angela Carter's 1977 novel satirically depicts a dystopian United States torn apart by civil war among political, racial, and gender groups, exploring post‑feminist ideas of gender and identity alongside themes of sadomasochism and power politics.

A domineering mother‑in‑law struggles to keep her family together when a spirited newcomer threatens her control and reveals hidden family secrets.

When California’s largest generator explodes during a relentless heat wave, a deadly power crisis ignites a tense struggle between a VP, an investigative reporter, a detective, and a quadriplegic who relies on electricity to survive.

A biting satire of Manhattan's radio elite, *Aurora Dawn* follows young Andrew Reale as he navigates fame, fortune, and a moral bargain in early 20th‑century New York.

Jane Phillips returns to her rich aunt's home in Westchester, New York, only to experience strange coincidences and acts of violence on the train. The story climaxes with a hair-raising twist.

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When the brewing of the historic Sheridan glassworks falters, young modeller Maura D'Arcy returns to Cloncath to recover her family's prized Culloden Cup and confront the price of reviving an art on the brink.

American art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna to buy a Ruysdael painting for a Texas millionaire, but the transaction spirals into a Cold‑War conspiracy that could spark international terrorism.

Leyla faces betrayal and terror in the ancestral manor of Pemberton Hurst as a murderer stalks the corridors, forcing her to confront a divided family and the mystery of a name.

As Crimson Romance celebrates its first anniversary, we honor those pioneers who helped shape the direction of romance novels for all of us. Suspense, mystery, paranormal activity and love - always love - have been the cornerstone of the genre since the early 1970s. Now we have updated the covers to these classics - but not the words - and reissued these timeless reads to let you relive the thrill of discovering a world of romance all over again. Dashing Lord Andrew Blair swept his bewildered bride deep into his life of decadence on the infamous night they were wed. As the first shock waves of Revolution echoed through France, the disillusioned Lady Enid fled - alone - to Versailles and the arms of her dearest friend. Lady Enid soon found sweet revenge in the arms of Count Armand Beaufaire. But the revolution claimed Armand, even while Enid embraced the tawdry refuge of London's stage. Soon she would be recruited from her home in England and returned to France: this time as a Royalist spy sent to seek and destroy the Revolution's most dangerous agent, determined to rescue the only man she ever loved . . . and destined to fight her final battle with the husband who vowed never to let her go "Sensuality Level: Sensual"