Books like Red Joan by Jennie Rooney

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

In 1935 England, a young woman’s allegation of a crime sets off a chain of events that devastates families, alters lives during the Second World War, and echoes into a later life of remorse and reflection.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

Former intelligence officer John Shakespeare returns from retirement to untangle a perilous court conspiracy targeting Queen Elizabeth I.

After waking with no memory in a small English asylum, Georgia Ferrars discovers her family believes she is an imposter.

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.

Moe Berg—Major League catcher, Princeton-educated scholar, and OSS spy—offered a rare blend of baseball flair and covert diplomacy during World War II. The book uncovers his pivotal role in assessing Nazi atomic ambitions and chronicles his enigmatic life beyond the field.

Former London orphans were schooled at Mrs. Merlin’s academy in spying and seduction. Now Siena must uncover a traitor among elite book collectors, confronting a discredited army officer and the enigmatic Black Dove at a country house.

**Rival reporters team up for the story of their careers in this lesbian romantic suspense filled with humor, twists, and one fierce ice queen.** Ambitious Daily Sentinel journalist Lauren King is chafing on LA’s vapid social circuit, reporting on glam, A-list parties while sparring with her rival—the formidable, icy Catherine Ayers. Ayers is an ex-Washington DC political correspondent who suffered a humiliating fall from grace, and her acerbic tongue keeps everyone at bay. Everyone, that is, except knockabout Iowa girl King, who is undaunted, unimpressed and gives as good as she gets. One night a curious story unfolds before their eyes: One business launch, 34 prostitutes and a pallet of missing pink champagne. What on earth does it mean? King and Ayers join forces but they might find a lot more than just a passion for news on the dusty road to Nevada.

In London, Rosalind Sharpe falls for the infamous Duke of Avendale, who offers money for a week of intimacy— a deal that forces her and him to confront hidden motives, secrets, and the possibility of love.

A tense thriller set in Tudor London, where the controversial betrothal of Mary Tudor to a Spanish prince and rumors of Princess Elizabeth’s rebellion plunge detective Brendan Prescott into a deadly game of espionage and intrigue.

During World War II, British agent Maggie Hope infiltrates the White House as Winston Churchill’s typist, uncovering a murder mystery that threatens President Roosevelt and the Allied war effort.

Retired agent Horace Christopher teams up with four other ex-intelligence officers to hunt for his cousin Paul, believed to be dead after a mysterious disappearance.

A thrilling spy novel set against the backdrop of World War II, following a cargo ship captain's dangerous mission to help Britain's allies fight Nazi Germany's submarines and ships, as well as smuggle equipment to a Swedish coast operation to aid the war effort.

In New York City, saxophonist Nanette Carter navigates street‑side gigs, a mysterious death in her apartment, and a flirtation with an undercover cop, all while her boyfriend Walter pushes for marriage.

While on an Oxford grant, Barbara Halliwell receives a centuries‑old memoir of Korean Crown Princess Hyegyong, drawing her into a tale of court intrigue, loss, and an unexpected Korean romance.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.