Books like The spymasters by William E. Butterworth III

On an isolated Scottish island, a lonely Englishwoman becomes entangled with a deadly assassin called The Needle, while an enemy spy threatens a secret that could decide the outcome of World War II.

Joseph Conrad’s 1907 political thriller follows London spy Adolf Verloc as he navigates anarchism, espionage and moral compromise, revealing a bleak portrait of the city and the exploitation of the vulnerable.

A biography of Oleg Gordievsky, the Soviet double‑agent who, while working undercover in the KGB, supplied MI6 with critical intelligence that accelerated the collapse of the Cold War.

Two disgraced Secret Service agents race against time to uncover the link behind a string of assassinations and kidnappings, exposing political corruption that threatens the United States’ presidents and presidential candidates.

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.

Henry Crumpton, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, recounts his covert operations against al Qaeda and the Taliban, detailing the agency’s strategic shift in the Afghanistan war and its impact on U.S. national security.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP.In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld--police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide.From the Trade Paperback edition.

The old world of spying that emphasized the human factor--dead letter boxes, microfilm cameras, and an enemy reporting to the Moscow Center--is history. Or is it? In recent times, the spymaster's technique has changed with the enemy. He or she now frequently comes from a culture far removed from Western understanding and is part of a less well-organized group. The new enemy is constantly evolving and prepared to kill the innocent. In the face of this new threat, the spymasters of the world replaced human intelligence with an obsession that focuses on the technical methods of spying, ranging from the use of high-definition satellite photography to the global interception of communications. However, this obsession with technology has failed, most spectacularly, with the devastation of the 9/11 attacks. In this modern history of espionage, Stephen Grey takes us from the CIA's Cold War legends, to the agents who betrayed the IRA, through to the spooks inside Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Techniques and technologies have evolved, but the old motivations for betrayal--patriotism, greed, revenge, compromise--endure. Based on years of research and interviews with hundreds of secret sources, this is an up-to-date exposé that shows how spycraft's human factor is once again being used to combat the world's deadliest enemies.--Adapted from book jacket.

After World War II, OSS agents Cletus Frade and teammates protect a secret U.S. deal with Germany to uncover Soviet spies in the atomic bomb program.

A daring OSS operative must help a German lieutenant escape a Mississippi POW camp, uncover a Nazi conspiracy to assassinate Hitler, and protect the lieutenants’ parents in Argentina from a lethal assassination plot.

In 1943 Argentina, Marine pilot Cletus Frade, recruited by the OSS, runs a covert airline while uncovering German schemes to rescue Jews and stash Nazi officials in South America.

A thrilling espionage novel about the OSS agents tasked with convincing Hitler that the Allied invasion will take place on the beaches of Spain.

"Unmatched in its breadth and accessibility, Spy Book, 2nd edition is the definitive reference to the secret world of dead drops, code names, double agents, and black projects. With access to previously unavailable data, the authors have selected the most fascinating and important people, agencies, operations, terms, and tradecraft." "The 2,500+ entries of Spy Book include: spies A-Z - Benjamin Franklin, Mata Hari, Alger Hiss, Julius Rosenberg, Sidney Reilly, Graham Greene, Robert Hanssen, Jonathan Pollard; recent discoveries - tunnel in Washington, bug in the state department, possible Al-Qaida agents in Guantanamo, Operation Ryan; agencies and organizations - from the United States - CIA, NSA, NRO, FBI, OSS, NSC, ONI - and abroad - Lakam, Mossad, GRU, Kempei Tai, SDECE, Okhrana, Biuro Szfrow, Fremde Heere Ost, MI6, G2A6, Black Ocean Society, Savak; operations - Rainbow, Goldfinger, Ryan, Bodyguard, Kreml, Chaos, Moby Dick, Shamrock, Mogul, Clickbeetle, Bride/Venona, Ivy Bells, Sorm, Faust, Slammer, Zeppelin, Silver, Cicero; and gadgets and tools, terms, spy culture and more."--BOOK JACKET.

In 1943, an OSS team in the Philippines stands as the sole lifeline for dwindling American forces besieged by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Set in World War II, this large‑print thriller follows the United States Office of Strategic Services as operatives navigate espionage, sabotage, and the race against Nazi breakthroughs.

A tense espionage thriller following American ambassador Stephen Metcalfe as he navigates a Soviet uprising and a clandestine coup that could trigger nuclear war.

A gripping adventure novel about the OSS and the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.

During the early Cold War, newly minted Lieutenant James D. Cronley Jr. is recruited by a fledgling intelligence effort that becomes the CIA, tasked with hunting Soviet spies and surviving the perilous world of espionage.