This was raunchy and rambunctious fun which is not for the faint hearted. For Your Sighs Only begins with our hero skiing naked down a mountain shooting at the similarly bare buttocks of lady agents from the enemy. There are 20 novels featuring the character Trevor Anderson, which author William Knoles published under the Allison pseudonym. I’ve now added his other thriller, The Secret Country (1987), to my TBR pile.Ĭlyde Allison – Jeff Gelb very kindly helped me get my hands on three reprinted copies of the sagas of 0008, a sexy and satirical take on spying. Agents of Sympathy (1985) was good enough for a place in the Top 100. Mick Herron recently told me he’s a fan of Judd.įrank O’Neill – Another I enjoyed but just plain forgot when I was compiling the list. Based on my limited reading, I would put him in the Top 90 already but he may well be better than that. The first, Breed of Heroes (1981) is not a spy book but a highly praised account of soldiering in Northern Ireland, but Judd brought his lead character back 20 years later as a spy in Legacy.
I need to read more, including The Achilles Affair, but first impressions are highly favourable and suggest he is worth at least a top 70 spot and he could end up much higher.Īlan Judd – Author of six books over three decades featuring Charles Thoroughgood. Mike Ripley swears that he’s better than Maclean as an adventure writer. An emerging talent who is worth a Top 100 slot.īerkeley Mather – I’ve just read The Pass Beyond Kashmir.
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James Wolff – I read and hugely enjoyed How to Betray Your Country and I’ll be trying Beside the Syrian Sea in due course. To add to the main list of 125, here are some authors I’ve just read or forgot about when compiling the list
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