double agents
Double jeopardy: the story of history’s most audacious KGB defector
The year is 1979, the place, Tehran, in the wake of the Iranian revolution and a key battleground of the Cold War. Enter ‘Redwood’, a towering Russian with access to Soviet intelligence secrets plus a devastating one of his own
Tradecraft secrets: a choice of crime fiction
Spy thrillers from James Wolff and Alex Preston reviewed. Plus: a third Rilke novel from Louise Welsh and a rediscovered classic from Duff Cooper
