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Get caught up in a spy thriller!

Featuring illicit love affairs, daring double agents and plenty of cloak-and- dagger drama, these spy novels will keep you on your toes!

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✤ Get to know the real Mata Hari! Mata Hari’s Last Dance by Michelle Moran. It’s 1917, and Mata Hari, Europe’s most celebrated dancer and courtesan, awaits her fate in a Parisian jail. Did she really commit acts of espionage that led to the deaths of thousands of French soldiers— or is she a pawn in a dangerous political game? One intrepid reporter is determined to find out.

✤ Fall for a rogue agent! The Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig. British agent Jack Reid— code name Moonflower— is itching to meet his new contact. The last thing he expects is to be paired with a female spy, especially not the legendary Pink Carnation. Calculatin­g and aloof, Jane Wooliston instantly puts Jack on the defensive. But it isn’t long before sparks fly on a dangerous mission to remove the queen of Portugal from French hands.

✤ Eavesdrop on a female spy ring! The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. This mesmerizin­g novel swept the awards circuit in 2017 thanks to its emotional portrayal of two women determined to make a difference under impossible circumstan­ces. In 1915, Eve Gardiner is sent into enemy- occupied France and trained by “Queen of Spies” Lili right under the enemy’s nose. Thirty years later, Eve is haunted by the collapse of Lili’s vast spy network—until a brash young American launches them both on a mission to find the truth.

✤ See Sherlock Holmes as a spy! Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King. This witty mystery imagines what would happen if consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his young wife, Mary Russell, went undercover in 1920s Japan. Their mission: Rescue the crown prince from an intricate extortion plot, evading ninjas and evil aristocrat­s along the way.

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