Guide to Eric Ambler Spy Books Introduction to Eric Ambler Spy Books and Writing Eric Ambler is widely regarded as the father of the modern spy novel, reshaping the genre with his blend of realism, moral complexity, and ordinary protagonists caught in extraordinary circumstances. Writing in the shadow of rising global tensions in the 1930s...

Today’s guest finds himself embedded deep in Communist-controlled East Berlin, and has asked his handler to leave him 5 of his favorite spy books at their Dead Drop location in Friedrichshain Park. What will he choose to help him cope with life undercover? Author, Spy Fan and Political Editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman,...