Thrillers/Espionage

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• "Little Caesar" (1929) by W. R. Burnett

  11 March 2017 by W. R. Burnett

  Caesar Bandello, alias "Rico", the eponymous "Little Caesar" of the title, is a ruthless, very self-aware and ambitious, under-educated young man of Italian origins with a piercing personality who is seeking a place in the sun in the rough-and-ready, brutal, tough, hub-of-the-modern-world and (...)

• "Rogue Male" (1939) by Geoffrey Household

  10 March 2017 by Geoffrey Household

  Rogue Male is without a doubt in our humble opinion the master reference, the model, the bestest with the mostest - in a word, the greatest suspense thriller with a man-hunt theme ever written!
  It starts off with a terrific scene of an expert hunter closing in on the biggest and by far the (...)

• "The Most Dangerous Game" (1964) by Gavin Lyall

  5 March 2017 by Gavin Lyall

  The most dangerous game of the title of this very classy adventure novel with a strong espionage tinge is far more dangerous than any bear or other wild beast - it is a man with a gun who knows how to use it.
  With Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male (1939), it is our choice for the best man-hunt (...)