Death by Espionage: Intriguing Stories of Deception and Betrayal

By: Smith, Martin Cruz

Book Overview

A collection of nineteen stories of revenge, betrayal, and treachery from the International Association of Crime Writers and some of the world's most well-known authors. There are assassins and seducers, stolen plans, and intricate games of cat and mouse. The universal rule, however, is that no one gets to write their memoirs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581820402
• ISBN13: 9781581820409
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Not bad at all

All collections of short stories are going to have their hits and their near-misses. Fans of Sherlock Holmes will welcome the inclusion of the "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", though it's not one of Conan Doyle's best. Ed Hoch leaves a hard-boiled little "noir" twist at the end of his "Enemy Territory" and Guy de Maupassant is at his Frenchified best in "Two Fishers". In his introduction Martin Cruz Smith says that the espionage story has entered a golden age and these tales show flashes of that.