Horse Under Water
A Harry Palmer Novel
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · October 31, 2025
The sequel to Len Deighton's game-changing debut The IPCRESS File, Horse Under Water sees its nameless, laconic narrator sent from fogbound London to the Algarve, where he must dive through layers of deceit in a place rotten with betrayals.
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- Who it’s for
- A laconic spy’s Algarve assignment makes for taut, shadowed suspense.
- Genres
- Spy Fiction, Suspense
- Published
- Grove/Atlantic, October 31, 2025
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The sequel to Len Deighton's game-changing debut The IPCRESS File, Horse Under Water sees its nameless, laconic narrator sent from fogbound London to the Algarve, where he must dive through layers of deceit in a place rotten with betrayals.
Dry Wit, Deep Cover
A laconic spy’s Algarve assignment makes for taut, shadowed suspense.
Come here for
- A dry-voiced narrator amid layers of deceit
- Spy fiction that trades fogbound London for the Algarve
Expect
- Betrayals thickening the suspense
- A spare, laconic point of view
Where it sits
| Spy Fiction | 100% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spy Fiction
- Post–World War II Fiction
- Historical Thrillers
- Authors
- Len Deighton
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic
- Published
- October 31, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Spy Fiction