Spy Story
A Harry Palmer Novel
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · August 22, 2025
After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A submarine's computer data on Soviet activity anchors this tale of espionage.
- Genres
- Spy Fiction
- Published
- Grove/Atlantic, August 22, 2025
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: Spy Fiction.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little SpyLen Deighton75% match
Horse Under WaterLen Deighton68% match
The Thirty-nine StepsJohn Buchan52% match
Shadow of DoubtBrad Thor52% match
TreasonRick Campbell51% match
VengeanceRick Campbell51% match
The AfghanFrederick Forsyth50% match
Countdown to MidnightDale Brown, Rob Shapiro50% match
For younger readers: Tamar, The Truth of the Matter
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home. But when he arrives at his London flat, it appears to be occupied by someone who looks just like him - and he finds himself propelled into the heart of a conspiracy stretching from the remote Scottish highlands to the Arctic ice.
Soviet Submarine Data
A submarine's computer data on Soviet activity anchors this tale of espionage.
Come here for
- Computer data gathered during six weeks aboard a nuclear submarine
- A London flat occupied by someone who looks like Patrick Armstrong
Expect
- A conspiracy stretching from the Scottish Highlands to Arctic ice
Where it sits
| Spy Fiction | 100% |
|---|
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
- August 22, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Spy Fiction