Spy Hook Spy Hook Spy Hook is a 1988 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the first novel in the second of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). "Spy Hook" is part of the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy, being succeeded by "Spy Line" and "Spy Sinker". This trilogy is preceded by the "Game, Set and Match" trilogy and followed by the final "Faith, Hope and Charity" trilogy. Deighton's novel "Winter" (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory
The London Spy The London Spy The London Spy by Ned Ward (1660/67 – June 20, 1731) was a periodical about London life, later published as a book. Ward first published the story as a series of 16-page periodicals during 1698–1700, comprising 18 folio editions. They were printed as a collection in book form in 1703 by J. How of Gracechurch Street, London, a mile from where Ward had his public house. The parts are arranged topographically, the story being told in the first person by the author, under the persona of "The London Spy". It concerns his adventures as an ostensibly innocent