Spy Sinker Spy Sinker Spy Sinker is a 1990 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the final 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 Sinker" is part of the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy, being preceded by "Spy Hook" and "Spy Line". 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
Harriet the Spy books for children. In 2005, the ex-CIA officer Lindsay Moran cited the "Harriet the Spy" series of books as an inspiration for her career. It was included in a 2009 list of "Children’s Classics" by "The Horn Book Magazine". In 2012 "Harriet the Spy" was ranked number 17 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by "School Library Journal". Earlier that year, "Time Out New York Kids" ranked it number 12 among "The 50 Best Books for Kids". Late in 2015 the same source ranked it 34th among "kids books of all time for families", a collection including many