Spy Line Spy Line Spy Line is a 1989 spy novel written by British writer Len Deighton. It is the second 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 Line" is part of the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy, being preceded by "Spy Hook" and followed "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
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold writing organizations. Screenwriters Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper, who adapted the book for the 1965 movie, received an Edgar the following year for "Best Motion Picture Screenplay" for an American movie. In 2005, the fiftieth anniversary of the Dagger Awards, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" was awarded the "Dagger of Daggers," a one-time award given to the Golden Dagger winner regarded as the stand-out among all fifty winners over the history of the Crime Writers' Association. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War