by Mike Ripley
Davidson, Lionel 41, 198–9, 265, 274–8; A Long Way to Shiloh 197, 198, 276–7; Kolymsky Heights 277–8; Making Good Again 35–6, 277; Smith’s Gazelle 277; The Chelsea Murders 277; The Night of Wenceslas 69, 70, 124, 198, 275–6; The Rose of Tibet 124, 274, 276, 278; The Sun Chemist 277
Davison, Geoffrey 347
Day of the Jackal, The (film) 231, 291
Dead Cert (film) 217
Deadlier Than the Male (film) 172
Deadly Affair, The (film) 184
Deighton, Len v, 12, 45, 47, 95, 132, 138, 150, 166, 184, 185, 223, 226–8, 229, 245, 253, 257, 263, 264, 265, 270, 276, 279–82, 287–8, 307, 325, 333, 382; Berlin Game, Mexico Set 258, 282; Billion Dollar Brain 184, 279; Bomber 185, 226, 282; Close-Up 226; Funeral in Berlin 91–2, 92, 140, 149, 184, 279, 281; Horse Under Water 34, 35, 149, 279; London Match 258, 282; Spy Hook 258; Spy Line 258; Spy Sinker 258; Spy Story 226; The IPCRESS File 52–3, 132–8, 133, 149, 181, 184, 228, 255, 272, 276, 280, 287–8, 307; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy 226; SS-GB 227–8, 228, 282; Winter 282; Yesterday’s Spy 226
Detection Club, The 2, 6, 151, 280, 305, 355
detective story xvi, xvii, xviii, xx, 2, 4–9, 47, 95, 164, 185, 187, 250, 258, 277, 331, 343, 375
Dexter, Colin: Last Bus to Woodstock 259
Diamonds Are Forever (film) 204
Dillon White, James 388
Diment, Adam 250, 347–8; The Bang Bang Birds 174, 174, 347; The Dolly, Dolly Spy 38, 59, 173–4, 175, 347; Think Inc. 175, 347
Dines, Michael 348
Dogs of War, The (film) 234, 291
Dr. No (film) 26, 101, 102–4, 131, 132, 138, 141, 150, 181, 184, 276, 324, 372
Drummond, Ivor 348–9
Dunkirk (film) 296
Eagle Has Landed, The (film) 31, 215
Eastwood, James 168–70, 349; Come Die with Me 170; Little Dragon from Peking 59, 169–70; The Chinese Visitor 168–9, 169, 170, 349;
Egleton, Clive 42, 48, 49, 238–40, 350; A Piece of Resistance 238; Backfire 240; Last Post for a Partisan 238; Seven Days to a Killing 238–9, 240, 350; The Judas Mandate 238; The October Plot 39, 239, 350
espionage vii, 9, 10, 38, 59, 69, 70, 88, 89, 91, 95, 99, 121, 125, 137–8, 139–85, 188, 220, 223, 226, 227, 243, 245, 276, 277, 288, 333, 337, 339, 342, 343, 355, 356, 360, 361, 370, 375, 380, 381, 383, 386 see also under individual novel title
Eye of the Needle (film) 248
Fallon, Martin: The Testament of Caspar Schultz 35 see also Higgins, Jack
Family Plot (film) 212
Farago, Ladislas: Aftermath 222
Firefox (film) 248
First World War (1914–18) 5
Fleming, Ian vii, xviii, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17–18, 19, 21–3, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 63, 64–6, 68, 102–6, 109, 122, 123, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137–8, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 158, 159, 160, 164, 165, 173, 175–7, 178, 179, 182, 184, 186, 189, 195, 234, 242, 250, 251, 258, 253, 259, 262, 264, 265, 280, 283–9, 305, 308, 317, 322, 323, 324, 325, 338, 342, 346, 349, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, 359, 361, 362, 364, 366, 371, 387; Casino Royale 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 26, 31, 151, 159, 264, 283, 284, 285, 345, 351; Dr. No 101–4, 103, 131, 132, 138, 141, 149, 150, 172, 181, 184, 276, 324; From Russia, with Love 12, 21–3, 63, 104, 150, 224, 281, 289, 379; Goldfinger 150, 172, 177, 189; Live and Let Die 12, 21, 178, 283; Moonraker 18, 35, 87–8; Octopussy and the Living Daylights (short story volume) 175; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 18, 57, 106, 131, 137, 177; The Living Daylights 102, 131, 175; The Spy Who Loved Me 104–5, 105, 106, 125, 127, 131, 133, 175–6, 340, 369; Thunderball 44, 45, 103, 103, 104, 105, 131, 150, 151, 288; You Only Live Twice 64–6, 64, 150, 287
Fleming, Nichol 350
Fleming, Peter 350–1
Flett, Alfred 351
Flight of the Phoenix, The (film) 201, 296
Follett, James 351
Follett, Ken 241–2, 252, 351, 366–7; Eye of the Needle 33, 248, 351; Triple 248
Fontana 18, 20, 44, 110–11, 303
Forbes, Colin 33, 352
Force 10 From Navarone (film) 193
foreign adventure, thrillers and 71–100, 120–4 see also under individual novel
Forsyth, Frederick 230–4, 241–2, 252, 254, 264, 266, 290–1; The Biafra Story 51; The Day of the Jackal 51, 99, 230–3, 241, 257, 290–1; The Dogs of War 51, 234, 291; The Fourth Protocol 145, 291; The Odessa File 36, 99, 233, 233, 291, 369
Fourth Protocol, The (film) 291
Frances, Stephen 121, 352
Francis, Dick 64, 199–200, 229, 238, 253, 258, 264, 265, 292–4; Blood Sport 293; Dead Cert 129–31, 130, 292–3; Dead Heat (co-written with son, Felix) 294; Odds Against 199–200, 292; Whip Hand 200
Francis, Felix 293; Dead Heat (co-written with father, Dick Francis) 294; Gamble 294
Francis, Mary 292, 293, 294
Fredman, John 352
Freemantle, Brian 242, 353
From Russia with Love (film) 104, 150, 281, 288
Funeral in Berlin (film) 184
Future 248
Gadney, Reg: Drawn Blanc 183, 251, 251, 353; Somewhere in England 36, 251–2
Gardner, Alan 354
Gardner, John 38, 45, 47, 48, 50, 161–4, 177, 221, 222–3, 229, 257, 258, 265, 309, 329, 354–5; A Killer for a Song 221; Amber Nine 38, 163; Secret Generation, Secret Houses 257; The Dancing Dodo 223; The Liquidator 162–4, 162, 355; The Nostradamus Traitor 223, 355; The Werewolf Trace 38, 222; To Run A Little Faster 222–3; Traitor’s Exit 21
Garfield, Brian 256, 257
Garner, William: Overkill 172–3
Garve, Andrew 51, 356
Gee, Ethel 140
Glidrose Productions 175, 176, 351
Golden Age of the British detective story (1920s and 1930s) xvii, 2, 5, 6–8, 47, 253, 264, 331, 343
Golden Age of British thriller writers xvii, xx, 1–3, 45–7
Golden Rendezvous, The (film) 116
Golden Salamander, The (film) 19
Goldfinger (film) 150, 172, 177
Goldman, William: Marathon Man 213
Graham, James: A Game for Heroes 39, 39, 298, 299–300 see also Higgins, Jack
Graham, Winston 356
Greene, Graham xix, xx, 17, 49, 96, 124, 215, 266, 274, 276; Brighton Rock 24, 46–7, 223; Our Man in Havana xix, 72, 73; The Comedians xix, 72; The Honarary Consul 96; The Quiet American xix, 72
Griffin, Gwyn: Shipmaster 109
Griffin, John 356–7
Guns of Darkness (film) 271–2
Guns of Navarone, The (film) xvi, 27, 31, 107, 315
Haggard, H. Rider 4, 60, 61, 70, 79, 124, 186, 201–2, 218, 229, 276, 325, 326, 357
Haggard, William 126, 157, 357–8
Hall, Adam 35, 42, 48, 93, 95, 98, 164–6, 200–1, 221, 252, 257, 295–7; Quiller Balalaika 297; The 9th Directive 295; The Berlin Memorandum (retitled The Quiller Memorandum) 35, 92, 92, 93–4, 98, 164–6, 200, 295, 296; The Mandarin Cypher 98; The Sinkiang Executive 98; The Tango Briefing 297; The Volcanoes of San Domingo 296; The Warsaw Document 98 see also Trevor, Elleston
Hammerhead (film) 161, 346
Harcourt, Pamela 49–50, 265, 358
Harris, John 358
Harris, Robert: Selling Hitler 220
Harris, Thomas 262
Hart-Davis, Duff 359
Harvester, Simon 126, 359
Hawkey, Raymond 44, 45, 131–2, 133, 181, 228, 255, 281, 359
Heath, Edward 143
Herron, Mick 138
Higgins, Jack 33, 35, 39, 54, 62, 96, 99, 127, 196–8, 213–17, 221, 248, 249, 253, 264, 274, 298–301, 342, 353, 364, 371; A Prayer for the Dying 214, 300; Exocet 300; Eye of the Storm 300; Sad Wind from the Sea 299; Storm Warning 99, 216; The Death Trade 301; The Eagle Has Landed 33, 39, 96, 99, 214–16, 214, 217, 264, 300; The Khufra Run 96; The Night of the Fox 301; The Run to Morning 97; Thunder Point 301 see also Patterson, Harry
Hill, Reginald xix, 62, 107, 331
Hodder 132
Hone, Joseph 360
Horler, Sydney
5, 6, 7
Hot Enough for June (film) 27, 70, 276
Houghton, Henry 140
Household, Geoffrey 16, 35, 41, 42, 80, 134, 360–1; Dance of the Dwarfs 80, 361; Doom’s Caravan 40, 41, 361; Rogue Male 35, 42, 134, 360; Watcher in the Shadows 35, 361
Howard, Hartley 361
Hubbard, P. M. xix
Hutchinson 291
Ice Cold in Alex (film) 31, 363
Ice Station Zebra (film) 189–90
Innes, Hammond xx, 12, 18–19, 20, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 66–7, 73, 74, 82, 96, 99, 106, 117–18, 123, 124, 196, 205, 206, 210–12, 220, 229, 234, 253, 257, 263, 268, 269, 299, 302–5, 382; Atlantic Fury 117–18, 117; Attack Alarm 33, 303; Campbell’s Kingdom 19, 20, 67; Dead and Alive 303; Golden Soak 96, 211, 211; High Stand 304; Levkas Man 211; North Star 211; The Big Footprints 96, 211; The Blue Ice 44–5, 44; The Doomed Oasis 67, 120; The Doppelganger 302; The Land God Gave to Cain 67; The Lonely Skier 302, 303; The Strange Land 12, 18–19, 67; The Trojan Horse 33, 303; The Wreck of the Mary Deare 67, 67, 118–19, 302, 303–4; Wreckers Must Breathe 33, 302–3
Innocent Bystanders, The (film) 371
Intelligence Men, The (film) 151
Ipcress File, The (film) 135, 136–7, 184, 276
James, P. D. xx, 258
Jenkins, Geoffrey 35, 47, 61, 68, 81–2, 123, 124, 176, 202, 234, 263, 265, 299, 361–2; A Grue of Ice 82, 123–4, 361; A Twist of Sand 35, 68, 123, 361; Per Fine Ounce 176, 362; The River of Diamonds 82–3, 83, 361; The Watering Place of Good Peace 68, 123, 361
Johnston, Ronald 362
Jonathan Cape 17, 21–2
Jones, Bradshaw 362
KGB 34–5, 65, 68, 70, 89, 122, 126, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 183, 219, 328, 345, 353, 359, 370, 375, 376, 381
Kremlin Letter, The (film) 185
Kristian, Giles 327
Kroger, Helen 140, 184
Kroger, Peter 140, 184
Kyle, Duncan 42, 50, 234–5; A Cage of Ice 53, 97, 234, 235; Black Camelot 39–40, 145, 235; Green River High 235; Terror’s Cradle 235; Whiteout! 53, 97, 235
Lambert, Derek 51, 362–3
Landon, Christopher: A Flag in the City 31, 363; Ice Cold in Alex 30, 31, 363
Langley, Bob 363–4
Le Carré, John 12, 47, 49, 95, 138, 146, 148, 149, 154, 158, 166, 173, 184, 185, 223–6, 229, 252, 253, 254, 257, 261, 264, 265, 296, 306–10, 325, 332, 336, 340, 360; A Murder of Quality 123, 124–5, 223, 306, 307; A Perfect Spy 257, 309; A Small Town in Germany 185; Call for the Dead 184, 223, 306–7; Smiley’s People 225, 226, 308; The Honourable Schoolboy 225, 306; The Looking Glass War 149, 184, 224; The Naïve and Sentimental Lover 185; The Quest for Karla 225; The Russia House 257, 309; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 12, 90–1, 149, 184, 223, 224, 225, 296, 307, 309; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 224–5, 224, 226, 308–9
Leasor, James 12, 35, 47, 48, 50, 87–8, 155–8, 364–5; A Week of Love 157; Love and the Land Beyond 157; Love-All 157; Passport in Suspense 35, 36; Passport to Oblivion 88, 155–6, 157, 364–5; Passport to Peril 156
Leather, Edwin 365
Lecomber, Brian 54, 365
Lehane, Dennis 318
LeJeune, Antony 365–6
Levin, Ira: The Boys from Brazil 257
libraries: commercial subscription 20–1; public xvii, 20, 21, 27, 253, 298, 299
Lilley, Tom 366
Liquidator, The (film) 163
Littell, Robert 145, 257; The Defection of A. J. Lewinter 257; Young Philby 145
Llewellyn, Richard 366
Llewellyn, Sam: Storm Force from Navarone 259
Long, Patrick 366–7
Lonsdale, Gordon 140, 144, 146, 148
Looking Glass War, The (film) 184
Lowden, Desmond 367
Luard, Nicholas 367
Ludlum, Robert 252–6, 257, 309, 329; Bloody Murder 255; The Bourne Identity 255; The Bourne Supremacy 309; The Matlock Paper 255; The Osterman Weekend 255; The Rhinemann Exchange 255; The Scarlatti Inheritance 254–5, 254, 256
Lyall, Gavin 38, 45, 47, 54, 85, 97, 198, 199, 250, 257, 260, 263, 265, 267, 311–12, 381; Midnight Plus One 38, 198, 311, 312; Shooting Script 198; Spy’s Honour 312; The Most Dangerous Game 86, 87, 198, 311; The Secret Servant 312; The Wrong Side of the Sky 85–6, 198, 311; Venus with Pistol 198
Macbeth, George 367–8
MacDonald, Philip 73
MacHardy, Charles 368
MacInnes, Helen xx, 49, 182, 358
Mackintosh Man, The (film) 196, 269
MacLean, Alistair xvi–xvii, xx, 12, 22, 29, 30–1, 32, 38, 39, 43–4, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 60, 66–7, 74, 84, 96, 97, 100, 106, 107–9, 110, 111, 114, 116–17, 123, 176, 186–95, 206, 208–11, 220, 229, 234, 235–7, 242, 248, 249, 253, 256, 257, 259, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, 274, 275, 287, 299, 301, 305, 313–19, 359, 382; Bear Island 96, 193, 206, 208, 209; Breakheart Pass 99, 195, 210, 315; Fear Is the Key 107, 116–17, 210, 315; Force 10 From Navarone 193, 259; Goodbye California 96, 210; HMS Ulysses xvi–xvii, 29, 31, 48, 107, 187, 208, 236, 313, 314, 315, 318; Ice Station Zebra 1, 186, 187–90, 188, 316, 317; Night Without End 67, 107, 313, 317; Puppet on a Chain 191, 192; Santorini 318; South by Java Head xvii, 30, 30, 107, 313, 315, 317; The Dark Crusader (‘Ian Stuart’) 73, 74, 108–9, 110–11; The Golden Gate 96, 210; The Golden Rendezvous 110, 114–17, 114, 187; The Guns of Navarone 22, 27, 30, 31, 63–4, 107, 259, 313, 314–15; The Last Frontier 67, 107, 317; The Satan Bug (Ian Stuart) 109–10, 110, 111, 112–14, 116, 189, 192, 317; The Way to Dusty Death 210; When Eight Bells Toll 190–2, 191, 315; Where Eagles Dare 39, 110, 193, 194, 195, 239, 313, 315
Maclean, Donald 60, 139, 142, 144
Macmillan 299
Macmillan, Harold 57, 141, 142, 143
Mair, George B. 178, 368–9; Live, Love and Cry 178, 179
Manchurian Candidate, The (film) 254
Markstein, George 32, 369
Marlow, Hugh: A Candle for the Dead 198 see also Higgins, Jack and Patterson, Harry
Marlowe, Derek: A Dandy in Aspic 94–5, 181, 369
Marsh, Ngai 254
Masteller, Randall 297, 332
Mather, Berkely 22, 47, 48, 49, 234, 265, 319–24; The Achilles Affair 36, 38, 319, 321–2; The Gold of Malabar 41, 324; The Pass Beyond Kashmir 41, 60–1, 61, 322–3
Mayo, James 51, 88, 158–61, 345–6, 369; Hammerhead 158–9, 159, 160, 161, 346; Once in a Lifetime/Sergeant Death 88, 161; The Quickness of the Hand 159, 346 see also Coulter, Stephen
McCarry, Charles: The Miernik Dossier 257
McCormac, Charles: You’ll Die in Singapore 29
McCutchan, Philip 369–70
McLeave, Hugh 370
McNab, Andy 303
Melville-Ross, Antony 41, 48, 49, 370–1
Mercenaries, The (film) 202, 234
Meyer, Deon 326
MI5 123, 139, 141, 143, 144, 198, 302, 306, 307, 308, 309, 336, 341, 344, 366, 375
MI6 49, 51, 81, 125, 139, 140–1, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 150, 155, 306, 307, 309, 320, 328, 335, 341, 390
Michael Joseph 106
Mitchell, James (‘James Munro’) 50, 54, 62, 121, 153–5, 371–2, 373; Callan 54, 62, 88, 121, 149, 154–5, 183, 357, 369, 371, 372; The Innocent Bystanders 88–9, 154, 371; The Man Who Sold Death 88–9, 153, 154, 371
Modesty Blaise (film) 167–8 170
Moffatt, James 372
Monsarrat, Nicholas: The Cruel Sea 314
Morelius, Iwan Hedman 270
Morgan, Stanley 372
Morrell, David 257; First Blood 256
Munro, James see Mitchell, James
mystery story 9
Mystery Writers of America: Edgar Award 233, 248, 272, 293, 296; Grand Master of 212
Naked Runner, The (film) 181, 272
Nazis, appeal of 33–40
newspaper serialisation 21, 131–2, 213, 314
Nicole, Christopher see York, Andrew
Night Without End (film) 67
Nolan, Frederick 373
Norman, Barry 52, 62, 143,
316
Northern Ireland 51, 184, 197–8, 204, 241, 300, 328, 382
O’Donnell, Peter 89, 166–8, 221; Modesty Blaise 166–8, 170; Sabre-Tooth 89, 167–8
Odessa File, The 233, 291
Odette (film) 59
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (film) 177
Operation Crossbow (film) 31
Oppenheim, Phillips 5, 6, 16
Orgill, Douglas 373
Orion Crime Masterworks series 245
Osborne, Geoffrey 373–4
Ostara 42
Our Man Flint (film) 151
Palmer, John 374
Pan Paperback 16, 16, 19–20, 28, 29, 45, 152, 161, 170
Panther 289
Panthers’ Moon (film) 19
Passport to Oblivion (film) 364
Patterson, Harry 54, 127, 196–8, 209, 213, 214, 216–17, 298, 299, 300, 301; Comes the Dark Stranger 127; The Valhalla Exchange 216–17, 300–1; To Catch A King 216–17 see also Fallon, Martin; Graham, James; Higgins, Jack
Pattinson, James 374
Payne, Laurence 375
Penguin 20, 307; Modern Classic 125
Penkovsky, Colonel Oleg Vladimirovich 148; The Penkovsky Papers 146–7
Perry, Rictchie 375
Philby, Kim 60, 65, 142–4, 146, 148, 183, 220, 222, 225, 306, 335
Pincher, Chapman 375
Poe, Edgar Allan: Murder in the Rue Morgue 4
police procedurals 95, 378
Porter, Joyce 49, 50, 376
Portland Spy Ring 60, 139–40, 184
Prayer for the Dying, A (film) 214, 300
Price, Anthony 50, 103, 109, 138, 215, 242–5, 246, 265, 323, 353, 376; The ‘44 Vintage 39, 40, 103, 138, 243; The Labyrinth Makers 243, 376; Other Paths to Glory 243, 245, 376
professions, thriller writer backgrounds and 48–54
‘Profumo affair’ 141–2
Puppet On a Chain (film) 192
Purser, Philip 136, 276, 376–7; Peregrination 22 35, 127–8, 377
Quayle, Anthony 31
Quiller Memorandum, The (film) 93, 165
Rankin, Ian 262, 318
Rendell, Ruth xx, 258–9
Rimington, Stella 302, 304, 308
Ring of Spies (film) 140
Robertson, Colin 377
Robertson, Manning K. 377
Rose, Geoffrey 50, 250–1, 377–8; A Clear Road to Archangel 251, 251, 378
Ross, Angus 98–9, 378
Rossiter, John 378
Rothwell, H. T. 379
Royce, Kenneth 379
Running Blind (TV film) 76–7