Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

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