by Mike Ripley
Russell of Liverpool, Lord 27–8
Rutherford, Douglas 379–80
Saddler, K. Allen 380
Sanders, John 380
Sangster, Jimmy 380–1
‘Sapper’ 16, 58; Bulldog Drummond 16
Satan Bug, The (film) 111, 116, 189
Sayers, Dorothy L. 5, 6, 7–8, 10, 20, 254, 331
Scott, Justin 256–7
Seaman, Donald 51, 381
Searle, Ronald 29
Second World War (1938–45) xvi–xvii, 14, 59–60; influence upon thriller writing xvi, 27–41 see also under individual author name; films, post-war boom in 24–7; wartime service of authors 40–1, 48–50 see also under individual author name
Sela, Owen 249–50, 265, 381–2; An Exchange of Eagle 250, 381–2; The Bearer Plot 97, 98, 250, 381; The Kiriov Tapes 250, 381; The Portuguese Fragment 97, 250
Sereny, Gitta 382
Seymour, Gerald 51, 240–2, 382; Harry’s Game 51, 240–2, 240, 382; Red Fox 242
Shirer, William: The Rise and the Fall of the Third Reich 29
Sindstadt, Gerald 382–3
Skirrow, Desmond 383
Smith, Wilbur 61, 201–2, 217–18, 229, 234, 258, 264, 309, 325–7; Pharaoh 327; Power of the Sword 309; Shout at the Devil 202; The Dark of the Sun 202, 234; The Sound of Thunder 202; The Sunbird 217–18; Those in Peril 326; When the Lion Feeds 201–2, 326
Snelling, Oswald Frederick: Double O Seven James Bond 288–9
SOE (Special Operations Executive) 31, 59, 245
spy fantasy (‘kiss-kiss bang-bang’) 1, 12, 68–70, 87, 136, 137–8, 147, 149–82, 185, 186, 190, 202, 221, 243, 276, 282, 336
spy fiction xviii, 12, 35, 40, 46–7, 68, 90, 95, 126, 129, 132, 136, 137–8, 139–50, 182–3, 184, 185, 202, 212, 223, 225–6, 229, 242, 243, 245, 246, 254, 257, 282, 288, 295, 297, 302, 340, 342, 353, 357, 374, 379, 381–2, 385
Spy Story (film) 226
Spy Who Came in from The Cold, The (film) 184
Spy Who Loved Me, The (film) 340, 369
Square Peg, The (film) 27
Stephenson, Ralph 383
Stevenson, Robert Louis 4, 276
Suez Crisis (1956) 57, 64, 65–6, 225, 306, 360
‘Swinging Sixties’ xvii, xix, 1–2, 13, 38, 46, 59, 70, 173, 183, 221, 328, 347, 357
Thaw, George 63
Thomas, Craig 247–8
Thriller Book Club 21, 205
thriller, definition of vii, 3, 6–13
Thunderball (film) 150, 151, 288
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (film) 226, 310
Topaz (film) 185
Topkapi (film) xix, 73, 119–20
Torr, Dominic 383
Tranter, Nigel 384
Trevor, Elleston 295–7:The Flight of the Phoenix 200–1, 200, 296 see also Hall, Adam
Trevor, James 384
Trew, Antony 190, 384–5
Tute, Warren 385
Uris, Leon 185, 307
Van Greenaway, Peter 181, 385
Vassall, John 141, 144, 149
Victor Gollancz 275, 306, 336
Vietnam War 51, 184, 199, 204, 209, 241, 328, 382, 385
Viking 105
Violent Enemy, The (film) 198
Voss Bark, Conrad 386
Venetian Bird (film) 19, 20
W.H. Smith Lending Library 21
Waddell, Martin 386
Wallace, Edgar 5, 6, 7, 10, 79, 116, 199
Way, Peter 387
Way to Dusty Death, The (film) 210
Webster, Noah 387
Wheatley, Dennis xix, 19, 338, 349, 369, 387–8
When Eight Bells Toll (film) 192
Where Eagles Dare (film) 193, 195, 315
Where the Spies Are (film) 157
Williams, Alan 42, 51–2, 77, 128–9, 145, 199, 218–20, 229, 239, 263, 265, 328–30; Barbouze 51–2, 52, 77, 329; Gentleman Traitor 145, 145, 220, 329; Holy of Holies 329; Long Run South 76, 77, 128–9, 328–9; Snake Water 76, 77–9, 329, 330; The Beria Papers 218–20, 218, 329; The Brotherhood 77; The Tale of the Lazy Dog 199, 328, 330
Willis, Ted 245, 321, 388
Wilson, Elizabeth: The Girl in Berlin 146
Winsor, Diana 388
Winters, Jon 389
Wiseman, Thomas 389
Wodehouse, P. G. 10, 198
Woodhouse, Martin 389–90
Woodman, Michael 390
Wrath of God, The (film) 96, 213–14, 300
Wreck of the Mary Deare, The (film) 118–19, 303
Wright, Daphne 311–12
WWII see Second World War
Wynne, Greville 140, 144, 146
Yardley, James 390
Yates, Dornford 16
You Only Live Twice (film) 150
York, Andrew 170–1, 390
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Angel Touch
Angel Hunt
Angels in Arms
Angel City
Angel Confidential
Family of Angels
That Angel Look
Bootlegged Angel
Lights, Camera, Angel!
Angel Underground
Angel on the Inside
Angel in the House
Angel’s Share
Angels Unaware
Angels and Others
Double Take
Boudica and the Lost Roman
The Legend of Hereward
Mr Campion’s Farewell
Mr Campion’s Fox
Mr Campion’s Fault
Mr Campion’s Abdication
Surviving a Stroke
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