"The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author John le Carré's Karla trilogy The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement--especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre, Smiley recognizes...

British secret agent James Bond, a broken man after the tragic end to his last mission, is sent to Japan to train under spy chief Tiger Tanaka and carry out an impossible mission to assassinate one of Tanaka's enemies.

British secret agent James Bond again takes on a new secret organization, SPECTRE, when it hijacks two atomic bombs and demands ransom from the world's governments. Bond embarks for the Bahamas to investigate a "treasure hunt" aboard the Disco Volante, manned by Emilio Largo and the gorgeous Domino Vitali, and his path will lead to the calculating Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Unlike the other James Bond novels, Secret Service Agent 007 doesn't appear until two thirds of the way into this story. It is told in the first person by a young Canadian woman, Vivienne Michel, who details her past love affairs.

An anthology of three novellas. In Octopussy, the legendary 007 is sent to Jamaica to deal with a rich, deranged major with a fondness for eight-legged creatures. In The living daylights, Bond's mission is to kill the KGB sniper, code-named Trigger, who will try to prevent an important Russian official from defecting. The property of a lady finds Bond at an auction tracking down an exotic objet d'art and a deceptive woman.

Hidden on a tropical island paradise is the evil empire of Dr. No. Dr. No's obsession is power. His only gifts are strictly pain-shaped. He will be a worthy adversary for James Bond.

After a masked ball in Berlin, a British diplomat has a tryst with a mysterious woman who is after the documents he is carrying.

"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler is back with a new anthology that has gathered the intel on the world's greatest secret agents, declassified in these pages for the first time. Statesecrets. Double agents. Leaks. Otto Penzler brings you all this and more with his latest title in the Big Book series. No need to wait for the government to release redacted information, Otto is ready to declassify confidential matters."--Provided by publisher....