Countdown to Christmas - Day 15

Spies as Detectives

Call for the Dead (the first George Smiley) reads like a traditional British mystery, and I Am Pilgrim perfectly blends espionage and a police procedural.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 10:00am to 6:00pm

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2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
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I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller By Terry Hayes Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781439177730
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Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - December 2nd, 2014

“I Am Pilgrim is simply one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in a long time.” —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“The pages fly by ferociously fast.


Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Novel By John le Carré Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143122579
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Published: Penguin Books - October 2nd, 2012

The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carré's masterful creation George Smiley.