

SpyMasters
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@Spymasterspod
The podcast on espionage that brings you in from the cold. All the best writers, talking about spies. From Aspects of History.









"Elegantly written and stocked with charismatic, spectacularly flawed characters, it's a captivating, psychologically probing spy saga." @Tonisenior's forthcoming STALIN'S APOSTLES receives a great review in Publishers Weekly! Read more: bit.ly/3OyThPn

NEW podcast. The brilliant @mccloskeybooks on the pod to talk about #ThePersian - out today in the UK! Search Spymasters where you get your podcasts. We talk Iran, Mossad, the art of writing and more. @triclassified @ShakespeareLisa @_SwiftPress



New Podcast! The brilliant @ChekistMonitor Filip Kovacavic on Soviet spy fiction. Who was the Soviet James Bond? Can bad states produce good fiction? How was Putin influenced by fictional spies? Search SpyMasters wherever you get your podcasts.....










We ask our writers and you What is your favourite spy novel? @janethynne @MarkEllis15 @David_Jarvis_ @alex_gerlis @rnmorris @Paulodaburka #espionage #spyfiction #bookrecommendations

PODCAST! Spymasters and @aspectsofcrime books of the year 2025. A bookish chat with @Paulodaburka @ThomasWaugh88 and @MarkEllis15 ... featuring @paulvidich @carlolucarelli6 @janethynne @alex_gerlis @petertonkin50 @burke_jason @Williamboyd29. Link to find it wherever you get your pods in the first comment...

It’s Day 13 of our #21BooksOfChristmas and today’s recommendation is “The Spy in the Archive” by @gordoncorera - the fascinating story of the defection of Vasili #Mitrokhin. Check out the full episode in the link below 👇