James Naughtie

Will Flemyng

1 - The Madness of July (Feb-2014)
2 - Paris Spring (Apr-2016)
3 - The Spy Across the Water (Jun-2023)
4 - Berlin Checkmate (Oct-2025)

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  The Madness of July
  

  • Feb-2014
  • / Thriller
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  Will Flemyng - 1
  

  Set in the endgame of the Cold War, "The Madness of July" is an instant classic: an explosive, brilliantly written spy novel, by an author who has spent his life in the halls of power. "The Madness of July" is set in the late 1970s, and takes plac...

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  Paris Spring
  

  • Apr-2016
  • / Political Thriller
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  Will Flemyng - 2
  

  Paris in 1968 - seething with revolutionaries and spies - sees Will Flemyng's world turned upside down, after a mysterious encounter on the metro and a chance revelation from a rival operative. In a city alive with talk of revolution, Will finds ...

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  The Spy Across the Water
  

  • Jun-2023
  • / Espionage
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  Will Flemyng - 3
  

  From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie's brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together through espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill...

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  Berlin Checkmate
  

  • Oct-2025
  • / Thriller
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  Will Flemyng - 4
  

  From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, the fourth instalment in James Naughtie's brilliant spy series finds Flemyng back in Berlin, and alone as never before. It is 1989 and although the Wall is still the Iron Curtain, the end game o...

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