Best WW2 spies, double agents & deception
3. 
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
by:
Leo Marks
4.25 avg rating — 2,631 ratings 4. 
The Double-Cross System: The Incredible True Story of How Nazi Spies Were Turned into Double Agents
by:
J.C. Masterman
3.96 avg rating — 331 ratings 5. 
The Man Who Never Was: The Story of Operation Mincemeat
by:
Ewen Montagu
3.96 avg rating — 1,606 ratings 6. 
Gentleman Spymaster: How Lt. Col. Tommy 'Tar' Robertson Double-Crossed the Nazis
by:
Geoffrey Elliott
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 
9. 
The Anatomy of a Traitor: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
by:
Michael Smith
3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings 10. 
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy
by:
Sonia Purnell
4.15 avg rating — 58,212 ratings 11. 
The Walls Have Ears : The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
by:
Helen Fry
3.74 avg rating — 336 ratings 12. 
The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre
by:
Helen Fry
3.73 avg rating — 147 ratings 
14. 
Guy Liddell's Cold War MI5 Diaries: Volume 1
by:
Nigel West
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 15. 
The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol 2: 1942-45: Mi5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II
by:
Nigel West
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
17. 
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.52 avg rating — 83,081 ratings 18. 
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.19 avg rating — 28,145 ratings 19. 
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.14 avg rating — 19,738 ratings 20. 
They Have Their Exits: The Best-Selling Escape Memoir of World War Two
by:
Airey Neave
4.25 avg rating — 460 ratings 21. 
Saturday at M.I.9: The Classic Account of the WW2 Allied Escape Organisation
by:
Airey Neave
4.07 avg rating — 100 ratings