Lot #150: 4 paperback books - thrillers

1) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre, 317 pages, 1st printing in 1974. A spy novel by former secret intelligence officer John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of the taciturn, ageing spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. 2) Cover Story by Colin Forbes, 382 pages, published 1986. The death of a foreign correspondent's wife at the hands of Soviet Intelligence leads to a frantic race to discover the identity of a senior US official who is about to defect after a video of her killing is sent to London. 3) Stamboul Train by Graham Greene, 216 pages, printed 1983. A gripping spy thriller, which unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople (Istanbul), weaving a web of subterfuge, murder, politics and passion along the way. 4) The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 639 pages, 1st printing in 1973. A Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel by Herman Wouk. It centers on the crew of a WWII US Navy minesweeper who mutiny against their increasingly unstable Captain Queeg, forcing a dramatic court-martial to determine if the crew's actions were treasonous or a necessary measure to save the ship. Pickup category timeslot {A}