A Murder of Quality
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
le Carré, John Author
Series
George Smiley novels volume 2
Published
Penguin Publishing Group , 2012.
Status
Checked Out
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Description
A retired undercover agent, a charming but dangerous woman, and an aging intellectual are drawn together by murder among England's upper crust.
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These suspenseful, compelling espionage series vividly evoke historical spycraft, while also exploring the impact of complex, highly personal motivations. The more violent Night Soldiers are set during World War II, while the George Smiley novels depict the Cold War. -- Melissa Gray
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NoveList recommends "Night soldiers" for fans of "George Smiley novels". Check out the first book in the series.
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Graham Greene tells sophisticated stories pondering human nature while maintaining high suspense; these gripping tales feature morally challenged characters struggling against disillusionment to find redemption in a treacherous world. He's inspired many, including John le Carré, whose The Tailor of Panama is based on Greene's farcical Our Man in Havana. -- Shauna Griffin
Like John Le Carre, Henning Mankell writes suspenseful, complex, character-driven books that feature plenty of introspection and wrestle with complex moral issues. While Mankell's often bleak novels include police procedurals and literary standalones, Le Carre fans who don't demand a spy element will want to try them. -- Katherine Johnson
Eric Ambler is another author who writes intelligent, tightly plotted, and realistic spy stories. Like Le Carre, Ambler is admired for his elegant style, nuanced characterization, and insightful, vividly detailed, and authentic depictions of espionage procedures and international politics. -- Derek Keyser
Focusing on the human side of spycraft, both John le Carré and Ted Allbeury craft themes of loyalty and betrayal among the paradoxical fellowship of spies. Both also have an essentially tragic tone that gives voice to the cruelty of war and deceit, though Allbeury's novels are somewhat shorter than le Carré's. -- Shauna Griffin
Readers who relish John le Carre's detailed world of clandestine operations will appreciate Len Deighton's leisurely cloak-and-dagger sagas with vividly depicted settings and well-researched procedural details, equipment and jargon. Deighton's ironic tone is lighter than le Carre's, but both share a world-weary wit and subtle and complex plots emerging against an ambiguous and sometimes disorienting background. -- Shauna Griffin
Fans of John le Carré's spy novels may appreciate Ward Just's realistic novels of political intrigue, written in a similarly compelling and psychologically acute style. Exhibiting a subtle appreciation of complex personal and political crises, Just probes the inner lives of his characters with deep seriousness tinged with bemused irony and sad affection. -- Shauna Griffin
An ex-CIA man and speechwriter for President Eisenhower, Charles McCarry brings a high degree of authenticity to his stylish, sophisticated thrillers, which share Le Carre's focus on the psychological cost of duplicity and betrayal in the world of intelligence and politics. His spy novels feature complex characters and labyrinthine plots. -- Shauna Griffin
Fans of John le Carre's mastery of the cerebral spy thriller should also try Daniel Silva, who writes elegantly of ambiguous characters and bleak atmospheres. Though le Carre's wrote his most popular thrillers during a different political era, Silva's moody style should please le Carre's fans. -- Shauna Griffin
Both John le Carré and Charles Cumming write intelligent and intricately plotted spy novels full of spycraft and procedural details that draw on their experience working for British spy agencies. -- Shauna Griffin
Set in beautifully described exotic locations, the intelligent, insightful spy thrillers by these two authors are full of complex, realistically flawed characters. -- Shauna Griffin
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Published Reviews
Library Journal Review
This second outing in le Carre's George Smiley series finds the Cold War spy master not matching wits with the Russians but playing sleuth. When Ailsa Brimley, editor of the Christian Voice newspaper, receives a letter from a trusted contributor claiming that the woman's teacher husband is planning to murder her, Ailsa asks old friend Smiley for assistance. When the woman is killed, Smiley travels to the Carne School in the British countryside to investigate. He quickly runs into a stone wall of well-meaning police who know nothing and snobbish schoolmasters who'll say nothing, leaving him as puzzled as the listener. Narrator Michael Jayston delivers very subdued characterizations for the above-it-all Carne crew and is appropriately soft-spoken as the owlish Smiley. VERDICT As close to a cozy as le Carre gets, this title offers twists, turns, and dead ends aplenty that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until the very last word. Mystery fans and even those expecting a spy story will be charmed. Solid all around and perfect commuter fare.-Mike Rogers, Library Journal (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
le Carré, J. (2012). A Murder of Quality . Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)le Carré, John. 2012. A Murder of Quality. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)le Carré, John. A Murder of Quality Penguin Publishing Group, 2012.
Harvard Citation (style guide)le Carré, J. (2012). A murder of quality. Penguin Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)le Carré, John. A Murder of Quality Penguin Publishing Group, 2012.
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