Make death love me
Ruth Rendell
The clumsy efforts of two amateur bank robbers give bank manager Alan Groombridge a chance to realize his dreams of trading a dull life for passion and adventure, but his conscience soon gets in the way
Read Time: ~6.6 hr
The garden of weapons
by John Gardner (1981)
About this book
British spymaster Herbie Kruger investigates his own spy network in East Berlin, the Telegraph Boys, for a double agent when one KGB officer commits suicide in East Germany and another defects
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe garden of weapons Lead Character
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