- January 29, 2012 - Added long long long overdue links to my fellow spy sites in the C.O.B.R.A.S. link in the header. My apologies to them for the delay but I acknowledge I am a bum, especially since these sites have given me hours of enjoyment.
- January 27, 2012 - The first e-book series I have read, available on both Kindle and Nook, has joined the ranks here at SGAG. It is about MP-5, a group of four CIA operatives working in various regions of the world.
- January 25, 2012 - After several years of refusing to consider adding him, I have relented and today put in the Man from SADISTO, a series that is worth checking out for the satirical and historical values it possesses - certainly not for the quality of the books.
- January 19, 2012 - A search feature was added to the site. It is located a) at the top of the home page and b) at the bottom of each series and author and article page. I hope it is useful.
- January 17, 2012 - Introduced a section to let other leave their own grades and comments for a series. I would love to hear from others out there.
- January 14, 2012 - After some pushing by others and then some re-thinking on my part, I have added corporate lawyer/sleuth and part time spy, David Danning, a fun series which is mostly detective stories but which evolve into spy adventures for the last two cases, much like Honey West did.
- January 8, 2012 - The first two books of a planned trilogy about 60's agent, Paul Dark, has joined the group.
- January 1, 2012 - Happy New Year! And welcome the first addition of this new year, Nicholai Hel, a series that took 31 years to be (read the entry to understand).
- December 31, 2011 - Likely the last series added this year (considering it is the last day!) is Michael The O'Kelly, a reporter and former agent who loves danger. Strange middle name, though. Really enjoyable series so far.
- December 30, 2011 - Al Glenne, the third foreign agent, takes the stage.
- December 29, 2011 - The second of the three foreign agents mentioned below, Malko Linge, is brought into the fold.
- December 27, 2011 - Added Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a CIA agent whose adventures started before Bond. This is one of three foreign spies I have long kept from my site because they were not originally written in English. Enough people argued the other way that I have given in.
- December 24, 2011 - Say hello to Cleopatra Jones, an agent with an unspecified American department who kicks butt with the best of them.
- December 22, 2011 - An agent from down under (Australia) joins the group: Alan McQueen, the protagonist of 3, soon to be 4, adventures.
- December 21, 2011 - CIA agent, formerly retired, Jordan Sandor, fighting the very good fight in two adventures so far, joins the collection.
- December 19, 2011 - Say hello to late-60s British spy Stephen Fletcher, hero of two, possibly three, adventures.
- December 17, 2011 - Paul Kilgerrin is a new addition to this collection. A hard-boiled private investigator, Kilgerrin is called upon by Military Intelligence on many occasions to help out where their agents have failed..
- December 16, 2011 - Yet another article was added. This one is Time Travel Can Be Fun. Still fun rambling. Hopefully a little fun to read, too.
- December 4, 2011 - A new article, Love Is In The Air - A Look At Romance Spy Series has been added. A lot of research and a lot of fun to write.
- December 1, 2011 - Adam Hood, an Australian operative in a 3-book series was added. I have two of the books on order so will complete the write-up soon. The third book is not available at this time (The Seajet Spies).
- November 30, 2011 - Finally I have finished the column And The Winner Is as well as two new columns Sex Sell! And So Do Explosions and If I Had But One Series. Fun to write. Hopefully fun to read.
- November 28, 2011 - Brought into the fold the first French agent written originally in English (as far as I know at this time). He is Alfred Baum of the DST.
- November 20, 2011 - A scientist who is pulled into working for British Intelligence is the newest member to the collection, though since the two books written about Geoffrey Branscombe were done 60 years ago, new is relative.
- November 14, 2011 - The enigmatic Bowler-hat wearing Mr. Groode, a British spymaster who directs the action of two different American operatives in a 4-book series joins the collection.
- November 12, 2011 - Max Flynn is a British agent from the early 80's who is probably the hardest series to collect I have come across so far. Each of the two books go for $200+ on the used market and the author, despite being very popular today, has pulled them from the market for not being very good. I would love to be able to read them to give my own opinion. Nevertheless, through his help, I have enough information to bring the character into the fold.
- November 9, 2011 - Say hello to Jonathan Grave, an expert at hostage rescue who gets involved in incredibly good adventures so much entrenched in national and international intrigue that he absolutely belongs in this group. I am still reading the third book and will finish the write-up on the series soon.
- November 7, 2011 - From the author of the Inspector Otani mystery series comes a two-book series about a Cultural Attache who is not a spy though telling everyone else that is a challenge. His name is Ben Lazenby.
- November 1, 2011 - With the help of one of Desmond Cory's sons, I was able to write up the synopsis of The Head in the Johnny Fedora series. Someday I hope to read the book myself.
- October 25, 2011 - The same man who unfortunately gave us the Girl from H.A.R.D. wrote a two-book series about British agent Silas Manners, who now come onto the site. These were not bad!
- October 22, 2011 - A great four-book series about a former and part-time CIA operative and medieval history professor named Horatio Cassidy joins the collection.
- October 20, 2011 - Dewey Andreas is a former Delta Force soldier turned oil rigger who is in the wrong place when terrorists attack and turn him into a man belonging in this collection.
- October 16, 2011 - Added a three-book series about a father-son team of agents, a rare combination, Patrick and Quentin Wright.
- October 13, 2011 - Introduced a two-book series about a successful crook asked to help, unofficially, MI-5, named William 'Jacko' Jackson.
- October 10, 2011 - Mikael Petros is an interesting two-book series about a character thrown into the world of international intrigue with the simple choice of killing a major leader or dying.
- October 9, 2011 - Brought in a two-book series from the mid 90's about a former SAS operative helping the FBI against terrorists. The man is named Mike Cramer. Also, an announcement was placed in the Israel Bond series telling how they are being reprinted!
- October 8, 2011 - A two-book series, this time about a sort-of freelance agent named Patrick Morley, joins the group. This guy has an interesting pedigree.
- October 2, 2011 - Added the three-book series about the agent Peter Lacey. Interesting that two additions have the same name, one as the first and the other as the last.
- October 1, 2011 - Added the three-book series about private investigator Lacey Lockington, a humorous series of private eye meets spies by Ross H. Spencer.
- September 30, 2011 - Brought Emma Streat and Jeremy Waller series uptodate. Don't know why I let them languish as I read them a bit ago.
- September 29, 2011 - Did the writing on John Apparite, a fun series that takes place in the 50's though it is written in the present.
- September 28, 2011 - Finished the write-up on the American ninja agent named Sam Borne.
- September 27, 2011 - Added the two-book series about Marieanne Payne, a British agent.
- September 24, 2011 - Finished my write-up on the British reporter Davis Troy, a series well worth reading. It was particularly interesting from an historical point of view as the writer is able to pull you into his world, one written in the early 60's, and let you experience it for yourself.
- September 9, 2011 - Did the write-up on the Philip Scott series.
- September 6, 2011 - Brought into the group the two-book Sam Borne series, written by E.B.Cross.
- September 5, 2011 - Scanned the covers for Jack Reacher, enjoying revisiting 15 awesome adventures and looking forward to the end of the month when the 16th comes out.
- September 4, 2011 - Finished the write-up on Brian Douglas.
- August 27, 2011 - A three-book series about a helicopter pilot who is forced into several espionage missions, David Pross, was added.
- August 26, 2011 - Introduced the two-book series about the Queen's Investigator known as Keys.
- August 25, 2011 - Finally got a copy of Host Of Extras by James Leasor and confirmed it is in the Jason Love series, albeit with Love being in more of a supporting role.
- August 22, 2011 - With great joy, I added the seventh book in the Haggai Godin series. I thought there were only six but learning of the seventh was fun and getting my hands on it even funner.
- August 20, 2011 - Added a two-book series based on the ITV series The Sandbaggers with the spymaster, Neil Burnside, leading the way.
- August 18, 2011 - Added and wrote up a two-book series about a beautiful genius and a rugged Special Forces operative called Julie Martinelli and Joseph Marshall.
- August 13, 2011 - Finished my statements on Matt Garrett. I really recommend this series to lovers of modern day paramilitary action.
- August 11, 2011 - Completed the write up of the Shauna Bishop, aka Black Swan series.
- August 7, 2011 - Added the fourth book in the Ryan Kealey series, The Exile.
- August 6, 2011 - Noel Hynd's three book series about Alexandra LaDuca has been added. It is also known as The Russian Trilogy.
- August 5, 2011 - It turns out Claire McNab had written three more Denise Cleever books. These have now been added.
- August 4, 2011 - A third book in the Erik Chatham series, Immediate Action has been added.
- August 1, 2011 - The fifth book in the Liz Carlyle series was added, just as she is about to come out with the 6th - hard to keep up.
- July 31, 2011 - Added the three-book erotic spy series Black Swan, aka Shauna Bishop. I had been told about it some time ago by Johny Malone and had already gotten one of the books but kept putting it off. One of the covers is taken from an EBay listing only until I get a copy I ordered.
- July 29, 2011 - A fifth book in the Jeff Pride series was brought to my attention by Johny Malone, this one published under the author's real name. Just got the book to confirm it.
- July 28, 2011 - Finished write-up on Halloran series, a two-book series I really enjoyed.
- July 27, 2011 - Increased the James Bond listing to include Jeffrey Deaver's Carte Blanche.
- July 23, 2011 - Added a book to the Payne & Jones series and one in the Kirk McGarvey.
- July 17, 2011 - Introduced a three-book series about the interesting former agent returned to duty named only (so far) as Wyatt, from the early 80's. Looks quite interesting.
- July 11, 2011 - Added another book in the Camel Club series. What a great read!
- July 9, 2011 - My fellow spy fan, Johny Malone, sent me two missing covers from the Ed Noon series. He also sent me the names of two writers in the Peter Winston series as well as three alternate titles in the Jonathan Anders series. Thanks, my friend!
- July 8, 2011 - Added another book in the Alexander Hawke series.
- July 7, 2011 - Added another book in the Joe DeMarco series.
- July 5, 2011 - Added another book in the Scot Harvath series.
- July 4, 2011 - Added another book in the Gabriel Allon series.
- July 1, 2011 - After a LONG hiatus for a project for my employer, I am back. Added the 9th book in Scot Harvath series.
- April 29, 2011 - Put in a 4th book in the Michael Jagger series, as pointed out by a correspondent. The book is A Big Enough Wreath which I was certain was not a Jagger book but he proved otherwise so I bought it and showed he was right. Finished my writings on the Paul Richter series.
- April 28, 2011 - The two-book series from the early 80's about Patrick Chambers, a former college dean and now plant shop owner who takes clandestine assignments on the side joins the group.
- April 27, 2011 - Introduced a two-book series from the mid 70's, British DI-6 agent Martyn Cale.
- April 26, 2011 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "W", "Y", and "Z". I will on occasion find some, especially those done early in my clean-up process, that I could do better but I will not announce it.
- April 25, 2011 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "U" and "V".
- April 24, 2011 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "T".
- April 21, 2011 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "S".
- April 20, 2011 - Added two two-book series. The first is an American named Emma Streat, a former opera singer, who gets mixed up with spies while investigating her husband's death. The second is an ATF agent, Jack McClure, who does special missions for the President.
- April 19, 2011 - Added a five-book series about a British agent named Paul Richter written by James Barrington. You should see the size of these books! The first two total 1300+ pages!. Looks like a lot of action.
- April 18, 2011 - A third book in the Jassy Vane series, The Checkerboard Caper has been added. Completed the write-up of Desmond Drake.
- April 17, 2011 - Added a two-book action series about a body-smuggler named Stephen Haden.
- April 16, 2011 - Finished my write-up of the excellent Tom Cain work about Samuel Carver. The Louis Morgon series was also completed.
- April 15, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "W","Y", and "Z". Nobody has written a series starting with "X" that I know about.
- April 12, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "U" and "V".
- April 11, 2011 - Added a new two-book series about an agent working for Department K by the name of Philip Scott. I had owned the first book for ages but only recently learned there had been a sequel several years later.
- April 10, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "T".
- April 9, 2011 - Introduced two three-book series. The first is about Louis Morgon, a retired CIA agent living in France who is forced back into action, written by Peter Steiner. The second is Matt Garrett by A.J.Tata, a series about a trouble-shooting agent.
- April 8, 2011 - Added two books to the Samuel Carver series. Also added my write up on the series now that I've read 3 of the 4 books. I had to correct some notes I had made (was I drunk?) when I put in that Carver was American working for the CIA. Wrong!. My apologies, Mr. Cain.
- April 5, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "S".
- April 4, 2011 - Added preliminary information on one new series, this one about Allison Alexander, a woman who goes to work for an anti-terrorist division of Interpol named Anastasia.
- April 3, 2011 - Added preliminary information on several new series: One about Jeremy Waller which has two books, a two-book series about John Apparite, a three-booker about Eckstein and Baum, and a two-book series about Milo Weaver. Since I have not read the books, only collected them so far, my information is not complete.
- April 1, 2011 - A two-book series about a semi-retired CIA agent named W. Cooper was added.
- March 28, 2011 - Put in another book in the series about adventurer Vic Stallard, Prey! which came out in 1978.
- March 20, 2011 - Added a new two-book series about a former CIA agent suffering from Alzheimer's and at odds with the CIA, Drummond Clark. Also added a fourth book in the Michael Westion, Burn Notice series.
- March 19, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "R".
- March 16, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "Q".
- March 15, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "P".
- March 14, 2011 - Brought in another series, this one about an Assistant Attorney General who has to take on several interesting adversaries. The character is George Williams and I read all three books before taking the time to enter it into this compendium. I really recommend it.
- March 13, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "O".
- March 11, 2011 - Added a fifth book in the McHugh series. I had been certain that The Five Faces Of Murder was not a McHugh book but happily I was wrong.
- March 9, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "N".
- March 5, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "M".
- March 1, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "L".
- February 27, 2011 - Finished my write-up of the Steve Brady series. Fun set of adventures.
- February 26, 2011 - Introduced a new series to the group. Davis Troy, a three-book series about a reporter who gets involved in lots of excitement. Also added the Book descriptions for Jax Alexander series, still needing the About the Series and My Comments to be done.
- February 25, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "K".
- February 24, 2011 - NOTE!!! Added a new feature called The Year Was. Get to it from the Home page and enjoy!
- February 20, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "I" and "J".
- February 18, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "H".
- February 15, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "A".
- February 14, 2011 - Added a six-book series about Steve Brady. I have just started reading the first book and it is a lot of fun. I think Brady is going to be a very funny spy to follow.
- February 13, 2011 - Finished the entry for Cliff Remington.
- February 12, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "B".
- February 10, 2011 - Added a book to the Paul Fox series, Operation Watchdog. And added the first book in the Emma Greaves series, Chance To Die, proving to myself finally it really is in the series!
- February 9, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "C".
- February 5, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "D".
- February 4, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "E".
- February 1, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "F".
- January 30, 2011 - Filled in the details of the Al Trelawney series.
- January 29, 2011 - Put in a precursor to the Joe Gall series, Pagoda.
- January 28, 2011 - Revisited series starting with "G".
- January 25, 2011 - Added two different two-book series: Brian Douglas by John Lee and David Llewellyn by Herbert Crowder. Also filled in the details on David Trevellyan
- January 23, 2011 - Brought in the cleaned version of "R" covers. Added a book to the series about Grace Flint.
- January 22, 2011 - Filled in the missing book in the Victor Mace series.
- January 21, 2011 - IMPORTANT! Started a Revisit of the spy series contained herein, looking for those whose description seem sparse to me. I will go through them alphabetically though probably not in order and will comment when each "letter" group is done.
- January 20, 2011 - Two more books and a change in the order of books for the John Gail series.
- January 18, 2011 - Jerry Cornell, a two-book (sorta) series by Michael Moorcock joins the listing. Also added three books (no synopsis yet) to the Marc Savage series.
- January 16, 2011 - Added three new series to the listing. The first is Black-Ops agent Ben Treven. The second is British MI6 agent David Trevellyan. And the third is a CIA agent named Jax Alexander who works with Tobie Guinness.
- January 14, 2011 - Submitted the character Victor Mace, an action hero also called the Kung Fu Monk Master who is often hired by the CIA for an assignment.
- January 9, 2011 - Brought in the cleaned versions of "P" and "Q" covers
- January 5, 2011 - Just inputted the four-book series from the mid-60s dealing with Giancarlo Melrose, a half-Italian, half-American spy.
- January 4, 2011 - Trelawney, a three-book series from the late 70's has been added.
- December 30, 2010 - The insurance investigator and oft-times spy Milo March joins the group with 21 books.
- December 29, 2010 - Introduced the character of Sebastian Kettle though much more needs to be done.
- December 28, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned version of "O" covers
- December 26, 2010 - Added comments on a score of books scattered throughout the different series, too numerous to mention.
- December 23, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned version of "N" covers
- December 22, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned version of "M" covers
- December 21, 2010 - Updated the Paul Brodie series with the addition of two books, The Icarus Threat and Under The Icefall.
- December 20, 2010 - Put in the synopsis of the two books in the Peter Avakian series.
- December 19, 2010 - Added two books to the Mark Hood series, Spy From The Deep and The Reluctant Assassin.
- December 17, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned versions of "L" covers.
- December 15, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned versions of "I", "J", and "K" covers.
- December 6, 2010 - Another 60's agent to take on world-domination minded villians, Bulldog Drummond was added.
- December 4, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned versions of "H" covers. Updated the Executioner series. Also added the two-book Mark Castle series.
- December 2, 2010 - Put in the six-book series about Steve Carradine.
- November 30, 2010 - Put in the fourth book in the Shane Schofield series.
- November 28, 2010 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "G". Also added the two-book Dan Walker series.
- November 26, 2010 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "F".
- November 24, 2010 - Added cleaned versions of covers of series starting with "D" and "E".
- November 21, 2010 - Added a nice transition in the character page so the larger images show better.
- December 15, 2010 - Brought in the cleaned versions of "C" covers.
- November 8, 2010 - The 8th book in the James Burlane series, Tyger! Tyger! was added. I had known this book was by Richard Hoyt but only recently learned it was in the Burlane series. Replaced the book covers of those series starting with "B" with far cleaner ones.
- November 7, 2010 - The 10th book in the Steve Austin, Six-Million Dollar Man series, International Incidents was included. Also added was the 6th book in the Onyxx series, Sleeping With Danger.
- October 29, 2010 - Replaced the book covers of those series starting with "A" with far cleaner ones. It is a lot of work but they look much better.
- October 28, 2010 - Put in book #2 in the Max Moss series, Countdown To China. I had thought there were just four books in the series and when I was told there was a fifth, I figured it would be after the others, not before all but one!. Also added About The Series and book descriptions, along with images, in the series about Jane Moneypenny. Comments will follow when I've had a chance to read at least one book.
- October 23, 2010 - Added two books in the Garrett Dossier series. Had missed them before because they were published under the author's real name of Frederick Nolan instead of pseudonym Donald Severn as were the first two books.
- October 22, 2010 - Received a copy of Daniel Da Cruz The Captive City, book 3 in the Ape Swain series. I had thought for years this was not in any series but was told I was wrong. I bought it to prove my belief. I was wrong but now I have the book!
- October 20, 2010 - Received the third book in the Desmond Drake series, Desmond Drake Goes West. Unfortunately, it was a hardback with no dust jacket so no image. Trying to figure out a way to get the 40+ books for which I do not have images.
- October 18, 2010 - Received a copy of The Manchester Thing, published under the alternate title of The Manchester Connection. It is the first book in the Mark Farrow series by Angus Ross. I have been wanting this book for many years! Also added Burn Notice: The Fix, in the Michael Weston series.
- October 17, 2010 - Major revamp of the look and feel of the site, prompted by seeing how much better other spy sites looked (thanks to Johny Malone for the inspiration). I put a lot more emphasis on the cover art as they bring the books to life. Drop me a line to let me know how you feel about it.
- October 15, 2010 - Received word from Johny Malone of a dozen books in already listed series I had not known of. I am ordering those I can afford. That's a lot of books at one time. I'm a little embarrassed that I missed a few of these. Looking at it a different way, though, with about 4000 books being covered, 12 books represents 3 tenths of a percent.
- October 14, 2010 - Finally brought this What's New section online though it is still under construction
- October 13, 2010 - Added three series:
Nails Fenian series by Hal D. Steward. I got the first book yesterday. I love the lurid cover.
Burn Notice series by Tod Goldberg. I received one of the books today, the other two are on order.
Samuel Carver series by Tom Cain. I had the two books but just hadn't added them yet. I read the first 20 pages of the first book and already know I want to finish it.
- October 8, 2010 - Received word from Johny Malone of unaplagadeespias.blogspot.com of several series I didn't know about:
Steve Carradine by Manning K. Robertson
Black Swan by J.J.Montague
The Brothers Levy by William Goldman
Mark Castle by Carl Marcus
Sebastian Kettle by James Dillon White
Nails Fenian by Hal D. Steward
and a couple more I'm still pondering whether they fit. Still, 6 at one time is IMPRESSIVE! I have ordered most of the books and will add them as I get information.
- By the way, check out his site. It's in Spanish, which I can just barely read a bit. It has really interesting comments about spy novels and some great covers. It is well worth the time. It looks a LOT better than mine. Anybody know a good web designer who works free?
- On the subject, I have been reading the other sites linked to Mr. Malone's site, members of COBRAS. Really great stuff. Really.
- October 6, 2010 - Added the Geoffrey Mildmay and Desmond Drake series now that I've gotten the 3 of the first and 2 of the second. Read the first Mildmay book and enjoyed it. Not much action but compelling writing. I have just skimmed the Drake books.
- September 12, 2010 - Received an email from a viewer who asked for a page giving my A and B graded series. I am trying to decide how best to present it.
- September 10, 2010 - Heard from another viewer (name unknown, just the email) about two old series:
Geoffrey Mildmay by Burke Wilkinson (3 books)
Desmond Drake by Sea-Lion (3 books)
I've ordered the books and will enter the series when I get information. He showed me some ideas for books he is writting and I liked what I read. I hope he continues writing.
- September 1, 2010 - Added a Slide Show of book covers beside the Series information. I wrote for the front page a really cool slideshow Java applet with dozens of different transitions but not sure if I should use it.
- August 20, 2010 - Started writing my articles again for the first time in forever. I finally felt I had gathered enough information to make commenting have some validity. I would love to hear comments.
- July 7, 2010 - Heard from Dean Brierly mentioning the French series Al Glenne by M.G. Braun. I have pondered whether to include the English versions of translated series like Glenne and Malko and OSS-117. I haven't decided yet. I very much welcome opinions on the matter.
- By the way, if you can, search the web for Mr. Brierly's articles. That man can write!
- July 1, 2010 - Changed the Book Enlarged Image window to include information on the book.