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FROM: "Chapple Langemack" <chaplang@kcls.org>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 5:51 PM

Hi all,

I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.

Thanks for your help.

Chapple

Chapple Langemack
Reader's Services Coordinator
King County Library System
960 Newport Way NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.369.3318
chaplang@kcls.org
www.kcls.org

FROM: "Renee Zurn" <rzurn@duluth.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:13 PM

Chapple,

Two authors came to mind when I read your request - Maureen Tan and her two "Jane" books and "Masquerade" by Gayle Lynds. The Tan books feature a British spy who tries to retire under the alias Jane in the U.S. but can't and the Lynds book is about a woman who they try to brainwash into becoming an assassin/spy. Of course, the Gilman books with Mrs. Pollifax have a women spy but they may not have enough action for your patron.

Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
Duluth MN

>>> chaplang@kcls.org 04/18/02 05:49PM >>>
Hi all,

I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.

Thanks for your help.

Chapple

Chapple Langemack
Reader's Services Coordinator
King County Library System
960 Newport Way NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.369.3318
chaplang@kcls.org
www.kcls.org

FROM: Saricks <saricksj@SLS.LIB.IL.US>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:13 PM

How about Janice Weber (Frost the Fiddler and Hot Ticket), Maureen Tan
(AKA Jane and Run Jane Run), and what about Peter O'Donnell's Modesty
Blaise series?

Joyce Saricks
Downers Grove Public Library

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FROM: "Bessie Makris" <bmakris@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:24 PM

Margaret Duffy's Ingrid Langley books feature a novelist who teams with her spy husband. The first in the series is A MURDER OF CROWS. Michael Spicer also has a series that features a woman undercover agent. The first in this series is A COTSWOLD MURDER.

Bessie Makris
Allen County Public Library
P.O. Box 2270
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

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FROM: Mary Ann Blair <mablair@noblenet.org>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:24 PM

Hi!

How about Jacdaws by Ken Follet. Great story, and I understand it was
based on a true story

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Chapple Langemack wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
> the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
> features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
> very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
> detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
> Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chapple
>
> Chapple Langemack
> Reader's Services Coordinator
> King County Library System
> 960 Newport Way NW
> Issaquah, WA 98027
> 425.369.3318
> chaplang@kcls.org
> www.kcls.org
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

--
Mary Ann Blair, Circulation
Winthrop Public Library, Winthrop Massachusetts
mablair@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "Kearsten Hurley" <khurley@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:31 PM

What about Jackdaws by Ken Follett?

Kearsten Hurley
Glendale Public Library

>>> chaplang@kcls.org 04/18/02 15:51 PM >>>
Hi all,

I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.

Thanks for your help.

Chapple

Chapple Langemack
Reader's Services Coordinator
King County Library System
960 Newport Way NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.369.3318
chaplang@kcls.org
www.kcls.org

FROM: Sarah Flowers <sflowers@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:41 PM

An Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva and Key to Rebecca, by Ken Follett, have
female main characters, although they also have male leads.

Sarah Flowers, Community Librarian
Morgan Hill Public Library
17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4128
sflowers@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us
*** All standard disclaimers apply ***

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Chapple Langemack wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
> the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
> features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
> very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
> detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
> Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chapple
>
> Chapple Langemack
> Reader's Services Coordinator
> King County Library System
> 960 Newport Way NW
> Issaquah, WA 98027
> 425.369.3318
> chaplang@kcls.org
> www.kcls.org
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: David Wright <dwright333@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:52 PM

Hiya, Chapple.
They're pretty rare, but here's a fun
series:
Mareen Tan's 'Run Jane Run' (2000) and 'AKA Jane'
(2001). Another is 'The Cutout' (2001) by
Francine Matthews - the sequel ('The Secret
Agent') is due out this June. And Clare McNab's
series with Agent Denise Cleever, including
'Death Understood' and 'Out of Sight'.
There's always Charlie, the title character of
John LeCarre's 'Little Drummer Girl,' although
she isn't exactly a hero. And Dev Stryker's
(psued.) Amelia Pierce books, including
Deathright and A Wilderness of Mirrors.

David Wright
Seattle Public Library


--- Chapple Langemack <chaplang@kcls.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might like something to play with
> in case it's a slow night on
> the desk. I have a patron who would like to
> find a spy thriller that
> features a woman as the protagonist... not the
> girlfriend. She was also
> very clear that she was a spy/espionage story
> and has no interest in women
> detectives or private investigators. He has
> recently finished and enjoyed
> Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a
> lady in the lead.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chapple
>
> Chapple Langemack
> Reader's Services Coordinator
> King County Library System
> 960 Newport Way NW
> Issaquah, WA 98027
> 425.369.3318
> chaplang@kcls.org
> www.kcls.org
>
>
>
>
......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the
> archives?
> Everything Fiction_L:
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html


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FROM: "Laura Wilder" <lauraw@plano.gov>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 7:24 PM

I just noticed a book in our catalog called Crossing by Night by David Aaron (1993) with the subject Women spies -- fiction. There's a favorable Kirkus review on Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0688092969/reviews/104-9518340-4923950#06880929695121

Laura Wilder
Senior Public Services Librarian
Haggard Public Library
Plano, Texas 75075

-----Original Message-----
From: Chapple Langemack [mailto:chaplang@kcls.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 5:50 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: women spies


Hi all,

I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.

Thanks for your help.

Chapple

Chapple Langemack
Reader's Services Coordinator
King County Library System
960 Newport Way NW
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.369.3318
chaplang@kcls.org
www.kcls.org

FROM: obrienb@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 4/18/02, 7:46 PM

Two names spring to mind: Dorothy Gilman's wonderful Mrs. Pollifax, who starts
her career as a CIA courier in The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, and Helen
MacInnes. Two of her espionage thrillers with women protagonists are Ride a
Pale Horse, and The Snare of the Hunger, at least according to the description
in an older Fiction Catalog. Looking forward to the list.


Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/18/02, 9:02 PM

Modesty Blaise, by Peter O'Donnell. Old series but about six or eight
volumes.

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FROM: "Carla Hutchens" <hutcheca@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 9:02 AM

These are both nonfiction -- Sisterhood of spies: the women of the OSS, by
Elizabeth McIntosh and The spy wore red: my adventures as an undercover
agent in World War II, by Aline, Countess of Romanones. Worth a try.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Carla Hutchens
Director
Guernsey County District Public Library
http://www.gcdpl.lib.oh.us
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chapple Langemack" <chaplang@kcls.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:49 PM
Subject: women spies


> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night
on
> the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
> features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
> very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
> detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
> Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chapple
>
> Chapple Langemack
> Reader's Services Coordinator
> King County Library System
> 960 Newport Way NW
> Issaquah, WA 98027
> 425.369.3318
> chaplang@kcls.org
> www.kcls.org
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Mary Van Dyke <maryv@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 9:12 AM

The Mrs. Pollafax series by Dorothy Gilman features an intelligent,
CIA spy of mature years.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview(IL) Public Library

FROM: Sarah Nagle <snagle@co.carver.mn.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 11:01 AM

I would second the nonfiction suggestion of SISTERHOOD OF SPIES and THE SPY
WORE RED - Aline Romanones also wrote two sequels, THE SPY WENT DANCING and
THE SPY WORE SILK (this last one wasn't as good as the first two). Two
other titles: CAST NO SHADOW by Mary Lovell, the true story of Betty Pack
which was fictionalized in CROSSING BY NIGHT, a previous novel suggestion,
and MONICA: HEROINE OF THE DANISH RESISTANCE by Christine Sutherland. The
novel ENIGMA by Robert Harris had a central female character, although the
"main" character is male.

FROM: Carrie Bissey <cbissey@nsls.info>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 11:33 AM

Another good one is Flint by Paul Eddy (the sequel, Flint's Law, is coming
out in July).

Carrie Bissey
Mt. Prospect Public Library, IL


On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Chapple Langemack wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might like something to play with in case it's a slow night on
> the desk. I have a patron who would like to find a spy thriller that
> features a woman as the protagonist... not the girlfriend. She was also
> very clear that she was a spy/espionage story and has no interest in women
> detectives or private investigators. He has recently finished and enjoyed
> Ludlum's Bourne series, but now she wants a lady in the lead.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chapple
>
> Chapple Langemack
> Reader's Services Coordinator
> King County Library System
> 960 Newport Way NW
> Issaquah, WA 98027
> 425.369.3318
> chaplang@kcls.org
> www.kcls.org
>

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 12:52 PM

I like this line, hope you publish this list for those of us who grew up
with Mrs. Peel as a role model...
additional votes for Janice Weber's FROST THE FIDDLER
HOT TICKET I wish she'd
write another in the series
ditto Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise books
also: Susan Isaacs SHINING THROUGH

FROM: Bradley A Scott <bradley.a.scott@juno.com>
REC'D: 4/20/02, 12:44 AM

Might your patron be interested in nonfiction accounts of female spies,
such as Mata Hari?

Or American Civil War-era spies such as Belle Boyd, Emma Edmonds, or
"Crazy Bet" (Elizabeth) van Lew?

There are some great stories there, like the time that Belle Boyd was
captured by the Federals, but persuaded her military guard to propose
marriage and switch sides. Or the time she shot a rude Union soldier who
had entered her family's house in search of "secesh flags".

Bradley A. Scott

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FROM: "Kristina S. Peters CCPL" <krispe@carr.org>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 2:49 PM

Evelyn Anthony is an author of espionage/suspense I enjoyed. Several of
her books dealt with female spies, one of whom, Davina Graham appeared in
four books, the first of which is The Defector. They are out of
print but should be available via ILL.

Kris Peters
North Carroll Public Library
krispe@ccpl.carr.lib.md.us

FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/22/02, 3:32 PM

For the sake of completeness, though it's not something I'm
recommending...

There were at least two soft-core porno pb serieses about female
spies: THE LADY FROM L.U.S.T. series by "Rod Gray" and the
CHERRY DELIGHT series by "Glen Chase." Both were late
sixties/early seventies. The former was published by Tower
Books and the later by Leisure Books; each ran to some
15 to 25 volumes.

This message also mentions a one-shot pb in same genre, THE GIRL
FROM B.U.S.T.-- I don't know that one.

http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/199906/0108.html

Both "authors" were house names, but the main author under
both names for both serieses was the prolific Gardner F. Fox,
who wrote scads of stuff under various names, including a lot
of DC comic books:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8580/gardfox.html

As I said, just for the sake of (relative) completeness.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/23/02, 8:42 PM

>From: "Kristina S. Peters CCPL" <krispe@carr.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: women spies
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:47:43 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Evelyn Anthony is an author of espionage/suspense I enjoyed. Several of
>her books dealt with female spies, one of whom, Davina Graham appeared in
>four books, the first of which is The Defector. They are out of
>print but should be available via ILL.

Another author of this kind is Ann Bridge, who wrote the Julia Probyn
novels. I think some of her non-series books are also about lady spies.

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