The Agency: Central Intelligence

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1. The Veil

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2. Black Doves

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   Helen Webb, politician's wife, doting mother, and professional spy, has been passing on her husband's secrets to the Black Doves, the shadowy organization for whom she works. But when her lover Jason is assassinated, Helen's life is turned upside down, and only her old friend Sam Young can keep her safe. But Sam, a suave, champagne-drinking assassin, also has problems of his own. Out of the game, since his last job went wrong, he soon realizes his past is coming back to haunt him. Together, they set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy. One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis — and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they've made.

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   2016 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning96% match

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.1).

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5. The Honourable Woman

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended92% match

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6. Lioness

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7. Spy City

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   Spy City follows an English spy who is sent to Berlin in 1961 to sift out a traitor in the UK Embassy or among the Allies, shortly before the construction of the Berlin Wall. The city, declared by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as "the most dangerous place on earth," is teeming with spies and double agents. One wrong move could trigger the looming threat of nuclear war as American, British and French troops in West Berlin remain separated from their Soviet and East German counterparts by nothing more than an imaginary line.

8. Slow Horses

   2022 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning91% match

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   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

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    2025 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning90% match

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