Big Bear, Little Bear by David Brierley
“Brierley succeeds in escaping from John le Carré’s shadow and turning out a book marked by a full measure of originality.” New York Times
Books by David Brierley
Big Bear, Little Bear
The return of the espionage classic. George Orris is a half-Czech British agent working covertly in Prague in 1948 when all of his fellow spies are captured and killed…except for him. Now he has to prove he's not the traitor by revealing the mole within British intelligence.
Cold War
The first novel in the acclaimed Cody series of espionage thrillers. A retired female spy is strong-armed into participating in a deadly undercover operation to prevent an assassination.
Reviews For Big Bear, Little Bear
Quietly impressive: a sort of shorthand le Carré novel, yet with its own voice: chillier, more sour, less consciously literary. The lean narrative authority is unmistakable.
A good, tight spy thriller.
A tightly-plotted story skillfully told and jam-packed with dirty tricks. Readers who want spinetingling drama will find that this suspense novel ranks up there with the best of them.
Done with style. Captures the authentic whiff of a seedy decade.
Brierley writes taut chase scenes with surprising twists.
