Five top spy novels set in small towns

Ryan Britt is the author of the non-fiction books Luke Skywalker Can’t Read, The Spice Must Flow, and Phasers on Stun! His writing has appeared with Esquire, Den of Geek, and Inverse, where he is an editor. Britt teaches for the Maine Writers and Publisher’s Alliance, and is a guest instructor at Colby College.

At CrimeReads he tagged five great spy novels set in small towns, including:

End Game (2017) by David Baldacci

Set in Grand, Colorado, End Game, is one of several books in David Baldacci’s compelling Will Robie series. In this page-turner, Robie and Jessica Reel are sent to track down…their boss. Like that disembodied voice on the tape in Mission: Impossible, Robie and Reel had always worked with a handler named “Blue Man,” who, in this book, goes missing in the town of Grand. In a way, End Game is the perfect example of a modern thriller that values spy tactics as much as fishing trips.

Read about the other entries on the list.

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