Quote by Neil Gaiman

“Detective Sergeant Jonathan Searle, a Cambridge-educated art historian who worked at Special Branch, the muscle behind British intelligence on national security and espionage.”

— Laney Salisbury

“It turned out that somebody had reported a suspicious person on the beach, remember when they used to come in fishing-boats, the illegals, and…

— Salman Rushdie

All was well, until I reached the port of Havre. Three officers with the rank of lieutenant, whom afterwards I knew to be Scotland…

— Philip Gibbs

“Sean Ryan looked at the agents from the BND, Interpol, Mossad, Vatican Intelligence, the Vatican’s Central Office of Vigilance, the Secret Service, the Egyptian…

— Declan Finn

“seventy to eighty former members of their secret police that the British left behind undetected in Philadelphia.”

— Willard Sterne Randall

“I know you, you scoundrel! I have heard of you before. You are Holmes, the meddler.” My friend smiled. “Holmes, the busybody!” His smile…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“it was precisely the amateur spy who was the greatest danger of all. He”

— George Orwell

“It seemed there was an announcement every five minutes from the mythical conductor, imparting sagacious gems such as "large items should be placed in…

— Gail Honeyman

“It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force... There's more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Spies should be able to endure torture and still keep their secrets. I spilled mine out like pennies from a broken piggy bank.”

— Myra McEntire

“Why should we, the brains of the military, have so much anxiety about our contribution to the war that we feel we have to…

— Chris Mackey

“English officer came striding across the field quite deliberately. He stopped, saluted with a ramrod spine, and said, “Arthur Clarke. I gather you’re the…

— Gregory Benford