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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This week I reviewed A Spy Alone by @aspyalone.bsky.social and use the word “effervescent”. Subscribe to the @opendemocracy.net email for more book recommendations from me! I understand it also contains investigations, news, analysis… stuff like that. And books!

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Quick reminder that fathers like spy novels. #fathersday

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Really enjoyed this chat and enjoyed listening back. Thanks @mattfulton.net and @secretsandspies.bsky.social

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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Need a podcast for your Sunday morning? Check out our latest episode in which @mattfulton.net chats with former MI6 (SIS) officer @aspyalone.bsky.social

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Great to see A Spy at War on sale in Melbourne airport!

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This is wonderful - thank you very much!

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I wrote a SubStack about my books of the year, enjoy! The photo is in no way related to the books, it is just from the section feat. links to my latest articles. open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...

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2025 - my year in books

Reading. It's my hobby.

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Nigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Well, that was intense. Excellent show at Soho place theatre - the first stage adaptation of Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Bravo.

Stage set for The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at sohoplace, opening with a map of western and Eastern Europe with a fallen bicycle in the middle of the stage.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Yes I also enjoyed it very much. Definitely recommended. (And in a sample of one - my companion - you don’t need to have read the book.)

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My turn to thank you. I hope you enjoy it and perhaps it's a break from the academic stuff...

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Life goals: your book being spotted on a shelf @barnesandnoble.com in NYC.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Delighted you enjoyed! Thank you

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Well there's a fair bit of fact in it....😜

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Listened to the audible, it is very good and disturbingly prescient

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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Great book!

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Although it’s fiction there’s a really interesting book from @aspyalone.bsky.social on this called “A spy alone” which explores exactly this topic in the modern age through the eyes of someone who recently retired from about 20 years inside of SIS and was very familiar with the topic in real life.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

“Crème de la crime”. Not that I’m really a crime novelist but @waterstones.bsky.social Victoria are paying me a compliment I’ll happily take.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

To the best of my knowledge Tomlinson is now on good terms with his former employers. I’ve no idea if that means anything in a wider context of course.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Super gratified that A Spy at War was in @thetimes.com list of best thrillers of 2025.

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

People should ask themselves why it isn't.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Old enough to remember when having American businesses in Ukraine was the best sort of security guarantee....

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This was a really thoughtful and lovely review. Thank you @thebookstack.org

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Bookstack @thebookstack.org · 20/08/2025

New book review: Charles Beaumont's debut novel "A Spy Alone", from 2022. "The coolest thing I noticed about Charles Beaumont's 2022 debut ‘A Spy Alone’ is..." newbooks.substack.com/p/a-spy-alone @canelobooks.bsky.social @aspyalone.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #ubergroup #bookreview

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A Spy Alone

Book by Charles Beaumont (2022)

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@unatiers @unatiers.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Because he’s a Russian asset. How much did he transfer to spsteen?

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Chris Buijink @chrisbuijink.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Just finished the prequel after reading the sequel. @aspyalone.bsky.social Charles Baumont’s #ASpyalone. Masterful & simply #unputdownable. A #greatread & a mirror of our troubled times #mustread @canelobooks.bsky.social.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Gosh what an honour! thank you for these kind words @chrisbuijink.bsky.social

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Russia’s cruelty and lies - this is what terrorist state looks like.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A Spy at War is currently a #3 bestseller.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

So much is going on in US law and policy that this event might get lost in the noise. But this appointment is indicative about how far (and bad) things have gone. And it is the Senate that is culpable for not blocking this.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Thank you! Delighted you enjoyed it.

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Chris Buijink @chrisbuijink.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Great #SummerRead: Charles Beaumont’s @aspyalone.bsky.social #ASpyatWar: a gripping tale of betrayal and revenge #unputdownable #mustread @canelobooks.bsky.social

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Spy fiction writers 🙋‍♂️

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mitch @wheresmekeys.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Just finished a couple. A Spy Alone - Charles Beaumont. Really good. A clever Le Carre style plot overlaid on the politically apathetic society that began to emerge in the twenty teens. I’ll absolutely read this again.

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Charles Beaumont @aspyalone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Some signed copies of A Spy Alone in @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford.

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Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

My new book, THE ART OF A LIE, is out in the UK next week! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & Georgian London's first 'iced cream' parlour. I can't wait for you to meet Hannah & William, my two favourite characters of any of my books 💚🍍🍦 💚 www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Lie-Grip...

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