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LEN DEIGHTON

The Spy Quartet

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

An Expensive Place to Die first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1967

Spy Story first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1974

Yesterday’s Spy first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1975

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1976

An Expensive Place to Die copyright © Len Deighton 1967

Spy Story copyright © Len Deighton 1974

Yesterday’s Spy copyright © Len Deighton 1975

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy copyright © Len Deighton 1976

Introductions copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 2012

Cover designer’s notes © Arnold Schwartzman 2012

Cover design and photography © Arnold Schwartzman 2012

E-bundle cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

Len Deighton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

These novels are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780007458349, 9780007458363, 9780007458370, 9780007458356

Ebook Edition © January 2015 ISBN: 9780008116224

Version: 2017-08-18

Contents

Copyright

About the Author

By Len Deighton

About the Publisher

Cover designer’s note

On a visit to Paris to produce a book on that charming city’s Art Deco architecture, my first stop was to locate the Folies Bergère, the legendary music hall where music would become just one of the many entertainments on offer to patrons. It was the author’s suggestion that I introduce an image that evoked ‘Gay Paree’. I believed that this image would fit the bill perfectly, and indeed it does. The dancing figure of the woman very much symbolizes one of the femmes fatales plying their trade so artfully for Monsieur Datt, and the multitude of swirling patterns behind her lead the eye on many a confusing journey – just like those endured by our intrepid hero.