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Double Agent Series

The Double Agent series follows two intertwined espionage stories from the mid-1930s into the closing months of the Second World War: Charles Cooper, a British writer drawn into Soviet intelligence, and a traitor known as Archie who has penetrated the British establishment. Every Spy a Traitor moves from Stalin’s purges and the rise of Nazism to the outbreak of war; The Second Traitor centres on the 1940 invasion scare; and City of Traitors carries the contest into 1945 as Allied victory gives way to rivalry over post-war Europe.

The principal agents and conspiracies are fictional, but Gerlis places them within closely researched political and military settings. The series is planned to continue beyond the three books in this export; City of Traitors is book 3 and is scheduled for publication on 11 August 2026.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

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1. Every Spy a Traitor

Alex Gerlis

4.4(4,293)

Europe in the mid-1930s is becoming a battlefield of intelligence services before open war has begun. British writer Charles Cooper is drawn into Soviet espionage while another agent, known only as Archie, penetrates the British establishment on Moscow’s behalf. As Stalin’s purges intensify and Nazi Germany…

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2. The Second Traitor

Alex Gerlis

4.3(1,631)

September 1940. With German invasion preparations visible across the Channel, British intelligence fears not only Operation Sea Lion but also a network of British and Irish Nazi collaborators known as the Group. Charles Cooper is brought into an invasion-warning organisation and tasked with helping identify the…

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3. City of Traitors

Alex Gerlis

3.3(3)

As the European war approaches its end, Soviet double agent Archie has moved into the diplomatic world of the United States while Charles Cooper is sent into a dangerous mission connected with Italy and the collapsing Reich. The struggle to identify the traitors is now entangled…