Michael Smith Books in Order

This account investigates Captain Patrick Heenan, caught transmitting information to Japan during the invasion of Malaya. It examines the secrets he betrayed, their military consequences and the motives behind a case that British authorities kept hidden for decades.

Drawing on material released after the Cold War, Michael Smith examines British espionage and its changing responsibilities. Historical operations lead into newer priorities, including economic intelligence, weapons proliferation and organized crime, as intelligence services seek a different role.

During the Second World War, an unlikely collection of scholars, linguists and other recruits assembled at Bletchley Park to break enemy codes. Michael Smith follows their struggle with Enigma and other systems, connecting technical achievements with the people behind them.

British intelligence officer Frank Foley used his position in Berlin to help thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution. This biography follows the quiet risks he took, from arranging documents to sheltering fugitives, while maintaining the secrecy demanded by his profession.

Historians and former codebreakers recount the work carried out at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Technical achievements, personal memories and accounts of early computing reveal the people and methods behind one of Britain’s most consequential intelligence operations.

Michael Smith examines Britain’s intelligence services and the changing work of espionage. Alongside the activities of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, he explores economic intelligence and efforts against organized crime, showing how secret operations extend beyond conventional military threats.

Drawing on interviews with former members, Michael Smith investigates a secretive American military intelligence unit known as the Activity. Its history spans covert surveillance and operations supporting special forces, revealing the hidden work behind prominent counterterrorism missions.

This history follows Britain's foreign intelligence service from its birth to the eve of the Second World War. Declassified files and interviews reveal fragile espionage networks, developing tradecraft and the risks faced by officers and agents operating abroad.

Michael Smith examines the intelligence operations that supported Britain's Second World War effort. Codebreaking at Bletchley Park, double agents, covert networks, and escape schemes reveal how specialists and clandestine teams influenced military outcomes away from the battlefield.

Michael Smith follows the British, American and Allied specialists who worked to decipher Japan’s secret communications during the Second World War. Their methods, rivalries and breakthroughs reveal how difficult intelligence work shaped campaigns across the Pacific and beyond.

Drawing on the experiences of women who worked at Bletchley Park, Michael Smith examines their contributions to wartime codebreaking. Stories from varied backgrounds reveal technical achievement, newfound independence and the personal relationships formed within a highly secretive community.

This history follows British codebreakers, intelligence officers and special-operations teams during the Second World War. From Enigma and double agents to clandestine networks in occupied Europe, it examines the risky and often unexpected methods used to support Allied victory.

Michael Smith explores why people become spies and what persuades them to betray secrets. Interviews and historical cases examine the roles of ideology, money, love, revenge and personal ambition in decisions that can endanger both agents and their countries.

In wartime Bavaria, principled detective Peter Ritter investigates murders while the Gestapo watches his every move. Discovering an assassination plot against Hitler leaves him torn between his duty to solve crimes and his hope of saving Germany from its rulers.

Michael Smith traces the intelligence partnership between Britain and the United States from wartime codebreaking to contemporary security threats. Documents and interviews reveal how shared operations endured through Cold War tensions, political disagreements and changing international dangers.