XPost: rec.arts.books, alt.books   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:53:58 +0000, danny burstein    
   wrote:   
      
   >[AFP via Yahoo!]   
   >   
   >Stella Rimington, first woman to lead UK's MI5 dies at 90   
   >   
   >Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the UK's domestic secret service   
   >MI5, has died at the age of 90, the spy agency announced on Monday.   
   >   
   >Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the   
   >inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played   
   >by UK star Judi Dench.   
      
   Never mind hypothetical roles she *may* have inspired, she has a much   
   better claim to fame as the author of several spy novels, to which she   
   brought her real-life experience. Among her books are the following:   
      
   Rimington, Stella. 2010. Present Danger. London: Quercus.   
                  ISBN: 978 1 84916 194 7   
                      There is a fragile peace in Northern Ireland,   
                      and the Royal Ulster Constabulary has been   
                      replaced by the Police Service of Northern   
                      Irealnd, with the intelligence-gathering   
                      function given to MI5. But some are not happy   
                      with the peace, and a shadowy company led by   
                      an American, Seamus Piggott, seems intent on   
                      stirring up old animosities.   
      
   Rimington, Stella. 2004. At risk. London: Arrow.   
                  ISBN: 0-09-946139-0   
                      Liz Carlyle works for MI5, and becomes   
                      involved in a murder investigation in Norfolk   
                      that may involve a terrorist from the Middle   
                      East, and possibly a local accomplice, an   
                      "invisible".   
      
   Rimington, Stella. 2007. Secret asset. London: Arrow.   
                  ISBN: 978-0-09-947259-9   
                      While her colleagues are investigating a   
                      suspected terrorist plot, MI5 agent Liz   
                      Carlyle is asked to look for a mole within the   
                      department.   
      
   Rimington, Stella. 2008. Dead line. London: Quercus.   
                  ISBN: 978-1-84724-310-2   
                      A British agent receives a report that someone   
                      is planning to disrupt a Middle East Peace   
                      conference, and Liz Carlyle is given the job   
                      of finding out how real and how serious the   
                      threat is.   
      
   Rimington, Stella. 2012. The Geneva trap. London: Bloomsbury.   
                  ISBN: 978-1-4088-1965-4   
                      Geneva, 2012. When a Russian intelligence   
                      officer approaches MI5 with vital information   
                      about the imminent cyber-sabotage of an   
                      Anglo-American Defence programme, he refuses   
                      to talk to anyone but Liz Carlyle. But who is   
                      he, and what is his connection to the British   
                      agent?   
      
      
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