The House of Spies
An old-fashioned classic spy thrillerBy Ben Westerham
Length4h 54m
About this audiobook
Before the Great War, Britain fought its first secret battle.
In the spring of 1912, Alexander Templeman boards a night train expecting nothing more than a quiet journey north. Instead, he is drawn into a hidden world of spies, secrets, and pursuit — a world in which a single mistake can be fatal.
Untrained and unprepared, Templeman finds himself trapped in the Scottish Lowlands by a brilliant and merciless enemy. With time running out and no one he can fully trust, he must rely on judgement, courage, and quick thinking to survive.
As Europe edges toward catastrophe, the information he carries becomes ever more dangerous, and the consequences of failure ever more profound.
Atmospheric, tense, and rich in period detail, The House of Spies is a classic espionage thriller in the tradition of The Thirty-Nine Steps — a gripping listen for anyone who enjoys intelligent suspense, strong characters, and stories that reward close attention.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.6 (32)
Includes Goodreads
GenreAction and Adventure
Length4 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Front Matter
3Chapter 1 A Journey North
4Chapter 2 Lost in a Great Fog
5Chapter 3 A Foreign Doctor
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6Chapter 4 A Surprising Report
7Chapter 5 A Guest for Dinner
8Chapter 6 A Beautiful Patient
9Chapter 7 Suspicions Aroused
10Chapter 8 A Man of Honour
11Chapter 9 A Bid for Freedom
12Chapter 10 A Cell of My Own
13Chapter 11 No Hope for the Future
14Chapter 12 An Unexpected Visitor
15Chapter 13 A Change of Heart
16Chapter 14 A Plan of Action
17Chapter 15 No Smoke Without Fire
18Chapter 16 The Return of a Stranger
19Chapter 17 The Lock Breaker Confesses
20Chapter 18 The Late Arrival
21Chapter 19 London
22An Excerpt from The Meyer-Hoffman Affair
23Closing Credits
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