Re: Stella Rimington, British MI5 boss, 90

On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:53:58 +0000, danny burstein <[email protected]>
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                   and the Royal Ulster Constabulary has been
                   replaced by the Police Service of Northern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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