The Bernard Samson novels

Winter covers 1900 until 1945.

Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match together cover the period from spring 1983 until spring 1984.

Spy Hook picks up the Bernard Samson story at the beginning of 1987 and Spy Line continues it into the summer of that same year.

Spy Sinker starts in September 1977 and ends in summer 1987.

Faith, Hope and Charity continue the story into the last years of the Cold War. 

The stories can be read in any order and each one is complete in itself.