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On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:53:58 +0000, danny burstein <
dannyb@panix.com>
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and the Royal Ulster Constabulary has been
replaced by the Police Service of Northern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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