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The third in our collection of guides to the great London spy novelists, following on from John le Carre''s London and Lamb''s London - which explores the city as it appears in Mick Herron''s Slough House novels. Ian Fleming''s life was, in many aspects, identical to that of his creation, James Bond. They smoked the same cigarettes, drank the same cocktails, and went to the same restaurants. Much of the London that Fleming knew exists today, and with this guide, you can visit his tailor, drink at his favourite bar, buy his preferred aftershave, even loiter outside his flat. It''s a tour that takes in some of London''s wealthiest neighbourhoods, places immune to change, that would be immediately recognisable to Fleming 60 years after his death in 1964. And it brings to vivid life the agent known as 007, whose habits and preferences so mirror that of his creator.

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In 75 novels and numerous short stories, through all weathers and across five decades, Chief Inspector Maigret crisscrossed the streets of Paris, unflappable in his pursuit of villainy. The creation of Belgian-born Georges Simenon (1903-1989), Maigret is among the best-known and loved characters in detective fiction, translated into more than 50 languages, with numerous film and television adaptations. In this guide, we plot the city Maigret knew, his home on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, the Police Judiciaire at Quai des Orfevres, railways stations, hotels, parks and canals. Where Simenon used his imagination, we suggest real-world sources. For the reader at home, Maigret''s Paris is a companion to the books. For the visitor to Paris, it''s a practical guide.

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A guide to the New York you always wanted to see but feared might have disappeared for good. From Patsy''s Pizzeria in Harlem, to the Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown, it depicts a city where that old cantankerous spirit lives on.

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In this map and guide we chart the brief, intense period of the Profumo Scandal of 1963. An affair that shocked the establishment, bringing together spies, politicians, teenage ''good-time girls'', slumlords and sundry inhabitabitants of London''s demi-monde. Cliveden Estate, July 1961: 19-year-old model Christine Keeler is introduced to John Profumo, Secretary of State for War. The pair embark on a brief affair, however, Christine is also enjoying the attention of Yevgeny Ivanov a Soviet agent who is being monitored by MI5. The man who links this trio is osteopath Dr Stephen Ward. That would likely have been the end of the story had other elements of Keeler''s life not spiralled out of control culminating in gunfire in a quiet mews in Marylebone. The press would soon join the dots between Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies, John Profumo and an ever-expanding cast of those on the fringes of a sexually liberated London underworld.

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