10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks

Here are 10 August releases that the Monitor's book critics found particularly good.

6. "A Colder War," by Charles Cumming

Disgraced British SIS agent Tom Kell is enlisted to help solve the mystery when another SIS agent – Kell's former lover – is killed in Iran. This first-rate thriller takes readers from Iran to Ukraine to Turkey with plenty of twists and turns in between. You can the Monitor's full review of "A Colder War" here.

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