''Embassy'' is a 1969 spy thriller novel by a British writer named Stephen Coulter.Reilly p.362 A top Soviet official defects to the West and takes shelter in the American Embassy in

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. In 1972 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Gordon Hessler starring Richard Roundtree and

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* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1969 British novels British spy novels British thriller novels Cold War spy novels Novels set in Paris British novels adapted into films Spy novels adapted into films Novels by Stephen Coulter Heinemann (publisher) books {{1960s-spy-novel-stub