Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winter Touch | 1981 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
| 2 | The Russian Enigma | 1982 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
| 3 | Pandora’s Box | 2008 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
The Charles Winter series follows a British intelligence operative across three novels with an unusual publication gap. Winter Touch (1981) and The Russian Enigma (1982) established the character during the Cold War, while Pandora’s Box didn’t arrive until 2008, 26 years later.
The long gap between the second and third books means the series spans the Cold War era through the modern intelligence landscape, giving readers an opportunity to see how both the character and the geopolitical environment evolved over nearly three decades.