Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Code Name Blue Wren | 2023 | Jim Popkin | Buy |
Code Name Blue Wren (2023) is Jim Popkin’s detailed account of the Ana Montes spy case. Montes was a high-ranking DIA analyst who spied for Cuba for sixteen years, passing along classified information about American intelligence operations in the Caribbean and beyond.
The book traces the full arc of the case: Montes’s recruitment by Cuban intelligence, her rise through the ranks of the DIA, the suspicions that eventually focused on her, and her arrest shortly after the September 11 attacks. Popkin’s investigative background gives the narrative both journalistic rigor and readability.