Len Deighton, Bestselling Spy Novelist, Dead at 97

Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. Deighton’s literary agent, Tim Bates, said he died Sunday. No cause of death was given. Deighton’s first novel, “The IPCRESS File,” helped set the…