London Match

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London Match

First edition cover
Author	Len Deighton
Language	English
Genre	Spy novel
Publisher	Hutchinson
Publication date	1985 (UK)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	405 pp
ISBN	978-0-09-161890-2
OCLC	12502667
Preceded by	Mexico Set
Followed by	Spy Hook

London Match is a 1985 spy novel by Len Deighton, concluding the first of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). London Match is part of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, being preceded by Berlin Game and Mexico Set. This trilogy is followed by the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy and the final Faith, Hope and Charity trilogy. Deighton's novel Winter (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory to some of the characters.

London Match concludes the story that began with Berlin Game, where Bernard Samson's wife Fiona was unmasked as a KGB double agent and was forced into defecting, and that was continued in Mexico Set, where Bernard Samson assisted the defection of Erich Stinnes, his KGB opposite number.