The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross (books 1 and 2 of the Laundry Files series). 345 p. and 313 p.
Since I just read the new entry in this series, I wanted to revisit the earlier books--I couldn't remember many details about Mo, for instance. AA features a plot involving terrorists, Nazis and extradimensional horrors. JM riffs very specifically on James Bond adventures and Deep Ones. In both, our narrator Bob tries to keep his geeky self alive by using his computer expertise to hack Dho-Na summoning curves and suchlike. A fun mashup of spies, lovecraftian horror, and interoffice politics in civil service jobs.
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