If you enjoy it, can I rec Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway? Harkaway is Le Carre's son, and said it was influenced by his father, and his father's friends. It features steampunk bees, the criminal underworld of London (from the perspective of Joe Spork, son of the notorious criminal Matt Spork, trying to go legit), spies in East Asia in World War 2 (from the perspective of Edie Bannister, bisexual spy, who by the current day is an elderly lady with a dog and a large gun, starting to realise that the world she fought for never existed), and an attempt to end the world. And I adore the female characters.