A former Navy SEAL, Jack Carr is now a #1 New York Times bestselling author with his spy thrillers in the vein of Brad Thor’s books (or Mark Greaney’s series) and the writer of what is known as the Terminal List series. He’s writing the dangerous adventures of James Reece, a former Navy SEAL who…
Harry Palmer is one of the most British famous spies, next to James Bond and George Smiley, though he is not always named Harry Palmer. To be exact, the character is unnamed in Len Deighton’s books but the production team for the 1965 film The Ipcress File, based on the novel of the same name,…
Coming from British author Tom Wood, Victor the Assassin is an explosive thriller series about–as you may have guessed–a lethal assassin called Victor. Victor is a freelancer, a professional, a killer–the best there is. He’s ice-cold, methodical, and deadly. He lives alone. He operates alone. No one knows his background or even his name. For…
Coming from British author Robert Muchamore, CHERUB is a popular series of teenage spy novels about a fictional division of the British Security Service called… CHERUB. CHERUB agents are aged between ten and seventeen. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail. How…
Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels, born in New York in 1941. A graduate of Oberlin College in 1960 and from Penn State in 1967, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles before becoming a full-time writer. His first published books didn’t spark a big interest among readers, achieving limited…
Dr. John Patrick “Jack” Ryan, Sr., KCVO (Hon.), Ph.D., is an iconic character brought to life by the imagination of Tom Clancy. When we first encounter him, Ryan is a highly skilled CIA analyst with a Marine Corps background. However, his journey is far from over, as he steadily ascends through the ranks of the…
Written by American author Alan Furst, the Night Soldiers novels are espionage thrillers taking place in Europe, starting in the 1930s and through World War II. Those are realistic stories of (mostly) reluctant heroes in wartime, an exploration of the multiple resistance movements all over Europe, from occupied Paris to London, from the front to…
Lord Alexander Hawke is a British secret agent created by American author Ted Bell. While sailing in the Caribbean, young Alex Hawke witnesses an act of unspeakable horror as modern-day pirates brutally murder his parents. It is a tragedy that will haunt him forever, and shape his destiny. Now an adult, Alex Hawke works as…
Written by prolific American author Nelson DeMille, this action/suspense series is about a retired cop John Corey who starts working for the FBI to track down terrorists. John Corey is indeed a former homicide detective. He is medically retired from the NYPD with 3 gunshot wounds. He ended up in Long Island where his career…
Coming from Mark Dawson (John Milton), a self-published English author, the Beatrix Rose series is about a betrayed assassin with a kill list who wants revenge. Ten years ago, Beatrix Rose headed an off-the-books hit squad to carry out the dirty work of the British government. When she discovered that the commander of the squad…
Gabriel Allon is the main protagonist in this series written by former journalist and award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. It’s a spy thriller focusing on an ex-Israeli intelligence operative who now lives under the cover of an Italian art restorer, Mario Delvecchio, in Cornwall, while working for a London-based art dealer….
Stone Barrington is a creation of Stuart Woods. He is a former detective forced out of the NYPD because he too often disagreed with his superiors. Now, he is a lawyer who is ‘of counsel’ to Woodman & Weld, a prestigious Manhattan law firm. He handles cases with which the firm does not wish to…
