Spy drama & thrillers

Mick Herron Books in Order (The Slough House, The Oxford Series)

Carole
February 15, 2022November 2, 2022
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All of Mick Herron’s Books!

Who is Mick Herron?

Born in 1963, Mike Herron is a British mystery and thriller writer that has been compared to John Le Carré. He is known for The Slough House series (soon to be an Apple TV+ show starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas).

He published his first novel, Down Cemetary Road, in 2003, launching the Oxford mysteries series. Throughout the following years, he won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards.

He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.

Mark Greaney Books in Order (Gray Man, Court Gentry, Jack Ryan)

Fabien
January 31, 2022May 28, 2023

All of Mark Greaney’s Books in Order!

Who is Mark Greaney?

American novelist Mark Greaney made a name as a writer by working with Tom Clancy on the Jack Ryan (jr) book series. Greaney was a fan of Clancy and got selected as one of the new co-writer on the series at the beginning of the 2010s.

Of course, Mark Greaney also writes his own book series with the Gray Man series about Court Gentry, a freelance assassin and former CIA operative. As it is explained on the author’s website, “in his research for the novels he has traveled to dozens of countries, visited the Pentagon, military bases, and many Washington, D.C. Intelligence agencies, and trained in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and close-range combative tactics.”

A feature film adaptation of The Gray Man is in production at Netflix, with Ryan Gosling in the title role. Mark Greaney’s books are published in nearly two dozen languages and are also available as audiobooks.

Brad Thor Books in Order (author of the Scot Harvath series)

Fabien
January 28, 2022May 28, 2023

All of Brad Thor’s books in order!

Who is Brad Thor?

Brad Thor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author who wrote more than twenty thrillers and served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Analytic Red Cell Unit. He has also lectured to law enforcement organizations on over-the-horizon/future threats and has been a keynote speaker for the National Tactical Officers Association annual conference.

Now, Thor is celebrated for his work on the Scot Harvath series, about a Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent who fights terrorism.

According to his website, prior to becoming a novelist, Brad Thor was the award-winning creator, producer, writer, and host of the critically acclaimed national public television series, Traveling Lite.

Ben Coes Books in Order (Dewey Andreas, Rob Tacoma)

Fabien
January 23, 2022January 8, 2022

All of the Books!

Who is Ben Coes?

Bestselling author Ben Coes served as a White House-appointed speechwriter to the Secretary of Energy during the Gulf War, then worked in the oil sector for Boone Pickens before starting two companies.

Now, he is writing international espionage thrillers, most of them are part of the Dewey Andreas series, but he also recently launched a new series set around former Navy SEAL Rob Tacoma.

Kyle Mills Books in Order (Mitch Rapp, Mark Beamon, Covert-One)

Fabien
January 18, 2022May 22, 2023

All of Kyle Mills’ Books in Order!

Who is Kyle Mills?

American writer Kyle Mills specializes in thriller novels, writing his own spy series, but also new entries in other famous series like Robert Ludlum’s Covert-One. Today, he is known for writing the Mitch Rapp Series, taking over after Vince Flynn’s death.

Before that, Mills became known for his Mark Beamon series, the Fade series, and his standalone thrillers like The Immortalists and Burn Factor.

Simon Gervais Books in Order (Mike Walton, Pierce Hunt, Clayton White)

Fabien
January 17, 2022May 26, 2023
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All of Simon Gervais’ Books in Order!

Who is Simon Gervais?

A former federal agent specialized in protective operations and counterterrorism, Simon Gervais spent nearly twenty years in the military and in law enforcement. Now, he is writing books!

Indeed, Simon Gervais is now a full-time writer and a member of the International Thriller Writers Organization. He is known for his spy thrillers like the Mike Walton series and the Pierce Hunt series.

James Bond Books in Order: How to read Ian Fleming’s series?

Carole
December 31, 2021March 10, 2022

His name is Bond. James Bond.

Who is James Bond?

If you lived under a rock during the past 50 years, you maybe haven’t heard about the famous Bond. James Bond. Created by the British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953, James has been immortalized on the big screen by Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. The handsome secret agent, and maybe the least discreet agent working for Her majesty, enjoys food, drinking, smoking, cars, and women — in no order in particular. He fights rich megalomaniac and evil organizations and saves regularly the world.

It is said that women want him, men want to be him. James is not the most respectful human being on this earth, but with time some of his traits have been diminished on screen, like his more than questionable treatment of women and his smoking habits. He is, no doubt about, one of the most famous spy ever, fictional or not, still living new adventures on screen, and even on paper, more than fifty years after the publication of Ian Fleming’s last book about him. Let’s explore James Bond’s bibliography!

Alan Furst Books in Order (Night Soldiers, Spies of the Balkans, Dark Star)

Carole
December 17, 2021March 18, 2022

All of Alan Furst’s Books!

Who is Alan Furst?

Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels, born in New York in 1941. A graduate from Oberlin College in 1960 and from Penn State in 1967, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazines articles before becoming a full-time writer.

His first published books didn’t really spark a big interest among readers, achieving limited success. He really strike a chord with the reader with Night Soldiers in 1988, which led to a succession of related titles. He is noted for his successful evocations of Eastern European peoples and places during the period from 1933 to 1944.

Alan Furst lives now in Long Island, but he lived a number of years in France before that, first in Sommières (South of France), then in Paris.

Presidential Agent Books in Order: How to read W.E.B. Griffin’s series?

Fabien
December 13, 2021May 26, 2023

By Order of the President…

What is the Presidential Agent series about?

Coming from prolific military author W. E. B. Griffin (RIP), the Presidential Agent series is about Carlos Castillo is tasked by the President to serve as sort of a check on the investigations of the various agencies involved…

Major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, known as Charley, is the son of a German mother and a Tex-Mex father, a Medal of Honor winner who died in Vietnam. A pilot, West Point graduate, and veteran of Desert Storm and the Special Forces, Castillo has a sharp eye for the facts and the reality behind the facts.

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