Espionage and Military Thrillers

Spies and Lies and all sorts of Thrills

Updated March 16, 2024
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Breakneck
Cameron, Marc
Paper Book
"Cameron's novels hook you from the first line, cement your eyes to the page, and grip your heart in a vice. I can't think of another writer whose work I admire more." --William Kent Krueger "Looking for authentic action, suspense, drama, and mystery? Look no further than U.S....
In the blood : a thriller
Carr, Jack
Paper Book
"Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!" --Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global journey of vengeance.<...
Winter work
Fesperman, Dan
Paper Book
An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets up for grabs just after the fall of the Berlin Wall--from the acclaimed author of The Cover Wife "Fesperman accurately depicts the corrosive effect of life under a surveillance society, debasing...
Night soldiers : a novel
Furst, Alan.
Paper Book
Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin’s purges, Khristo flees to Paris....
Sierra six
Greaney, Mark
Paper Book
It's been years since the Gray Man's first mission, but the trouble's just getting started in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team.   ...
Slow horses
Herron, Mick
Paper Book
THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIRST SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB. Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond:...
Los Alamos : a novel
Kanon, Joseph.
Paper Book
Spring 1945. As work on the first atomic bomb nears completion on a remote mesa in New Mexico, Karl Bruner, a Manhattan Project security officer, is found murdered in nearby Santa Fe. Is Bruner the victim of a violent sexual encounter, as the local police believe, or is his death a crime that...
Assassin's edge
Larsen, Ward
Paper Book
USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen's globe-trotting assassin, David Slaton, returns for another breathless adventure in Assassin's Edge! A U.S. spy plane crashes off the northern coast of Russia at the same time that a Mossad operative is abducted from a...
White fox : a novel
Matthews, Owen
Paper Book
A page-turning thriller about two competing KGB operatives on a race across Russia and against time to uncover the devastating truth behind the assassination of JFK. 1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of President Kennedy's death. Lieutenant...
Moscow X : a novel
McCloskey, David
Paper Book
CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max's family business in Mexico--a CIA front since the 1960s--is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a...
The price you pay
Petrie, Nicholas
Paper Book
Peter Ash must follow his closest friend, Lewis, into the criminal underworld when secrets from the past threaten everything they hold dear in this propulsive new thriller from the bestselling and award-winning series.     Lewis has helped Peter Ash out of...
The Helsinki affair : a novel
Pitoniak, Anna
Paper Book
One of The Washington Post's Best Thrillers of 2023 It's the case of Amanda's lifetime but solving it will require her to betray another spy--who just so happens to be her father in this "delicious spy novel" (People). Spying is the family...
Red warning : a novel
Quirk, Matthew
Paper Book
"Intricately plotted with extraordinary characters and riveting action." --Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In the Blood In this electrifying thriller from the author of The Night Agent now on Netflix, CIA officer Sam Hudson races to find a deep cover...
Child 44
Smith, Tom Rob
Paper Book
In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent. Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron...
Sleeping bear : a thriller
Sullivan, Connor
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST MYSTERY/CRIME NOVEL "Sleeping Bear is...one of those rare novels that keeps getting better and better and better. Remember the author's name--Connor Sullivan." --James Patterson A former Army veteran seeking...
The Lions of Lucerne
Thor, Brad.
Paper Book
In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action -- and a shattering climax -- as one man is pushed to the edge. On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the...

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