Espionage and Military Thrillers

Spies and Lies and all sorts of Thrills

Updated March 16, 2024
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Breakneck
Cameron, Marc
"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
"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
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...
Sierra six
Greaney, Mark
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
Now an Apple Original series streaming on Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to...
Los Alamos: A Novel
Kanon, Joseph
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The suspense novel for all others to beat . . . [a] must read."--The Denver Post WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL It is the spring of 1945, and in a dusty, remote community, the world's most brilliant...
White fox : a novel
Matthews, Owen
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
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
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
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
"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
A propulsive, relentless page-turner. A terrifying evocation of a paranoid world where no one can be trusted. A surprising, unexpected story of love and family, of hope and resilience. CHILD 44 is a thriller unlike any you have ever read. "There is no crime." Stalin's Soviet Union strives to be a...
Sleeping bear : a thriller
Sullivan, Connor
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 : a thriller
Thor, Brad
In his daring and chilling first novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action as one man is pushed to the edge. On the snow...

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