Bøker av Matthew Quirk

From the author of The Night Agent, now a worldwide hit Netflix series, an electrifying thriller set at the heart of the American government. With the President at risk from a threat closer than anyone could have imagined, only one operative can save him. Assume the worst. Code Black.The White House has been breached. The President has left for a secret bunker with only his most trusted agents and officials: those dedicated to keeping the US government intact at all costs.Erik Hill has given his life to the Secret Service, but years of dealing with Washington sleaze has replaced his enthusiasm with disillusionment. With the US government under attack, though, and no one better equipped to face down the threat, Erik can't ignore his calling.But he has never dealt with a threat like this. The President may have headed to safety. but what if the danger was there with him all along? With killers ready to strike inside the bunker, it will take everything Erik has to save his leader, his country - and himself.'The breakneck pace never flags... Readers will be eager for a sequel.' Publishers Weekly

Intricately plotted with extraordinary characters and riveting action. -Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In the BloodCIA officer Sam Hudson races to find a deep cover operative loose in the U.S. and a mole in the Agency before they can launch a devastating attack on Washington, D.C., in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from the author of The Night Agent and Hour of the Assassin.For years CIA officer Sam Hudson has been hunting Konstantin, a Russian deep cover operative responsible for a string of assassinations in the West--and he believes a well-placed source in Geneva can finally get him close to the killer. But when their meeting is ambushed, Sam's partner is murdered and he barely makes it out alive himself.Back in the States, the bosses put him on leave and want him to drop his obsession with Konstantin, but Sam can't let a man who's taken so many lives slip away again. When he gets a mysterious call at the Lincoln Memorial just before a bomb goes off, he realizes Konstantin has followed him to the U.S.--and is targeting him and everyone close to him. Teaming up with fellow CIA officer Emily Pierce, he sets out to redeem himself and uncover a plot that has been lying in wait since the end of the Cold War, its elements hidden among the most iconic buildings in the capital.With enemies lurking both inside and outside the Agency and the Russian threat looming ever larger, Sam must use all his training and nerve to stop Konstantin before he can trigger the plot to devastate Washington and bring the US to its knees.

Plenty of breathless one-more-chapter, stay-up-late suspense wrapped around a meaty and timely story ... irresistible.Lee ChildTo find a Russian mole in the White House, an FBI agent must question everything. . . and trust no oneTo save America from a catastrophic betrayal, an idealistic young FBI agent must stop a Russian mole in the White House in this exhilarating political thriller reminiscent of the early novels of John Grisham and David Baldacci.No one was more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when hes tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. From his earliest days as a surveillance specialist, Peter has scrupulously done everything by the book, hoping his record will help him escape the taint of his past. When Peter was a boy, his father, a section chief in FBI counterintelligence, was suspected of selling secrets to the Russiansa catastrophic breach that had cost him his career, his reputation, and eventually his life. Peter knows intimately how one broken rule can cost lives. Nowhere is he more vigilant than in this room, the sanctum of Americas secrets. Staffing the night action desk, his job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has notand might nevercome. Until tonight.At 1:05 a.m. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells Peter that her aunt and uncle have just been murdered and that the killer is still in the house with her. Before their deaths, they gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: Tell them OSPREY was right. Its happening. . . The call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor. Anyone could be corrupted. To save the nation, Peter must take the rules into his own hands and do the right thing, no matter the cost. He plunges into a desperate hunt for the traitora treacherous odyssey that pits him and Rose against some of Russias most skilled and ruthless operatives and the full force of the FBI itself. Peter knows that the wider a secret is broadcast, the more dangerous it gets for the people at the center. With the fate of the country on the line, he and Rose must evade seasoned assassins and maneuver past jolting betrayals to find the shocking truthand stop the threat from inside before its too late.

CIA agent Sam Hudson hunts his old enemy, Russian operative Konstantin, across Europe, but the real danger is back in Washington.

Mike Ford har ikke den mest åpenbare bakgrunnen til en forretningsadvokat. Han var på full fart inn i en kriminell løpebane før han begynte å studere juss på Harvard. Nå har han fått drømmejobben hos The Davies Group, en mektig politisk lobbyist som blir ledet av den karismatiske Henry Davies. Mike havner midt i maktens sentrum og har mer penger og flere privilegier enn han kunne drømme om. Endelig har brikkene falt på plass. Men snart går det opp for ham at alt har en pris. Henry Davies trenger en til å gjøre utføre et spesielt oppdrag, og valget faller på Mike. Men bare fordi man jobber på lovgivernes side, betyr ikke det at arbeidet er lovlig. Mike oppdager at det ikke er plass til etikk og moral når du arbeider for djevelen. Plutselig må han gjøre alt det han trodde han ikke skulle gjøre igjen: lyve, bedra, stjele og denne gangen kanskje også drepe.

A former Secret Service agent must expose a dark conspiracy. If he can't uncover the truth, it will consume him and everyone else within the Oval Office...

Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers. Opens with a bang and keeps exploding for three hundred pages."e;David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling author of A Minute to MidnightFramed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agenta propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels.As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the most powerful men and women in America and developed a unique gift: the ability to think like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill in a little-known but crucial job. As a red teamer, he poses as a threat, testing the security around our highest officials to find vulnerabilitiesbefore our enemies can. He is a mock killer, capable of slipping past even the best defenses.His latest assignment is to assess the security surrounding the former CIA director at his DC area home. But soon after he breaches the mans study, the homes inner sanctum, Nick finds himself entangled in a vicious crime that will shake Washington to its foundationsas all the evidence points to Nick.Nick knows hes the perfect scapegoat. But who is framing him, and why? To clear his name, he must find the trutha search that leads to a dark conspiracy whose roots stretch back decades. The prize is the most powerful position in the world: the Oval Office.To save himself and the people he loves, Nick must stop the men who rule Washington before they bury him along with their secrets.This one is a gritty, intense politicalthriller, filled with nuance and dire exploits. Totally entertaining. A treat from start to finish.Steve Berry, author ofThe Malta Exchange

An FBI agent must expose a Russian mole in the U.S. government. The nation's at stake and innocent lives are in his hands.

John Hayes must leave behind his peaceful retirement to find out who's hunting down America's most elite special ops soldiers--in their own homes.

The blistering follow up to THE 500 has Mike Ford attempting a high stakes heist of the Federal Reserve