Thriller
Operation Underworld
Operation Underworld is based on a true story about the underground partnership between the American government and the Mafia. This…
The Swiss Courier
Imagine yourself in 1944 Switzerland, literally surrounded by a bloody war. Hitler’s Gestapo is tracking down enemies of the Reich,…
Blood’s a Rover
This concludes the Underworld USA Trilogy, which began with American Tabloid and continued through The Cold Six Thousand. Flashbacks and…
Rome, The Emperor’s Spy
Editors' choice
This is a spy thriller which opens in Jerusalem in the reign of Tiberius where a young man, Math, watches…
Goodnight Vienna
Goodnight Vienna is a ’30s title out of the last century – but this is a modern novel printed in…
Broken Jewel
A Japanese prison camp in the Philippines is the setting for a tense novel of brutality, endurance, hope, and, most…
Stardust
In 1945 Hollywood, the end of World War II, while cause for rejoicing, also ushered in the beginning of the…
The Coral Thief
Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel…
The Tehran Conviction
The third novel to feature Gabbay’s CIA sleuth, Jack Teller, pivots between Teller’s 1953 assignment in Iran and his return…
Turbulence
From time to time weather forecasters find themselves in the news (remember Michael Fish and the hurricane?) but mostly, they…
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