"A hard-edged covert operative crosses into Mexico--and enters a dark, dangerous spiral--in this novel from "an able practitioner" of the thriller genre (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). A freelancer specializing in covert ops, Joe Gall has been tasked with doing a background check on a millionaire--a job that will take him into the wild and gritty world of 1960s Mexico. Unfortunately, the assignment has already come to a bad end for two different...

"An operative heads to the steamy Caribbean and brings some heat of his own: "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." --Raymond Chandler Joe Gall is the kind of guy who gets called in when no one else can get the job done--a freelance operative with a CIA background who knows how to track down intel, hide in the shadows, find his quarry, and eliminate the threat. Now, a Caribbean island is having a problem with snakes--the kind only someone...

"An agent goes undercover in a militant group in this wild action-adventure tale from an Edgar Award finalist. Freelance operative Joe Gall has been asked to infiltrate the Republic of New Africa, a black militant group--not an easy assignment for a white guy. Using pills to change his skin tone, he goes undercover and joins the organization--with some unexpected results... "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." --Raymond Chandler "[Philip...

"A freelance agent stalks a shadowy arms dealer in this novel of action and adventure by the Edgar Award finalist... Rebellion is brewing in New Grenada--and the government of Cuba is only too happy to help the cause along. Now, freelance agent Joe Gall has been tasked with heading there to gather intel on Mike Bonner, an international salesman of arms and explosives. And when Gall untangles the truth about Bonner's role in the simmering crisis, he...

"With trouble brewing in Burma, it's time to call in the agent of last resort, in this thriller by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). In Washington, they call him the Nullifier--the man to hire when every diplomatic option has failed. Joe Gall is now on his way to Burma, where the government is at its wits' end trying to expel a nationalist Chinese general and his army. And if he needs backup, he...

"One man must stop separatists targeting a tourist destination on the US border in this thriller by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). A movement is afoot in Canada's majority French--speaking province, Quebec, to separate from the rest of the country, and the FLQ is the organization leading the way. But some supporters of the cause are impatient--and want to take the fight to another level. Now ex--CIA...

The dictator of Murundi has been deposed, and his only hope for getting out of the country safely is American operative Joe Gall. But it won't be easy since the general who just took him down has agents on their tail-and their little entourage must count on Gall to protect them as they desperately try to make it across the border . . .

In this international adventure by the Edgar Award—nominated author, freelance operative Joe Gall is on the hunt for a valuable cache of diamonds. But along the way he must break a man out of jail, cross a barren African desert, and fight his way through multiple double crosses ...

In Turkey, a planned prisoner exchange goes dangerously awry. Joe Gall must travel to Turkey after three Americans are abducted by terrorists. The plan is to break one of their compatriots out of jail in order to make a trade for the hostages. But kidnappers aren't known for keeping their promises-and before he knows it, the freelance operative is in deep danger...

As the Troubles rage in Northern Ireland, a mysterious killer has been putting bullets in victims' heads one by one-with no apparent pattern or logic. Now Joe Gall has been tasked with quietly looking into the matter by a high-ranking American cabinet official who fears his son may be involved. Gall sets out to find the boy and bring him home alive-if possible. But the story behind the murders may be more complicated than it seems . . .