Matthew Dunn Knihy

On the run from the CIA, Intelligence operative Will Cochrane must uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of a devastating international conspiracy On an assignment in Norway, Will Cochrane is shocked to see an eminent Russian spymaster—code-named Antaeus—whom Will is sure he killed three years ago . . . Will reports to Langley immediately and their response is emphatic: Antaeus must not be touched. Further inquiries require Project Ferryman clearance. Then he sees Antaeus's men execute those Will was sent to protect, and Will decides to take a shot at the spymaster. But the elusive spy slips his grasp again, and both the CIA and MI6 order him to surrender at once. Now the only way to save his career—and his life—is to get inside the U.S. and expose the truth behind Project Ferryman. But to accomplish that he's got to outmaneuver four deadly Russian assassins and an elite FBI team controlled by officials who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe.

Drawing on his extensive experience as an MI6 field operative, the author infuses the contemporary spy novel with urgency and dynamism. The narrative promises to deliver thrilling insights into clandestine missions, offering readers a unique perspective on espionage.

A high ranking female MI6 officer - Jayne Archer - commissions private detectives Ben Sign and Tom Knutsen to investigate two matters: first, why her best Russian double agent has lost her nerve and no longer wants to work for Archer; second, what has happened to Archer's twin sister who was separated from her at birth in Moscow. Sign and Knutsen travel to Russia to get answers. When the truth is uncovered, they realise they've opened a Pandora's Box of lies, tragedy, and treason.

An Argentinian spy ship, disguised as a trawler, has been sailing around the Falkland Islands. The islanders and British military base on the Falklands are aware of the ship. They think it's harmless and ignore the ship. But one winter night, four islanders get drunk in a bar and decide to sail their boat out to sea to confront the spy ship. Nobody knows what happened that night. What is known is that the four men washed ashore the next day, dead. Former senior MI6 officer Ben Sign and his business partner, former under cover cop Tom Knutsen, are tasked by the British military to investigate the deaths. Sign is reluctant to do so until he's told that there was a fifth man on the boat on the night the men sailed out. The fifth man escaped and is somewhere in the Falklands. His evidence of what happened that night could give Britain the ammunition to go to war with Argentina. Sign and Knutsen agree to take on the case. Their task is to find the fifth man before an Argentinian assassination unit gets to him and kills him.

In the fifth electrifying thriller featuring Will Cochrane, the Intelligence agent must solve the unsolvable: How did four international agents working on a super-secret mission die in a safe house bunker that was locked from the inside? When the Israeli ambassador to France is shot dead in Paris by an unknown sniper, the Israeli government blames Hamas and begins planning a massive invasion to obliterate the terrorist organization once and for all. To avoid an all-out war, three members of the UN Security Council—the United States, France, and the United Kingdom—assemble a team of intelligence agents to uncover the truth behind the assassination. But when the team stops responding and all four agents are found dead in a bunker locked from the inside, they turn to freelance intelligence operative Will Cochrane for answers. To find out what really happened in the Paris shooting and in the bunker and prevent an unwinnable war, Cochrane will use his years of knowledge and experience to unravel the truth . . . and maybe just keep himself alive. Critics have called Will Cochrane a “ruthless yet noble” Ft. Worth Star-Telegram , “one-man weapon of mass destruction” Daily Telegraph — "a brilliant agent from whom “Bond and Bourne could learn a thing or two” Madison County Herald .

The world of spy fiction has a writer who deserves comparison to Ludlum and Fleming. -Booklist on Dark SpiesThree years ago, intelligence officer Will Cochrane was brought in by a Delta Force colonel to eliminate a terrorist financier in Berlin.

A cryptic message from a deep-cover CIA agent in Russia signals a potential betrayal and impending war. With communication cut off, the CIA's Director of Operations enlists Will Cochrane, a skilled field officer, for a perilous mission. Cochrane must infiltrate a remote submarine base to find the agent known as Svelte and decipher the urgent message, facing deadly challenges that could cost him his life.

The plot revolves around senior CIA officer Bob Oakland's capture by ISIS during a failed mission in Syria. The captors demand the release of Arzam Saud, a significant figure in U.S. custody, but Washington refuses to negotiate. In response, MI6 officer Will Cochrane is tasked with investigating the situation to uncover Saud's true importance. As tensions rise, Cochrane races against time to save Oakland and unravel the deeper motives behind the demands of the terrorists.

Will Cochrane...lacks James Bond's gadgets but relies on encyclopedic knowledge [and] physical prowess...that even Jack Reacher would envy. - Publishers Weekly on Dark SpiesWill Cochrane wakes up in a hotel room and finds blood on his hands.