Andrew Turpin

CIA checkmated . . . a defecting oligarch meets a grisly death in London over a game of chess. CIA investigator Jayne Robinson is sent to Moscow on a high-risk mission to find out why. And the US president prepares for a crisis summit as Russia grabs a chunk of Ukraine.The dead oligarch is apparently ready to pass on top secret information about the Kremlin's increasingly hostile plans and strategy. But he never gets the chance.Jayne Robinson is dispatched to Moscow to extract information from a highly-placed asset in Russia's foreign intelligence service.But the operation does not go to plan, and Robinson is left in a desperate battle not just to get what she needs, but for her personal survival.The ensuing game of diplomatic chess becomes highly personal for Robinson as she swiftly learns it's impossible to know who to trust-either on the other side, or on her own.She ends up delving deep for answers into the dirtiest and most dangerous corners of Russian and western European capital cities-as the US president fights to save his career.The Queen's Pawn, book number four in the best-selling Jayne Robinson series, is a nail-biting spy thriller with throwbacks to the Cold War and twists that will shock the reader.

A plot against the United States' election, born in Moscow . . . Two top US officials are gunned down while visiting London. A trail of deception misleads the CIA. And former intelligence operative Jayne Robinson is viciously targeted during a high-risk foray into Russia.Robinson, previously a long-term MI6 officer, is covertly deployed by the CIA in a deniable operation to handle one of its biggest assets in the Kremlin and to get to the bottom of a threat that seems likely to engulf the White House-just as the next presidential election looms.The mission becomes deeply personal for Robinson when it emerges one of the victims is married to one of her best and oldest friends.But nothing is what it seems in this vortex of deception and deceit. As she gets closer to the truth behind the killings, Robinson finds herself challenged to the core while fending off threats from unexpected directions.The Kremlin's Vote, book number one in the Jayne Robinson series, is a gripping modern spy thriller with unexpected twists that will be difficult to put down.

A Russian conspiracy in Washington, DC . . . A passenger jet is shot down, killing hundreds. A mole wreaks havoc in the White House. And an oligarch bent on the most malicious kind of revenge targets Joe Johnson.War crimes investigator Johnson is sent undercover by his former employer, the CIA, to untangle a web of deceit and online blame games in Russia's Black Sea region after the destruction of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine.But he quickly finds he has bitten off more than he can chew-and that the key to the conspiracy lies not in Moscow, but on Capitol Hill in Washington.Johnson, his partner Jayne Robinson, and his friends in the CIA eventually have to come to terms with the fact that Russian methods of infiltrating the US are evolving faster than American counterintelligence realizes in the post-Cold War era, and they are struggling to catch up.The drama reaches a climax in the US capital and on the Black Sea coast, where Johnson's long-term nemesis has a stronghold.The Black Sea, book number six in the Joe Johnson series, is a compelling spy thriller with multiple twists that you won't want to put down.

A deadly legacy of the Cold War . . .A mysterious Nazi source. A desperate escape bid through northern Russia. And life-threatening secrets being leaked by a mole at the heart of Western intelligence. In the fifth book of this thriller series, ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson heads to Berlin to assist with the supposedly straightforward debriefing of a Russian defector. The defector knows the background to the terrorist bombing of the city's famous La Belle nightclub in the 1980s as well as the identity of a Russian agent who is funneling American and British military secrets to Moscow. But things go wrong. Johnson is pursued by his nemesis, the vengeful Russian oligarch Yuri Severinov. And subsequent events turn out to be vastly more complex and terrifying than he expected. Why are ex-KGB and Stasi intelligence chiefs so anxious to prevent Johnson from getting to the heart of what really happened? And what are the Kremlin connections that suck him into a life-or-death chase in St. Petersburg? Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson find themselves battling against the odds to dig out truths that have been concealed for almost thirty years. At the same time, the pair find themselves inexorably drawn toward resuming the brief love affair they once had in Islamabad. The key to solving the conundrum around the Berlin bombing comes from an unlikely direction, and the identity of the Russian mole who is wreaking havoc in the West turns out to be equally surprising. The story works its way to a climax in London and Leipzig as Johnson battles against overwhelming odds to outwit the forces arrayed against him. The Nazi's Son is a thriller with many unexpected twists that will keep the reader guessing right to the end.

A Cold War attack by Soviet helicopters on an Afghan village. A knife-edge CIA operation that goes wrong. And a vengeful mujahideen tribesman, armed with Stinger missiles. When CIA officer Joe Johnson is handed the tough task by his boss of capturing a Soviet helicopter and forging better contacts among the mujahideen, he unknowingly finds himself up against a sinister KGB rival who wants him dead. But after coming under fire, Johnson comes to suspect that his difficulties stem not just from the Soviets--but from a traitor on his own side. To extricate himself from the web of deceit in which he finds himself, Johnson comes to rely on a female colleague from Britain's MI6, Jayne Robinson, to whom he grows unexpectedly close. As pressure mounts on Johnson from CIA headquarters at Langley and politicians in Washington, DC, the story reaches a climax during a life-or-death shootout in Jalalabad. The Afghan, set in 1988, is a thriller that forms a compelling prequel to the Joe Johnson series as a whole. It also creates the backdrop for book four in the series, Stalin's Final Sting, set in Afghanistan, New York City, and Moscow in the present day. Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers dark secrets.

The darkest secrets of a Russian oligarch--a legacy from Stalin. A hidden batch of the CIA's Stinger missiles. And the insatiable Afghan thirst for revenge.Ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson is sucked into an inquiry which delves into the deadly world of Soviet and US undercover operations in Afghanistan during the '80s--and mysterious connections to current US and Russian politics.Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson find themselves pursuing a Russian energy industry oligarch with strong links to Putin and a past he would rather keep hidden and an Afghan mujahideen bent on the most bloodthirsty revenge.The investigation is thrown awry by Johnson's crooked former CIA boss, now on the run, and by a miscalculation of the dangers lurking in the Hindu Kush mountains, ridden with heavily armed Taliban insurgents.The story reaches a raw climax in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Moscow, and Kabul, as Johnson battles to overcome the powerful forces lined up against him, including former KGB agents.Stalin's Final Sting is a gripping thriller--the fourth in the Joe Johnson series--with some twists that the reader will never see coming.Meet Joe Johnson today and watch him uncover buried truths from the past.

A trail of high-profile sniper victims across Northern Ireland. Rising tension over the US president's imminent visit. And the on-going bloody conflict driven by republican terrorists.Ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson quickly realizes there's much more to it after he's called to Belfast by a man who claims to be worried about the impact on his business of a long series of terrorist bombs and shootings.The sniper's body count rises, but with his motive remaining a mystery, fears mount as the president and UK prime minister's visit for a G8 world summit draws nearer. Eventually, Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson come to believe that the key lies in files, documents and secrets from nearly thirty years ago that certain high-flying public figures would rather remained unread.Bandit Country--the third book in the Joe Johnson series--dives into the murky depths of historic conflicts between British security forces and the IRA, as well as the illegal US-based fundraising and weapons smuggling operations that armed the terrorists.Meet Joe Johnson and discover how he uncovers hidden truths from the past in an effort to prevent another devastating crime happening now.