John Gilstrap

Jonathan Grave finds it hard to believe that a fellow combat vet has gone rogue, killing American agents and leaking sensitive intel to hostile foreign interests....

A pulse-pounding novel of two young lovers on the ultimate joyride - racing against the clock and against the law....

This raw and vivid portrait of juvenile detention centers and life on the run catapults John Gilstrap to the forefront of the crime thriller genre. Nathan Bailey is a 12-year-old juvenile-hall orphan with a problem. Covered in blood, he is caught on videotape fleeing from a murder scene. Will...

It begins with a shocking act of vengeance. Barista Ethan Falk chases a customer into the parking lot and kills him. He tells police that years ago the older man abducted and tortured him. Then Ethan's story takes an even stranger turn: He says he was rescued by a guy named Scorpion. Of course...

When the First Lady is kidnapped, a rescue specialist discovers her secrets - and a deadly conspiracy - in a thriller by the New York Times best-selling author. First Lady Anna Darmond's penchant for late night parties in South East DC is a harmless open secret - until she's kidnapped out from...

When those inside the corridors of power need help outside the law, they know who to call. Jonathan Grave, covert rescue specialist, always gets results. No names. No feds. No trace evidence. When an Indiana college student is abducted, Jonathan and his team of ace operatives unravel a deadly...

A hostage rescue specialist is on the trail of a homegrown terrorist organization in this thriller by the New York Times best-selling author. When a cult-like paramilitary group decides to make its deadly presence known, the first victims are random. Ordinary citizens going about their lives in...

John Gilstrap, the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the Jonathan Grave novels, continues his acclaimed Victoria Emerson thriller series with Blue Fire. In the wake of a global conflict that has devastated America, one woman must lead - and protect - a community of survivors...

When a boy under Jonathan Grave's protection dies of a drug overdose, the black-ops veteran decides it's time for a war on drugs that actually looks like a war. Jonathan Grave long ago lost faith with the so-called war on drugs, a futile campaign that enables cartels to make billions under the...

For hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, every mission is a matter of life or death. But he faces his most personal challenge yet when two boys are abducted while being driven to Resurrection House, the school Jonathan founded as a sanctuary for children of incarcerated parents. The boys...

THE STAND meets William R. Forstchen’s ONE SECOND AFTER in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author John Gilstrap’s third pulse-pounding thriller set in an America ravaged by global conflict. As a community of survivors strives to rebuild all they have lost, they look to one...

In best-selling author John Gilstrap's ticking time bomb of a thriller, freelance operative Jonathan Grave penetrates a terrorist cell to stop the detonation of total mayhem on home ground.... America is under fire. One by one, simultaneous terror attacks have left the country reeling. The...

Dear President Bush, My name is Kimberly Anne Muse. I am writing this letter not for me but for my father, Kurt Frederick Muse. As you should know by now, he is a political prisoner in Panama... Born in the United States and raised in Panama, Kurt Muse grew up with a deep love for his adopted...

The son of a government scientist must be found at any cost in this taut political thriller that "starts off explosively and keeps on rolling." (Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter) Deep in the American Heartland, a team of assassins goes to work. In short order, a Chechen scientist and double agent for...

“The novel seizes you on page one and never lets go...this riveting book will stay with you long after you finish it. And to top it all off, he’s created one of the most singular and compelling heroines to come along in years.” (Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author) ...

An exclusive prequel novella to the New York Times best-selling author's award-winning thriller series. FBI Special Agent Irene Rivers is horrified to learn that because of mistakes made by agents under her command, a murderer and child molester will walk free. But now her worst nightmare has...

Irene escapes the treacherous power games of Washington—only to face a new and equally deadly enemy in a rural West Virginia town.

Freelance operative Jonathan Grave faces his fiercest challenge yet in best-selling author John Gilstrap's explosive new thriller....

When undercover fugitives are found in the suburbs, they must race against time—and the FBI—to clear their names in this must-listen. The Brightons are just an ordinary, small-town, law-abiding family—until somebody else's mistake uncovers the truth. Jake and Carolyn Brighton are the FBI's...

Vengeance, murder, and violent political games are on a collision course in a propulsive Jonathan Grave thriller by New York Times best-selling author John Gilstrap. Disgraced US President Darmond has been ousted from office, but his minions have taken aim at everyone they perceive to be enemies...