Ed Maddux Cold War Spy Thriller

Series · 5 books · 2017-2018

By Jack Patterson, R.J. Patterson

Books in series

King of Queens

2017

New York City, Spring 1964. When Charles Pritchett recruits Ed Maddux as a civilian asset for the CIA, Maddux never imagined the shadow world that exists around him . . . or the danger that lurks in his own city. Maddux, whose father mysteriously disappeared, is enlisted to help provide the CIA with surveillance on a long-time friend, city councilman Nicholas Dunn. But Maddux hesitates to help, unsure that what the CIA is suggesting is true. But when he becomes suspicious of Dunn—and he sees the chance to learn more about his father’s disappearance—Maddux agrees to help. With the help of Pritchett and Technical Services Division tech Rose Fuller, Maddux must enter into a shadowy world to stop a deadly attack that would turn the Cold War into a full-fledged conflict. In the tradition of James Bond, this 1960s Cold War spy thriller will have readers on edge until the final page.

To Catch a Spy

2017

Prague, Czechoslovakia. Fall 1964. The alliances between the Russians and the Germans have solidified—and they both found a safe place dangerously close to the free Western world in Prague. Living in the shadows along with his wife and daughter is former Nazi scientist Otto Voss, whose greatest fear is getting captured by the U.S. When Voss goes missing in allied territory, the CIA’s freshly-minted civilian agent Ed Maddux must embark on a mission to capture the scientist. However, as Maddux nears his target, he learns that the stakes are far higher than anyone ever imagined and that his target knows something about the mysterious disappearance of Maddux’s father. As the clock is ticking, Maddux must slip behind enemy lines and stop powerful forces intent on reigniting the war. An explosive edge-of-your-seat thriller fought in the shadows sure to keep readers flipping the pages until the exciting conclusion!

Whispers of Treason

2018

Sometimes targets have killer aim. Fall 1965. Belgrade, Czechoslovakia. When the KGB selected Belgrade as its launching point for Russian super assassins, the CIA’s entire European division was put on alert—especially Charles Pritchett, the German station chief and top target. With CIA agents vanishing, Pritchett dispatches Ed Maddux to investigate and dig up any intelligence that could lead to the capture of Medved, the assassin rumored to be targeting Pritchett. But Maddux finds more questions than answers as an even bigger mystery takes shape: Who is leaking all of the CIA’s secrets? The answer to saving Pritchett and stopping the KGB’s latest threat lies with Maddux’s ability to uncover the mole and spring a trap for Medved. Fans of David Baldacci, Daniel Silva, and Nelson DeMille will enjoy this globetrotting, Cold War-era thriller from international bestselling author R.J. Patterson.

Shadow of Lies

2018

Never trust a man with nothing to lose. Fall 1965. East Berlin. Ed Maddux’s mission was a simple one—retrieve the scientist and get him back across the Berlin Wall before daybreak. But when a great plan falls apart, Maddux finds himself incarcerated in The Stasi, East Berlin’s state prison. And to spring him and complete the original mission, Rose Fuller, the CIA’s technical services director for Europe, hatches a plan that hinges on one unreliable asset—and her station chief knows nothing about it. The fourth book in the Ed Maddux spy thriller series delivers all the action, adventure, and intrigue that has readers coming back for more.

The Man from Leningrad

2018

Is the cost of losing your family worth stopping a world war? Spring 1966. One of the CIA’s most well placed assets in Leningrad, Alexsandr Zhirkov, suddenly goes silent, and the agency’s brass get nervous. Agent Ed Maddux travels from Bonn to meet the Zhirkov, but he remains dark, reluctant to share anything with Maddux. However, after some prodding through back channels, Zhirkov uses his sister as a go-between and a frightening scenario emerges: The Russians are planning to use a nuclear sub to attack the eastern seaboard of the U.S. With little time to prevent such a brazen assault that will surely lead to World War III, Maddux must travel to the obscure launch point for the Russians’ nuclear sub in the Arctic in order to stop the attack and prevent global doom.

Authors

Jack Patterson

Author · 30 books

This is the Profile that Author R.J. Patterson originally released under.

R.J. Patterson

Author · 49 books

*** Signup for my newsletter and receive a free copy of The Warren Omissions, the first book in my James Flynn thriller series, by visiting http://eepurl.com/bZwpdf *** THE FIRST SIGNS that I might like writing—and that I might be slightly competitive—appeared when my year two (or first grade) teacher, Mrs. Holland, asked my class to write and illustrate our day. Mine read like this: “The Red team beat the Blue team, 1 to nil. And I won.” The next 47 entries covered my exploits on the soccer pitch while growing up in Ipswich, England. In South Carolina as a teenager, my dad told me that I could get paid to watch sports provided I could write about it. Sounded easy enough and by the time I was 16, I landed a job at my town’s daily newspaper and had a column on Major League Baseball players from our area. I also covered my first riot there at a sporting event—and it’s safe to say I was smitten with journalism. After graduating from one of the best journalism schools in the country, I took a job as a sports editor in South Georgia and learned firsthand about the passion of high school sports in rural America. I thought I knew before, but I didn’t. This was another world. I also had the opportunity to cover major sporting events like the Olympic Games, the World Series, the Super Bowl, and the Final Four. It was a thrill! But nothing was as thrilling to me as uncovering the truth in investigative assignments. I once broke a story about a prominent southern football team’s NCAA violation—and found out the violating coach had committed suicide only a few months earlier. The story won a national writing award and stoked my desire to write about these issues. It made me realize that the sports world was just another fantastic backdrop for drama. After writing non-fiction books with athletes, for athletes, and ghost writing for many others, I decided to enter the world of fiction writing. It had been something I wanted to do but never found the time. So, I made the time—and had a blast in the process. I’m not out to become the next Faulkner or Hemingway—I’m just out to tell a good story. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them!