The Night Agent
A Novel
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4.3 • 616 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The basis for the hit Netflix series. A “paranoid, pulse-pounding thriller that could not be more prescient” (Joseph Finder) about one FBI’s agents’ attempt to unravel an international conspiracy that Lee Child calls ‘irresistible.’”
At 1:05 A.M. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells FBI Agent Peter Sutherland that two people have just been murdered and that the killer might still be in the house with her. One of the victims gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: “Tell them OSPREY was right. It’s happening...”
The call thrusts FBI Agent Peter Sutherland into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor. Anyone could be corrupted. To save the nation, Peter must take the rules into his own hands, question everything, and trust no one.
The Night Agent marks the return of the classic conspiracy thriller, and “drips with the kind of eye for the telling detail that only a canny reporter, detective or spy possesses.” (Forbes) With incredible twists and heart-stopping action, this electrifying novel pulls back the curtain on Washington power and confirms Matthew Quirk as a new master of suspense.
Don't miss Matthew Quirk's twisty new thriller, Inside Threat!
Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by Matthew Quirk:
· Red Warning
· Hour of the Assassin
· Dead Man Switch
· Cold Barrel Zero
· The Directive
· The 500
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The fate of American democracy hangs in the balance as a low-level FBI agent wrestles between doing what he’s told and doing what’s right in this white-knuckle spy thriller. Peter Sutherland has a boring job at the White House, sitting by a phone that rarely rings. That is, until one fateful evening, when a call from a frightened woman named Rose Larkin draws him into a festering Russian conspiracy that implicates the uppermost echelons of government. With breakneck pacing and a cloak-and-dagger Cold War vibe, Matthew Quirk’s tightly wound story had a grip on us from that first telephone ring. Haunted by the accusations of treason that brought down his own father, Sutherland is bursting with just the kind of dogged determination you want in a spy hero. It’s no surprise this pageturner was adapted into a TV series, but trust us, the book is even better.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Idealistic FBI agent Peter Sutherland, the hero of this uneven political thriller from bestseller Quirk (The 500), works the night shift in the White House situation room, standing by for an emergency call "that might never come." Finally, he gets one from Rose Larkin, whose uncle and aunt, American counterintelligence agents Henry and Paulette Campbell, have instructed her to make a "night action" call and flee their house in a residential Washington, D.C., neighborhood. The Campbells possess a red ledger containing evidence of meetings between a high-placed U.S. government official and Russian intelligence officers, and a Russian operative is prepared to kill for it. Initially an innocent pawn in a game of high-stakes intrigue, Rose soon becomes a target, and Peter has found himself a mission. He's a sympathetic figure with something to prove (his FBI counterintelligence agent father was accused of being a traitor), and Quirk keeps the action moving at a cinematic clip. But Peter is too earnest by half, and those expecting nuance will be disappointed. Still, readers looking for a highly contemporary take on relations between the U.S. and Russia will be rewarded.
Customer Reviews
Worth the read if you liked the Netflix series!
I would say the plot is waaay better than the Netflix series, but I liked both and there are crazy unexpected plot twists in both. So if you liked the show, definitely read this! It kept me on the edge of my seat even after just watching the Netflix series. I feel like there definitely could be a sequel, but the ending has a nice finality to it.
The Night Agent
Well written with great characters, fast paced action and compelling story that ties in with current political themes.
Very good
Great read. Kept me interested the entire book. First book I have read by this author but will definitely read more.