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Bookaholic Podcast — EX-CIA Agent Unveils Thrilling Secrets

The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s…

BookTribJanuary 9, 2026

Nonfiction

Retired CIA Agent Has Cold War Secrets to Reveal in Historical Tell-All

Readers may be convinced Howard Blum has concocted an eye-popping, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat thriller before realizing it is a remarkable work of non-fiction history. Step aside James Bond to make way for Tennent “Pete” Bagley, a retired CIA agent with secrets of the Cold War to reveal. The Spy Who Knew…

Linda HitchcockAugust 11, 2023

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“ATOMIC TESTING — STAY AWAY!” The Co-Authors’ Childhood Warning From the CIA

What led to the CIA’s rise, and how did they come to accumulate the power they hold today? From the Patriot Act post 9/11 to Snowden and, perhaps most recently, the documents leaked by the young national guardsmen, what the government is doing to us and others behind our backs…

BookTribMay 30, 2023

Thrillers

One-Man Wrecking Ball Picks Up Vince Flynn Legacy

Kyle Mills opens his fourth Mitch Rapp thriller (since taking over the series following the passing of Vince Flynn in 2013) Red War (Atria) with Russian President Maxim Krupin standing in his Kremlin office looking down at the protestors filing into Red Square. The growing backlash and constant threat of being…

Ryan SteckAugust 30, 2018

Thrillers

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

Mike Bond writes with an urgency few other authors have been able to maintain. Mailer was able to do it to some degree. Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson had their ears to the ground. But Mike Bond has assumed this mantle for the 21st century. His writings have covered the…

Matt GillickJanuary 26, 2017

Nonfiction

The Books Are Better: ‘Snowden’ is a Failure, at Least by Oliver Stone’s Standards

Who would have thought that Oliver Stone would play it safe? I certainly wouldn’t think the JFK and Platoon helmsman would decide to pull back when exploring one of the most important stories of the early 21st century regarding our privacy. But I'm here to tell you, Stone played it too…

Matt GillickSeptember 19, 2016

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“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Surfacing (Fiery Dawn), a new thriller by Andrew Dean, brims with secret military operations and what-if scenarios not too far from possibility, if not probability. The book begins in the unforgiving heat of Afghanistan as Theodore (last name redacted) watches the gate of a heavily guarded U.S. military outpost. Teddy,…

Joanna PoncavageApril 11, 2022

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Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

He was midway through a cup of booza, an elastic Levantine ice cream, and nursing a bottle of water when the mind games started. He’d executed the tradecraft perfectly, he thought. Or had he? Had the woman buying ice cream been the same woman from the jewelry store? Had the…

Neil NyrenSeptember 24, 2021

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Jack Ryan Jr. Leaps Into Danger as a Classic Hero in “Target Acquired”

In Target Acquired (G.P. Putnam's Sons), Don Bentley delivers in an action-packed debut as the author of books featuring Jack Ryan Jr., the son of none other than Jack Ryan, the CIA operative who reluctantly became president of the United States. It all started with The Hunt for Red October,…

Dennis HetzelJune 29, 2021

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“Oldogs,” New Tricks in Kip Cassino’s Political Thriller

They are old. They have been in the military, many on dangerous or clandestine missions. They have useful skills that could be of value to an organization like the CIA. They are bored, lonely, and looking to get back in the game. The CIA, writes author Kip Cassino, gets 15,000…

Jim AlkonMay 11, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

“Executive Force:” Political Thriller With Intricate Plot

With a sniper putting the cross-hairs of a 6.5 Creedmore Bolt-Action Rifle on a politician’s forehead in a sleepy New England town and squeezing the trigger? With an operative cutting a fence, breaking into LAX, making his way across the runway, posing as a TSA officer, getting into a plane…

Jim ParryOctober 14, 2018

Fiction

Mike Bond Launches Book Two of ’60s Coming of Age Historical Saga

We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it … —Billy Joel, 1989 Firmly rooted in fact and history, Freedom (Big City Press) is highly readable, bitterly nostalgic, romantic, a little heartbreaking and surprisingly edifying. In this book, the second in a series…

Sherri DaleyNovember 4, 2021

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Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

“I felt my body heat increase as he recounted the tale of the Sempworth, aka Karchenko, case. Lots of loose threads, but all the same color.” Those memorable words come from Decktora Raines, the hero of The Poison Factory, as she seeks to weave enough of those threads together to…

Dennis HetzelJanuary 10, 2022

Fiction

‘Red Sparrow’: Jennifer Lawrence’s New Film is in Theaters and the Final Book in the Trilogy is in Stores

Red Sparrow (Scribner Books), the first book in Jason Matthews' trilogy is a seductive tale of espionage and intrigue just ripe for Hollywood. Sparrow is a dark thriller about a Russian ballerina-turned-spy who infiltrates "Sparrow School," a facility where students are taught to use sex as both a weapon and information-gathering technique.…

Aisha K. StaggersMarch 1, 2018

Fiction

Interview with Sam Lightner, Jr., Author of ‘Heavy Green’

Experienced climber Sam Lightner, Jr. talks with BookTrib about his latest book, Heavy Green. Heavy Green focuses on a little known CIA operation that could shift the outcome of the Vietnam War. Expertly researched, Heavy Green is a historical novel that shows a different side of the conflict at the time.…

BookTribOctober 6, 2017

Bookaholic Podcast — EX-CIA Agent Unveils Thrilling Secrets

“ATOMIC TESTING — STAY AWAY!” The Co-Authors’ Childhood Warning From the CIA

One-Man Wrecking Ball Picks Up Vince Flynn Legacy

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

The Books Are Better: ‘Snowden’ is a Failure, at Least by Oliver Stone’s Standards

“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

Jack Ryan Jr. Leaps Into Danger as a Classic Hero in “Target Acquired”

“Oldogs,” New Tricks in Kip Cassino’s Political Thriller

“Executive Force:” Political Thriller With Intricate Plot

Mike Bond Launches Book Two of ’60s Coming of Age Historical Saga

Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

‘Red Sparrow’: Jennifer Lawrence’s New Film is in Theaters and the Final Book in the Trilogy is in Stores

Interview with Sam Lightner, Jr., Author of ‘Heavy Green’

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