Charles McCarry, Author . Overlook $25.95 (476p) ISBN 978-1-58567-545-6
McCarry is another ace spy novelist from the past to whom Overlook's Peter Mayer is giving a new lease on life (as with Robert Littell's The Company
two years ago). Both of them are real pros, with McCarry having a more lapidary style and a
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Charles McCarry, Author . Overlook $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-58567-914-0
Veteran McCarry (The Tears of Autumn
) remains a compelling storyteller, as shown in his latest spy thriller, which chronicles the early career of his series hero, Paul Christopher. In 1939 Berlin, 16-year-old Paul struggles, with his American...
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Charles McCarry, Author Overlook Press $26.95 (389p) ISBN 978-1-58567-762-7
First published in 1983, this is one of a half dozen of McCarry's espionage thrillers featuring CIA agent Paul Christopher, an old school spy who operates in a world where clever and vicious communists are unquestionably the villains, and who is...
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Charles McCarry, Author Random House (NY) $23 (558p) ISBN 978-0-679-41533-6
McCarry (The Tears of Autumn; The Better Angels) knows the world of intelligence and the insider's Washington cold, and it shows. Shelley's Heart is an intricate, skillfully spun novel about high-level political intrigue set in a recognizable near...
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Charles McCarry, Author Dutton Books $18.95 (438p) ISBN 978-0-453-00592-0
Acclaimed for The Tears of Autumn, The Last Supper and other thrillers featuring master-spy Paul Christopher, McCarry now brings us a very different kind of novel set largely in early 18th century London and New England and featuring Christopher's...
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Charles McCarry, Author Dutton Books $19.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-525-24985-6
The author calls this the last chapter in the Paul Christopher saga that has occupied him on and off since The Miernik Dossier (1973). Christopher has remained a somewhat shadowy figure, though there is no denying McCarry's remarkable narrative...
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Charles McCarry, Author Signet Book $5.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-451-17251-8
While it intermittently entertains, this last chapter in the Paul Christopher saga proves to be overreaching and overstuffed. (June)
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Charles McCarry, Author Random House (NY) $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-679-44761-0
Former CIA man McCarry (The Tears of Autumn; Shelley's Heart) is a highly skilled storyteller--and sometime coauthor (Inner Circles, with Alexander Haig)--whose knowledge of agentry and Washington politics is extensive but lightly worn. His...
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Charles McCarry. Atlantic/Grove/Mysterious, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2127-1
Meticulous, intelligent prose is the real star of this excellent espionage thriller from former CIA operations officer McCarry (Christopher’s Ghosts), who focuses more on the psychological challenges faced by street-level agents and those running...
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Charles McCarry. Grove/Atlantic/Mysterious, $26 (320) ISBN 978-0-8021-2410-4
The unnamed narrator of this exceptional spy novel from McCarry (The Shanghai Factor) vows to avenge his father, a disgraced secret agent. The narrator engineers his own recruitment into “Headquarters” (McCarry’s name for the CIA) and, after...
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Charles McCarry, read by Robert Fass. HighBridge Audio, , unabridged, 9 CDs, 10.5 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-62231-943-5
Former CIA operations officer McCarry’s many novels reflect his insider’s knowledge of spy craft. This time he has concocted a splendid revenge tale in which the young and brilliant unnamed narrator sets out to take down the CIA spy masters...
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Charles McCarry, read by Stephen Bowlby. HighBridge Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 9.25 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 978-1-62231-013-5
A nameless American who lives in Shanghai is recruited by a secret U.S. agency known as “HQ” to infiltrate a Chinese business conglomerate, the CEO of which may have ties to Chinese intelligence. But as he settles into his life undercover, he comes...
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