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A former Secret Service agent must expose a dangerous conspiracy in this electrifying thriller from the author of THE NIGHT AGENT. Season 2 of the Netflix original series THE NIGHT AGENT out January 2025! Readers love Matthew Quirk: 'Breathless stay-up-late suspense' Lee Child 'A thriller writer to watch' Daily Mail 'Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers' David Baldacci 'A powerful and taut thriller' Mark Greaney 'One of the best thrillers to come along in years' Michael Connelly His job is to protect them. But now he has to save himself. Secret Service agent Nick Averose spent a decade guarding the most powerful people in the US. Now he's a mock killer, testing the security around the highest officials to find vulnerabilities before America's enemies can. But now someone's out to get him. Nick's latest assignment leads him to the home of a former CIA director. But when he breaches the director's study, Nick is entangled in a vicious crime that will shake Washington to its foundations. He's the perfect scapegoat. Nick needs to find out who is framing him for the crime and why. If he can't uncover the truth, a dark conspiracy will consume him and everyone else within the Oval Office. READ ALL THE FANTASTIC THRILLERS BY MATTHEW QUIRK FROM HEAD OF ZEUS - AVAILABLE NOW Hour of the Assassin The Night Agent Red Warning Inside Threat

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'[Hour of the Assassin] restores your faith in writers of breathless thrillers, if not politicians ... The action is non-stop and the tradecraft - especially in the framing of the lone hero - is totally convincing' * Shots Magazine * 'Quirk does a great line in exciting chase novels and Hour of the Assassin is no exception; a great premise, an intelligent background story and plenty of action ... Well plotted, well written, entertaining' * NB Magazine * PRAISE FOR MATTHEW QUIRK: 'Quirk has earned his spot in the front ranks of thriller writers. Opens with a bang and keeps exploding for three hundred pages' David Baldacci. 'David Baldacci territory, but done with a refreshing vigour by Quirk who is making a name for himself as a thriller writer to watch' Daily Mail. 'Breathless stay-up-late suspense' -- Lee Child

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Matthew Quirk, New York Times bestselling author, spent five years at The Atlantic magazine reporting on crime, private military contractors, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs before turning to fiction. He is an Edgar Award finalist and winner of the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel. His novel The Night Agent has been made into a hit Netflix original series. He lives in San Diego. Follow Matthew at @mquirk and matthewquirk.com

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