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Afghanistan

Q&A with Doug Laux, Former CIA Case Officer and Author of Left of Boom

By Crime HQ

April 5, 2016

Read this exclusive Q&A with Doug Laux, author of Left of Boom, and then make sure you're signed in and comment for a chance to win a copy of this harrowing tale of how a CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda! CE: What made you want to go into this line of work…

Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story: A New Excerpt

By Jack Devine

May 28, 2014

Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story by Jack Devine is a historical memoir by 32-year CIA  member and eventual acting deputy director of operations that starts during the Cold War and ends in Afghanistan (available June 3, 2014). Jack Devine ran Charlie Wilson’s War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold…

The Blood of Alexander, a Jonathan Blake/Argo Foundation thriller, by Tom Wilde

Fresh Meat: The Blood of Alexander by Tom Wilde

By Debbie Meldrum

April 29, 2014

The Blood of Alexander by Tom Wilde is a debut thriller featuring a global organization dedicated to stealing back antiquities, one of which may lead adventurer Jonathan Blake to the tomb of Alexander the Great (available April 29, 2014). Part Indiana Jones and part Jason Bourne, Jonathan Blake is a highly-trained antiquities expert for the…

Montana by Gwen Florio

Fresh Meat: Montana by Gwen Florio

By Neliza Drew

October 24, 2013

Montana by Gwen Florio is a debut mystery featuring war correspondent Lola Wicks (available October 25, 2013). I’m no great fan of prologues. I find they tend to distract more than they add the majority of the time. At any rate, any book whose first chapter starts with a female reporter embedded with rebels in…

Afghanistan: My Green Zone Symphony

By Weston Ochse

October 8, 2013

  We hope you'll enjoy this exclusive look at Kabul, Afghanistan's Green Zone through the eyes of a writer serving there, presented as special, long-form feature in four parts.   1. BEING DEPLOYED – THE JOURNEY BEGINS Ever wonder what you’d say if someone came up to you and told you it was time to…

Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel

Fear of Beauty: New Excerpt

By Susan Froetschel

January 12, 2013

Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel is a mystery set in war-torn Afghanistan (available January 15, 2013). The battered body of an Afghan boy is found at the base of a cliff outside a remote village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Did he fall as most of the villagers think? Or is this the work of…

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