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Gregg Hurwitz

Book Review: Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz

By Susan Amper

January 23, 2020

Into the Fire is the 5th entry in Gregg Hurwitz’s hugely entertaining Orphan X series, which follows Evan Smoak, who at the age of 12 was plucked from a foster home and trained as an assassin for the government’s secret Orphan X program. He’s Jason Bourne with a touch of MacGyver and a hint of…

Into the Fire: New Excerpt

By Gregg Hurwitz

December 9, 2019

Chapter 1 The Terror The industrial sliding doors heaved open to a burst of bitter alpine air, a dizzying flurry of snow, and a barrage of hoarse cries. “Hello—goddamn it—somebody help! He’s bad. He’s really—Oh, Jesus, wake up, Grant. Please, just—Someone help!” From the blurry white, Terzian emerged, lugging his injured companion into the waiting…

Cover Reveal: Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz

By Crime HQ

Enjoy this exclusive first look at the cover for Into the Fire, the latest in Gregg Hurwitz’s New York Times bestselling Orphan X series—available from Minotaur Books on January 28th, 2020. Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin, Orphan X, after breaking with the Program, reinvented himself as The…

Pick Your Favorite Gregg Hurwitz Cover

By Crime HQ

June 12, 2018

If you’ve been following Criminal Element over the past few years, it will come as no surprise when we tell you that we’re huge fans of Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series. And based on the reactions we’ve gotten to our coverage of this series, its clear that you, our readers, are big fans too! So…

New Look, Same Great Books Bundle Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

March 28, 2018

At CrimeHQ, we're dedicated to bringing you the best in crime and mystery. And now, the site you know and love will be getting an upgrade! So for the next week or so, we'll be busy getting everything in order and moving our great content over to our new site. But, in the meantime, we…

Review: Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz

By Deborah Lacy

February 5, 2018

Evan Smoak―government assassin gone rogue―returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Leaked! Read a transcript from the audio recording of a tumultuous interview between Gregg Hurwitz and his government assassin gone rogue, Evan Smoak! Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series is a wild…

5 New Books to Read this Week: January 30, 2018

By Crime HQ

January 31, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Wow. What a week! J. D. Robb's 46th In Death mystery. Gregg Hurwitz's latest Orphan X thriller. Allison Brennan's 13th Lucy…

Transcript: Audio Recording of Interview with Orphan X

By Gregg Hurwitz

January 30, 2018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             DESIGNATION TS/SCI Date: 23 January 2018 Location:                  Facility:                  Transcript ordered by                  ,                   Subject: Gregg Hurwitz interview of Orphan X, aka the Nowhere Man, aka Evan          

Book-Inspired Cocktails: “Evan Smoke”

By Adam Wagner

January 26, 2018

Orphan X. The Nowhere Man. Evan Smoak. Whatever name you know him by, you don't want to be on his bad side. So get on his good side with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Evan Smoke” cocktail, inspired by Gregg Hurwitz's…

Gregg Hurwitz Excerpt: Hellbent

By Gregg Hurwitz

January 22, 2018

Evan Smoak―government assassin gone rogue―returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series (available January 30, 2018). Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan…

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