PROLOGUE 35,000 Feet Above the South Indian Ocean November 11, 12:09 P.M., South African Standard Time To Dr. Amy Howard, the South African A330-200 Airbus was a long, lovely whisper that forced her to leave her laboratory. Four times a year, the forty-three-year-old endocrinologist flew from the O’Connell Research Lab at the University of Cape…
Tom Clancy Firing Point by Mike Maden is the 29th book in the Jack Ryan Universe, where Jack Ryan Jr is out to avenge the murder of an old friend, but the vein of evil he’s tapped into may run too deep for him to handle. I’ve been reading Tom Clancy novels on and off…
In the summer of 1984, I entered the U.S. Naval Academy as a plebe, or fourth-class midshipman. In October of that same year, Tom Clancy published his first novel, The Hunt for Red October. A few months later, our paths crossed. The meeting was the opposite of memorable. In fact, it was purely mercenary on…
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! This week, a new Jennifer Hillier thriller combines with John Connolly’s latest Charlie Parker novel to highlight an incredible week of books! See what else…
Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: For Honor by Jeff Rovin is a chilling new thriller in the New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series, where simmering tensions threaten to ignite when a silo of Cold War missiles surfaces in the Middle East. In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent a convoy of nuclear…
Tensions flare in Northwest Asia, and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Into the Fire by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi—a chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. Get a digital copy of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Into the Fire for only $2.99 through the month of May! When a team of assassins murders a high-ranking North Korean…
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! This week, we've got true crime, noir, military thrillers, and the final installment in an internationally bestselling series! See what we're…
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! This week, we get some great cozies, a couple of kickass thrillers, and a ridiculous anthology edited by Lawrence Block and…
Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Scorched Earth by George Galdorisi is a gripping thriller about an Islamic extremist who is on a quest for vengeance after his only son is killed, and it’s up to Op-Center to stop his lethal plot. (Available today!) This thriller is set mainly in the greater Levant. Levant was the term originally…
For this Memorial Day, we offer our best wishes, deepest thanks, and a commemorative bouquet of military-related links: Author Joseph Koenig's personal list of the Best Fiction of World War II. “Afghanistan: My Green Zone Symphony,” is a 4-part feature on his deployment by military veteran Weston Ochs, author of the SEAL Team 666,…
