If you love chunky action thrillers of the classic Clancy/Ludlum variety, you're probably already reading Mark Greaney. If you're not, you're missing out on one of the best in the biz.  This Gray Man novel, has a classic set-up: former CIA office Court Gentry and former SVR operative Zoya Zakharova — would-be lovers if not for their professions as … Continue reading Review: Burner by Mark Greaney

Mark Greaney's 10th Gray Man novel reads like an R18+ "Mission: Impossible" blockbuster, a pedal-to-the-metal action thriller that doesn't let up from its opening, when CIA Poisoned Apple operative Zack Hightower is nabbed by goons from a Venezuelan intelligence service in a Caracas marketplace when he's tracking a presumed dead (but actually treasonous) former NSA computer scientist.  When CIA … Continue reading Review: Relentless by Mark Greaney

A crisp, unpretentious action thriller packed with extravagant shootouts, in which the bad guys are the very worst, but the good guys are always that little bit better. In the world of action lit, Mark Greaney’s ‘Gray Man’ is up there Mitch Rapp, Jason Bourne and Orphan X. Mission Critical, the eighth book in the … Continue reading Review: Mission Critical by Mark Greaney

Mark Greaney's The Gray Man is as satisfying as any wide-screen Hollywood blockbuster, its superbly choreographed and adrenaline-fuelled action scenes enhancing the thriller's thin plot. It's heavy on familiar tropes -- the assassin with a conscious, spurned by his government overseers, now targeted for elimination by, well, just about every professional killer in the business -- … Continue reading Review: The Gray Man by Mark Greaney