Jonathan Burke

“… Marries all the key elements of a high-voltage espionage thriller: tense action, a strong main character, detailed spy tradecraft, a devious enemy, and a totally unexpected ending.” Amazon ReviewerWho is Jonathan Burke? MI6’s top assassin. Calculated. Cool. Lethal. Taught how to hunt and to kill in childhood, Burke excels as a sniper with Britain’s elite international commando unit. Recruited into the Secret Service agency MI6, he becomes the go-to assassin for surgically precise missions with total deniability against Europe’s shadowy underworld, but struggles to balance the demands of his covert world with a longing for a normal life.Terrorist financiers, Whitehall double-agents, corrupt generals, international kidnappers—all targets for Burke’s precision executions. But, as his missions take him to Barcelona, Lyon, Gstaad, Washington, and into London’s Mayfair district,he becomes the target of a conspiracy from an unsuspected source. His successes mount, but the conspiracy continues to close in—he is the prey of an unknown hunter. When official channels thwart a key operation to take down an international money-laundering ring, Burke is forced to go rogue. The further he proceeds, the more personal the mission becomes and the closer he comes to discovering the shocking identity of his enemy.Will he survive long enough to find the answer? Find out in the explosive last chapters!For excerpts from eight chapters, author Q&A and author blog, visit JASchinka.com.“Presents a new portrait of the intelligent spy--a must for readers of Le Carre, Ludlum, Forsyth, and Herron. …delivers everything an espionage aficionado could hope for—and more.” P. Nair, author of The Hidden Observer Read more