Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authorsA thrilling Condor novella from the bestselling author of Six Days of the Condor.Vin, a name of convenience for the agent known as Condor, has been released from psychiatric care and it's back to work. Unfortunately, he's been assigned the mundane job of sorting through books meant for the incinerator instead of the high-adrenaline rush of being a covert spy for the CIA. Struggl...

An ex-CIA operative is on the run from his former employers in this "brutal, moving" thriller from the author of Six Days of the Condor (James Ellroy).Jud is not too drunk to recognize the assassin. How the hit man found him in this hard-bitten roadhouse, Jud isn't sure, but he's not going down without a fight. His hands shaking too much for close combat, Jud perches himself on the bar's roof and drops onto the assassin as he steps out into the darkness. T...

A haunting short story about friendship and loss in small-town MontanaJake, Steve, and Thel are inseparable. The trio scampers through the narrow streets of Shelby without giving thought to the rest of the world. Then Jake's life changes the first time he goes up in a plane: That ride in a battered old Mustang P-51 teaches him that no one but pilots can know true freedom. He joins the Air Force and comes back to Shelby when he's on leave. Steve and Thel stay behind,...

The novel that inspired the Robert Redford film Three Days of the CondorSandwiches save Ronald Malcolm’s life. On the day that gunmen pay a visit to the American Literary Historical Society, he’s out at lunch. The Society is actually a backwater of the Central Intelligence Agency, where Malcolm and a few other bookworms comb mystery novels for clues that might unlock real life diplomatic questions. One of his colleagues has learned something he wasn’t mean...

"Thoroughly entertaining . . . from desperate writing students in Missoula to a van of itinerant strippers working the Hi-Line paralleling the Canadian border." — Publishers WeeklyA Parade Magazine "Books We Love" PickThe Big Sky State may seem to lack the shadowy urban mazes traditional to the noir genre. But in Montana, darkness is found in the regions of the heart, driving the desperate and deadly to commit the most hei...

The legendary CIA spy is back—in a "superb" collection featuring an all-new novella, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Six Days of the Condor ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).James Grady, "king of the modern espionage thriller" (George Pelecanos, award-winning writer/producer of The Wire), first introduced his clandestine CIA operative—codename: Condor—in a debut novel that became Three Days of the Condor, ...

A short story of conspiracy and mayhem by the author of Six Days of the Condor, reimagining the classic spy thriller in our post-9/11 world.In this chilling short story, a CIA analyst codenamed Condor is caught in the grip of a conspiracy he can barely understand. When he finds something strange linked to a covert operation in Afghanistan, he makes the mistake of contacting his superiors. Soon after, a gunman attacks during an office coffee break, killing ...

Now on television: Condor, an AT&T Audience Network original series inspired by James Grady's first Condor novel.Look in the mirror: You're nobody anybody knows. You know pursuing the truth will get you killed. But you refuse to just fade away.So you're designated an enemy of the largest secret national security apparatus in America's history. Good guys or bad guys, it doesn't matter: All assassins' guns are aimed at you. And you run for your life br...

The explosive short story launch for the new novel LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR"They led him out of the CIA's secret insane asylum as the sun set over autumn's forest there in Maine."Led him into a modern American nightmare any of us could face.But he's a legend, a silver-haired man codenamed Condor, a classic American hero in his first appearance since Watergate, on his way in this prequel to the upcoming novel, LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR. And it's all abo...

A cinematic and propulsive thriller from the author of Six Days Of The Condor and American Sky.Bob Dylan once declared that "Sex and politics and murder is the way to go if you want to get people's attention," and listeners won't be able to turn off Shadows on Sidewalks, the new erotic thriller from James Grady.James Traven returns home to his small Montana town in autumn 2024 to ...

How fast can your organization change? How long does it take to adopt new technology? Do things run the same when you bring in a new leader? How does the culture evolve with new acquisitions?There is an underlying thread in all these questions. Workplace attachment or our instinctual (biological) response to attach to both tangible and intangible objects continuously throughout life.Workplace Attachments: Managing Beneath the Surface provides the first comprehensive review ...

Look in the mirror: You're nobody anybody knows. You know pursuing the truth will get you killed. But you refuse to just fade away.So you're designated an enemy of the largest secret national security apparatus in America's history. Good guys or bad guys, it doesn't matter: All assassins' guns are aimed at you. And you run for your life branded with the code name you made iconic: Condor.Everyone you care about is pulled into the gunsights. The CIA star young enough...