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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1973
  • Latest Book:
    November 2015
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Full Series List in Order

A Paul Christopher Novel

1 - The Miernik Dossier (1973)
2 - Tears of Autumn (Dec-1974)
3 - The Secret Lovers (Jan-1977)
4 - The Better Angels (Jul-1979)
5 - The Last Supper (May-1983)
6 - Bride of the Wilderness (Aug-1988)
7 - Second Sight (Jul-1991)
8 - Shelley's Heart (May-1995)
9 - The Old Boys (May-2004)
10 - Christopher's Ghosts (May-2007)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • A circle of spies travels by Cadillac from Switzerland to the Sudan in this critically acclaimed novel: “arguably the finest modern American spy story” (The New York Times). Paul Christopher is cool, urbane, clear-sighted -- a perfect American ag...



  • Paul Christopher, at the height of his powers as a secret agent, believes he knows who arranged the assassination and why. His theory is so destructive of the legend of the dead president, though, and so dangerous to the survival of foreign policy th...



  • An American spy confronts personal and political intrigues when he obtains a Russian dissident’s explosive manuscript in this Cold War spy thriller. In West Berlin, CIA agent Paul Christopher receives a dissident Russian novelist’s handwritten ma...



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  • In this political thriller by the author of The Secret Lovers, Paul Christopher’s cousins tinker with an election while a reporter chases a lead. Originally published in 1979, The Better Angels is set close to the end of the twentieth century in a ...



  • To solve his lover’s murder, a spy must investigate his own checkered past in a thriller that spans from Weimar Germany to Cold War Vietnam. CIA Agent Paul Christopher is used to the feeling of dread. So he doesn’t think much of Molly Benson’s ...



  • Fanny Harding, a half-French, half-English beauty, comes to the Connecticut wilderness at the dawn of the eighteenth century. Pursued by enemies of her family, kidnapped by Indians, and threatened by dark dangers lurking in the vast forests of the Ne...



  • A legendary CIA agent is called out of retirement to combat an unknown enemy in this sweeping international spy thriller. Second Sight is the seventh thriller in the critically acclaimed series that follows CIA Agent Paul Christopher -- a man ensnare...



  • When doubt is cast on a presidential election, it sets off an “intricate, skillfully spun” tale of intrigue in this near-future political thriller (Publishers Weekly). At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the CIA has been disbanded and a secr...






  • Lucky Bastard is the suspenseful and hilarious story of a gifted politician with dangerous friends and a zipper problem. The author is Charles McCarry, a writer widely acclaimed for his richly perceptive novels of political intrigue.
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  • Four retired CIA agents team up when one of their own goes missing in this spy thriller by the bestselling author of The Tears of Autumn.Welcome to the world of Charles McCarry’s legendary character, Paul Christopher, the crack intelligence agent w...



  • A CIA agent faces off against a sadistic SS officer in this Cold War spy thriller that “will have readers on the edge of their seats” (Bookmarks Magazine). It is the late 1930s, and a young Christopher bears witness to an unspeakable atrocity com...



  • Earth’s wealthiest man attempts to save humanity from an impending apocalypseThe planet’s first and only trillionaire, Henry Peel, did not make his fortune by being a fool. A gifted inventor and scientist, he possesses an imagination on the scale...



  • “[A] smart and utterly diverting spy trade masterwork” from the acclaimed author of The Tears of Autumn (NPR).   When two people collide on their bikes on an empty road, the meeting can hardly be by chance -- especially when one of the peopl...



  • The Mulberry Bush burns with the fury of the wronged, as personal vendetta and political idealism collide. In a rose garden in Buenos Aires, an unnamed American spy meets the beautiful daughter of a famous Argentinean revolutionary. He becomes inf...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charles McCarry has published 15 books.

Charles McCarry does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Mulberry Bush, was published in November 2015.

The first book by Charles McCarry, The Miernik Dossier, was published in January 1973.

Yes. Charles McCarry has 1 series.