From the New York Times bestselling author of Matterhorn comes a heart-stopping thriller about a man who returns to a life of espionage to save the woman he loves and the City of Light.
Retired special agent Mac Dekker travels to Paris to propose to Ava Attal, once Mossad’s deadliest operative. After too long, life is good. But before he can propose, Ava leaves the table to take an urgent call. And never returns.
Mac launches a frantic search, spiraling through the city’s brightest and darkest places. People are lying, agents are dying, and he finds himself caught in the crosshairs of CIA shadows and enigmatic assassins while battling a wealthy, ruthless prince planning a truly terrifying act of violence.
With only hours to find Ava and save thousands of lives, Mac’s CIA training kicks in, along with his instincts: Is Ava truly missing, or did she come to Paris on a mission even more secretive than his own?
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In the Mac Dekker series, nothing is ever just what it seems—not a mission, not a murder, not even the truth. Set in a world where past sins are never buried deep enough, this tense and atmospheric thriller series follows a former CIA operative dragged back into a shadow war he thought he’d left behind. It’s not about saving the world. It’s about surviving the games being played behind the curtain.
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From the snowbound quiet of the Swiss Alps to the corridors of international power, the series blends psychological suspense with espionage-laced storytelling. At its center is Dekker himself: haunted, calculated, and never quite done with the life he tried to outrun. He’s not your standard thriller protagonist. He’s slower to trust, quicker to disappear—and deeply aware of the costs that come with knowing too much.
What sets this series apart is its mood: cold, deliberate, and unnervingly plausible. There’s action, yes—but it’s the kind that simmers until it snaps. The tension builds in the silences between words, in the coded messages no one’s supposed to read. Each installment peels back layers of global conspiracy and personal reckoning, revealing that the biggest threats are often the ones closest to home.
Perfect for readers drawn to intelligent, high-stakes thrillers with an emotional core, the Mac Dekker series doesn’t offer easy answers—only the kind of secrets that change everything once uncovered.
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