Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Jack Morgan, owner of the Private detective agency, is having a very bad week. 
 
His twin brother is up on a murder charge and determined to frame him for the crime, and one of Jack's clients has just called to report the burnt bodies of four surfers on his beach. 
 
But what seems like a random mugging gone wrong soon reveals something far worse - a killer calling themselves No Prisoners is holding the city to ransom. And there's more bad news: Hollywood's golden couple, Thom and Jennifer Harlow, have been kidnapped, along with their adopted children. 
 
It looks like the whole world is about to discover whether Private are really as good as they say they are…

Private L.A.

(Private 7)

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Showgirls. Millionaires. Murder. 
 
Jack Morgan, head of Private Investigations, the global PI agency of the rich and famous, is being pushed to the limit. His car has been firebombed, his ex is dating someone else, and his twin brother is still out to destroy him. 
 
But Private doesn’t rest, and nor do its clients: not the LAPD who need Private’s help catching two scumbags with diplomatic immunity, and not the client who has just confessed to murdering his wife. 
 
Add to that Jack’s best friend being held on a trumped-up charge that could see him locked away for a very long time, and it seems like all bets are off…

Private Vegas

(Private 9)

Adam Hamdy

In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission. 
 
In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. 
 
A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. 
 
What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. 
 
As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the trail leads towards Afghanistan - where Jack's career as a US Marine ended in catastrophe . . . 
 
Jack will need to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.

Private Rogue

(Private 16)

A priest is murdered and a Private agent is the number one suspect. 
 
Jack Morgan is in Rome celebrating the opening of a new local Private office, when the party takes a deadly turn. Private agent Matteo Ricci is found at the party standing over the body of a dead priest with a gun in hand, swearing he did not kill the man. 
 
As Jack tries to prove Matteo's innocence, he uncovers a much deadlier conspiracy - which leads him straight to the heart of the Vatican. 
 
With corruption closing in on all sides, Jack must decide who he can trust before the city falls. 
 
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PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE THRILLERS 
 
'Great action sequences ... breathtaking twists and turns' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 
 
'An unmissable, breakneck ride' JAMES SWALLOW 
 
'Exhilarating, high-stakes action' LESLEY KARA 
 
'An exhilarating and totally satisfying read' NB MAGAZINE 
 
'A breakneck fast, brutally good page-turner' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Hits the ground running and the pace never misses a beat' DAILY EXPRESS 
 
'Yet another fine outing from the master of thrillers' CITY A.M.

Private Rome

A murdered priest. A city full of secrets. (Private 18)

The clock is ticking. 
 
To save her life you must take another. 
 
When Jack Morgan is invited to the luxurious Monaco coast to set up a new Private office, it seems like the perfect opportunity to relax in an iconic destination. 
 
But the vacation is quickly cut short when Jack's partner Justine is abducted. 
 
The kidnappers send Jack clear instructions - and a gun. If he wants to see the woman he loves again, he must take a life in exchange for hers. 
 
Jack soon becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that will come to a head at the Monaco Grand Prix. 
 
Hours from disaster, Jack must find Justine and her kidnappers - and put a stop to whatever they have planned next. 
 
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PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE THRILLERS 
 
'Great action sequences ... breathtaking twists and turns' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 
 
'An unmissable, breakneck ride' JAMES SWALLOW 
 
'Exhilarating, high-stakes action' LESLEY KARA 
 
'An exhilarating and totally satisfying read' NB MAGAZINE 
 
'A breakneck fast, brutally good page-turner' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Hits the ground running and the pace never misses a beat' DAILY EXPRESS 
 
'Yet another fine outing from the master of thrillers' CITY A.M.

Private Monaco

(Private 19)

Private Beijing is ripped apart after an attack leaves three agents dead and the head of the team missing. 
 
 With the Beijing branch in turmoil, Private's owner and global head, Jack Morgan, immediately gets on a plane from LA. 
 
 Soon after Jack lands in China, another Private office is attacked. It's clear that the entire organisation is under threat. 
 
 As Jack launches a global investigation from unfamiliar territory, he will need the loyalty of his team now more than ever.

Private Beijing

A brutal attack. An agent missing. (Private 17)

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Sometimes, when the nightmare ends, the terror is only just beginning... 
 
For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private - the world's most exclusive detective agency - saved her from a horrific death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter, head of Private London, to save her all over again. 
 
Carter draws on the global resources of Private in a desperate race against the odds. But the clock is ticking... Private may be the largest and most advanced detection agency in the world, but the only thing they don't have is the one thing they need - time.

Private London

(Private 2)

Ashwin Sanghi

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Extraordinary crimes require extraordinary detectives. Welcome to Private. 
 
When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest PI agency. 
 
In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But now someone is killing women - seemingly unconnected women murdered in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes. 
 
As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India - a danger that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens…

Private India

(Private 8)

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A history lesson they'll never forget… and neither will you. 
 
Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague - and until recently, her fiancé - is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. 
 
The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes, and nearly killing Mattie and her team. 
 
Mattie soon realises that a masked killer is picking off Chris's childhood friends, one by one, and destroying the trail. But who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse? And will Mattie become the killer's next victim?

Private Berlin

(Private 5)

We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret. 
We are Private. And we're the best. 
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The greatest show on Earth - and the greatest opportunity for terrorists... 
 
Two years ago, Jack Morgan was in Rio consulting on security for the World Cup. The tournament went without a hitch. Until a man died in one of the executive hospitality suites during the final, and the autopsy showed the cause to be a rare and deadly virus. 
 
The story was kept from the media to avoid causing panic, but Jack feared that the death was no freak occurrence. 
 
Now the eyes of the world are once again turned towards Rio for the Olympic Games, and Jack is back in Brazil's beautiful capital. It's not long before he uncovers terrifying evidence that someone has set in motion a catastrophic plan. 
 
The death at the World Cup was just a warning. The Olympic Games could be the setting for the worst atrocity the world has ever seen.

The Games

(Private 12)

Michael White

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Private is going down under. And it might be going down for good... 
 
P.I. Craig Gisto, head of the latest branch of Private, is enjoying the glamorous launch party with his new team when their celebrations are interrupted by the bloodied arrival of a boy with his eyes gouged out. 
 
The boy is the kidnapped son of one of Australia’s richest men – but investigating his death isn’t their only pressing case. The rock star Micky Stevens is convinced someone’s trying to kill him, and believes Private are the only ones who can help. 
 
As if that wasn’t enough, someone is murdering the wealthy wives of the Eastern Suburbs, in the most brutal way imaginable. And if they don’t catch the killer soon, the next victim could be someone close to Private…

Private Down Under

(Private 6)

We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret. 
We are Private. And we're the best. 
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Even for Private Investigations, the world's top detective agency, it's tough to find a man who doesn't exist... 
 
Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research company, Eric Moss shouldn't be difficult to find. 
 
Except it's not just the man who's gone missing. Despite the most advanced technology at their disposal, they find every trace of him has vanished too. 
 
And they aren't the only ones on the hunt. Powerful figures want Moss to stay 'lost', while others just as ruthlessly want him found. 
 
Meanwhile, a routine background check becomes a frantic race to find a stolen baby and catch a brutal killer - a killer Private may well have sent straight to the victim's door . . .

Private Sydney

(Private 10)

We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret. 
We are Private. And we're the best. 
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Paris: city of art. City of culture. City of death. 
 
When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from one of his most important clients asking Private to track down his young granddaughter who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. 
 
As Jack scours the city, several members of Paris's cultural elite are found dead - murdered in shocking, symbolic fashion - and the French police need Private's help.

Private Paris

(Private 11)

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