The Alex Swan Spy Thrillers Books 1-6(2024)

David Holman

In this 6-book box set:

BOOK 1: FLAMES OF THUNDER
1961. Ex-MI5 officer Alex Swan is on his first assignment with the MOD Investigations Department — the suspicious death of an RAF officer in a launch pad fire. It looks like suicide, but Swan thinks otherwise. Along with ex-Scotland yard detective, Arthur Gable, they uncover a plot that suggests Soviet involvement. It takes them to Berlin where every decision could be fatal. Is this an assignment that Swan can survive?

BOOK 2: WINGS OF DEATH
A young aircraft designer has been killed in mysterious circumstances. His fiancée asks Alex Swan to find the truth. It looks like an open-and-shut case, a tragic suicide. But the soldier’s death exposes a deadly plot to bomb the Farnborough Airshow. With the clock ticking down, Swan must act fast to prevent a catastrophe.

BOOK 3: COUNTDOWN TO TERROR
1969. A man is found beaten to death on the banks of the River Thames. In his pocket, a note with Alex Swan written on it. Swan learns the dead man was a German-born scientist working on a satellite launch program at Highdown, but that doesn’t explain why the scientist was looking for him. Then Highdown's Deputy Chief Engineer is found dead, boiled inside his protective suit. Swan must figure out the truth, before there are any more deaths . . .

BOOK 4: ISLAND OF FEAR
1974. The island of Cyprus is under threat of invasion. In London, Swan is investigating the murder of an RAF officer. But the case quickly leads him to a much bigger plot that involves a terrorist group active in Cyprus. Forced into the Cypriot conflict, Swan becomes the target of a rogue submariner’s revenge plot. Can Swan prevent the situation erupting into an all-out war and make it out alive?

BOOK 5: SPEARS OF DEFIANCE
1979. A train comes to an unexpected halt near Axminster and a guard discovers a briefcase stuffed with top-secret documents. Then a body is found floating in a nearby river. Swan must unravel the mystery. The dead man was a biochemist working at a highly secretive research lab. This case looks like a major government cover up that could shake the very foundations of national security . . .

BOOK 6: TRACKS OF BETRAYAL
1980. During a routine military test, a tank commander goes rogue turning the quiet Dorset range into a bloody battlefield. With a possible traitor in their midst and a stolen military weapon, Swan is determined to find the truth. Another Soviet spy has recently been uncovered within the Secret Services and Swan must tread carefully to bring this traitor to justice.