Books like Deep state by Chris Hauty

A Soviet nuclear submarine marked for defection slips into the Atlantic, sparking a high‑stakes pursuit by the United States and the Soviet Union in this tense Cold War thriller.

A psychological thriller about a psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh, and a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology who must outmaneuver him.

A biography of Oleg Gordievsky, the Soviet double‑agent who, while working undercover in the KGB, supplied MI6 with critical intelligence that accelerated the collapse of the Cold War.

Former CIA agents turned detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell investigate a murder inside a secretive lab near a CIA training camp, uncovering a conspiracy that could shatter national security.

Alex Cross, the FBI agent, returns as a psychologist in D.C., tracking a serial rapist that resurfaces from a past case involving his wife's murder.

Two disgraced Secret Service agents race against time to uncover the link behind a string of assassinations and kidnappings, exposing political corruption that threatens the United States’ presidents and presidential candidates.

A relentless mastermind turns Alex Cross’s devotion into a deadly game, threatening the family he loves most.

In the third Camel Club installment, ex‑Green Beret Oliver Stone and his rogue group face threats from past enemies and a lethal assassin who has targeted Stone himself.

A story of power, science, and suspense in a Colorado mansion.

A mother's nightmare returns as she discovers her children are missing in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and must confront the shadowy figure who murdered her first children.

Dark State follows interdimensional espionage at the brink of a nuclear collision between two superpowers, featuring high‑stakes operations and a sleeper cell threatening global stability.

Un grupo de terroristas peruanos secuestra a la familia del presentador estrella de una cadena de televisión, obligando a la emisora a difundir un mensaje revolucionario dirigido a Estados Unidos.

Contest over the presidency, death of a religious leader, and intelligence officers in the final presidential election of the century.

Sgt. Raymond Shaw, a decorated war hero turned sleeper agent, threatens a nation as those in power seek to control him. His former commander must unravel a Cold‑War conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of government.

Evan Smoak, the elusive "Nowhere Man," has vanished from the orphan program that forged him into a covert assassin. When his former handlers return, he must use his razor‑sharp skills to survive a plot that traps him in a virtual cage, turning his greatest asset against him.

Former Congressman and Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz exposes the covert leadership of the U.S. civil service, revealing how an entrenched Deep State resists accountability, manipulates agencies, and undermines leaders like President Trump.

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over delivers a no-holds-barred, House of Cards-style expose of who really wields power in Washington. Mike Lofgren is back with a book perfectly pitched for the frenzied circus of the primaries. His argument this time is that for all of the backstabbing and money grubbing of the campaign season, the politicians we elect have as little ability to shift policy as Communist party apparatchiks. Welcome to Mike Lofgren's Washington, D.C.--a This Town, where the political theater that is endlessly tweeted and blogged about has nothing to do with actual decision making. The real work gets done behind the scenes by invisible bureaucrats working for the vast web of agencies that actually dictate our foreign policy, defense posture, and security decisions. Have you ever wondered why Obama's policies look so much like Bush's? Seek no further: Hillary v. Jeb is just window dressing. Actual power lies in the Deep State, Washington's shadowy power elite, in the pockets of corporate interests and dependent on the moguls of Silicon Valley, whose data-collecting systems enable the U.S. government to spy on our every move, swipe, and click. Drawing on insider knowledge gleaned in his three decades on the Hill, Lofgren offers a provocative wake-up call to Americans and urges them to fight to reinstate the basic premise of the Constitution"-- "An acerbic, no holds barred indictment of business as usual in Washington, DC--where our elected leaders provide a fig leaf for those who really hold the levers of power--by a 28-year veteran of the Hill, the bestselling author of The Party Is Over Have you ever noticed that behind all the mud-slinging and invective there isn't much difference between the parties? For all of his big talk and promises of change, Obama is basically Bush lite. And Hillary--or Jeb--will be more of the same. We spend ten times more on the political circus leading up to elections than any other country, but what are we getting for all of that money? The truth, as Mike Lofgren reveals in this devastating takedown of beltway business, is that our elected leaders provide a fig leaf for those who really hold the levers of power, the unelected functionaries of our ever-growing bureaucracies who decide America's defense, intelligence, and foreign policy and the corporate titans who control them. If it sounds like House of Cards it's because there is more truth to that than you might care to believe. Mike Lofgren draws on his three decades on the Hill to take you behind the scenes and map out where ower is really held in Washington, in the bowels of what he calls "the deep state.""--

A high‑stakes political thriller in Washington, D.C., where a wounded president, a Secret Service blunder, and a hidden conspiracy force a reluctant whistle‑blower and a shady lawyer into a perilous hunt across federal agencies.

Three young men from different countries meet decades later and become adversaries, racing against time to steal 200 tons of uranium.

There is a hidden country within the United States. It was formed from the astonishing number of secrets held by the government and the growing ranks of secret-keepers given charge over them. The government secrecy industry speaks in a private language of codes and acronyms, and follows an arcane set of rules and customs designed to perpetuate itself, repel penetration, and deflect oversight. It justifies itself with the assertion that the American values worth preserving are often best sustained by subterfuge and deception. There are indications that this deep state is crumbling.

Backlash, a political thriller by Brad Thor, was a New York Times bestseller in 2019.