Books like Black blade by Eric Van Lustbader

A Korean-American private investigator in New York wrestles with identity and suspicion as he navigates legal gray zones, surveillance, and domestic loyalty while confronting his dual heritage.

Jason Bourne, a deep‑cover operative with no memory, is rescued after a beachwreck and discovers a bank account embedded in his body that leads him to Switzerland and the truth about his past.

A covert tale of espionage and romance set against the backdrop of a Russian trade fair, where a British publisher, a Soviet physicist, and a young Russian woman become entangled in a high‑stakes message that could alter global politics.

When ten elderly men are abducted worldwide, two Canadian operatives, Saul and Drew, embark on a globe‑spanning investigation that uncovers a World War II‑era vengeance plot, forcing sons to confront their fathers’ darkest sins.

A Cold War thriller in which a Russian mole inside the CIA triggers a citywide conspiracy of espionage and murder, culminating in New York streets and Long Island suburbs in a tense battle of wits.

John le Carré’s Cold‑War spy thriller follows British agent Alec Leamas as he takes one last perilous assignment to outwit East German intelligence.

Former Cold War superspy Evan Tanner awakens from decades of cryogenic suspension in Union City, New Jersey, and must navigate a changed world, posing as a monk in Burma to undermine an unstable government while confronting betrayal and danger.

In The Secret Servant, Israeli spy Gabriel Allon races against the clock to uncover a looming terrorist plot after the murder of a Dutch analyst, while a kidnapped American ambassador’s daughter forces him into a perilous hunt through international intrigue.

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

A thrilling tale of espionage and love in wartime Paris, featuring a foreign correspondent who must navigate the treacherous politics of Europe as he races to protect a clandestine newspaper and its brave editors, journalists, and scientists who risk everything for a free Italy.

LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.

Astride her white palfrey, surrounded by a nimbus of silver-blond hair, Jasmine was a vision to strike a man mute with desire. But the violet-eyed love child of King Richard's half brother had vowed that no man would ever rule her heart. Until she saw the face of the Devil himself in her crystal ball--the dark, brooding knight who would kill to make her his own. She would risk a dissolute court and a maddened, lustful king to keep destiny at bay, anything to keep her from the hypnotic eyes and burning caresses of...The Falcon.A wickedly handsome warrior who lived by blood and the sword, Falcon de Burgh wanted to wed no woman--until he laid eyes on the exquisite Jasmine, and he vowed to possess her, to teach her all the wondrous ways a man could love a woman, no matter what it might take to conquer her fiery, unyielding heart. Falcon knew only blind, reckless passion as he swore to tame, at the risk of his life...The Flower.From the Paperback edition.