Books like Black Heart by Eric Van Lustbader

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

Former Navy SEAL John Kelly, code‑named Mr. Clark, uses his combat skills to seek vengeance and aid a Pentagon mission to rescue POWs from a North Vietnamese camp, confronting deadly enemies both at home and abroad.

A Crown Imperilled: The Last Stand of the Conclave of Shadows

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.

Jason Bourne seeks to rescue a missing friend while dismantling a global terrorist network intent on building nuclear weapons.

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.

Bob Lee Swagger, a Vietnam veteran, returns to Idaho for a quiet ranch life but finds that the memories and unresolved threats from his war days still haunt him.

Jack 1939 is a travel‑oriented suspense thriller set amid 1939 Europe, exploring espionage activities between American and German actors against the backdrop of looming war.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

A 1941 espionage thriller set in post-war Paris, featuring a reluctant spy trying to survive in the dangerous world of resistance and sabotage.

A spy thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Paris, focusing on Jean Casson's tumultuous romance and moral compromises during the occupation.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

A thrilling spy novel set against the backdrop of World War II, following a cargo ship captain's dangerous mission to help Britain's allies fight Nazi Germany's submarines and ships, as well as smuggle equipment to a Swedish coast operation to aid the war effort.

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.

A thrilling espionage tale set during World War II in Eastern Europe

Paris, Moscow, Berlin, and Prague in 1937. A Soviet spy network's clandestine operation in the shadow of World War II espionage and intrigue.