Books like Second Skin by Eric Van Lustbader

Joseph Conrad’s 1907 political thriller follows London spy Adolf Verloc as he navigates anarchism, espionage and moral compromise, revealing a bleak portrait of the city and the exploitation of the vulnerable.

During a covert Nazi raid on Britain in 1943, a top secret mission led by agent Kurt Steiner tries to seize Prime Minister Winston Churchill, while IRA gunman Liam Devlin offers unexpected resistance.

John le Carré’s thriller follows a former spy who infiltrates an international arms and drug cartel, revealing the dark underbelly of global crime and the moral ambiguity that defines modern espionage.

Former Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon puts his art‑restoration expertise to work when the head of Israeli security asks him to stop a Palestinian plot that threatens peace talks in the Middle East.

Jason Bourne, the man who knows nothing, finds himself in a nightmare version of himself, a killer who could be anyone.

Thrilling art heist story featuring Ken Follett's trademark espionage and action elements.

A gripping tale of passion, deception, and the dangers of the Cold War in Afghanistan.

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 former agent fugitively battles a relentless clan of assassins known as The Ninja while navigating the shadows of postwar Japan and New York City.

A third adventure of this 'modern samurai' that bridges the traditional Asian samurai story with a modern European perspective, featuring the power of the computer.

Nick Stone, a SAS‑trained British intelligence operative, must survive a high‑stakes kidnapping of a Chechen mafioso, then protect a computer spy in Finland, only to find himself stranded in Estonia’s brutal winter without weapons.

"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.

In Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the murder of Tessa Quayle forces her husband, diplomat Justin Quayle, to uncover a conspiracy that threatens both his life and the integrity of a multinational corporation.

Court Gentry, known as The Gray Man, is a legendary assassin who moves from job to job, never leaving a trace. Facing lethal adversaries, he must prove that there is no gray area between killing for a living and killing to survive.

Super‑diplomat Raymond Havilland orchestrates the kidnapping of Jason Bourne’s wife to lure the ex‑operative out of retirement, setting in motion a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and provoke a confrontation between China and the West.