Truman's Spy Books

It is early 1950, the midpoint of the Twentieth Century. Joe McCarthy is cranking up his demagoguery and Joseph Stalin had intensified the cold war. In Washington, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI is fighting a turf war with the newly founded Central Intelligence Agency. Harry Truman is in the White House, trying to keep a lid on domestic and foreign politics, but the crises never stop. It should be a time of peace and prosperity in America, but it is anything but. FBI agent Thomas Buchanan is assigned to investigate the father of a former fiancée, Ann Garrett, who dumped Buchanan while he was away to World War Two. And suddenly Buchanan finds himself on a worldwide search for both an active Soviet spy and the only woman he ever loved. In the process, he crosses paths with Hoover, Truman, Soviet moles and assassins, an opium kingpin from China, and a brigade of lowlife from the American film community. Truman’s Spy is a classic cold war story of espionage and betrayal, love and regret, patriots and traitors. This is the revised and updated 2022 edition of Noel Hynd’s follow-up to Flowers From Berlin. The story is big, a sprawling intricate tale of espionage, from post-war Rome and Moscow to New York, Philadelphia and Hollywood, filled with the characters, mores and attitudes of the day. And at its heart: the most crucial military secret of the decade." Noel Hynd knows the ins and outs of Washington's agencies, public and private." -Publishers Weekly" A notch above the Ludums and Clancys of the world....." - Booklist "The novels of Noel Hynd stand out!" - Martin Levin, NY Times

"Noel Hynd knows the ins and outs of Washington's agencies, both public and private." - Publishers Weekly. “(Hynd is)…a few notches above the Ludlums and Clancys of the world." - Booklist. 'Eisenhower’s Spy' is Noel Hynd’s tough hard-hitting sequel to 'Truman’s Spy'. It is a major new work of action and espionage from the author of 'Flowers From Berlin' and 'Return to Berlin.' It is late in the second term of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ike personally enlists F.B.I. Special Agent Thomas Buchanan (the central character of Hynd’s 'Truman’s Spy') for a top secret assignment independent of the FBI and CIA. To some, America of the 1950’s was a bright, optimistic and prosperous place. But in 'Eisenhower’s Spy' a deeper reality smolders beneath the surface. The decade had begun with two wars: a bloody conflict in Korea that stalemated in 1953 and a global cold war that would intensify through the decade. Berlin, Madrid and Havana were flash points of conflict and potential sparks for another world war. Revolutionary ferment was as close as ninety miles south of Florida as Fidel Castro’s revolutionary army crept increasingly closer to mobbed-up Havana. 'Eisenhower’s Spy' is a spy story that buzzes with the energy of numerous intrigues, love affairs, memorable characters, remorseless criminality and quirks of fate set across a dark set of years in the middle of the Twentieth Century. 'Eisenhower’s Spy' will underscore the critics’ lofty assessment of Noel Hynd’s unique way with a tough hard-hitting spy novel: a full cast of memorable people, romance, uncompromising historical accuracy and heart pounding suspense. The millions of readers of Noel Hynd’s previous novels will not be disappointed. RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE ESPIONAGE NOVELS OF NOEL HYND: “A Chiller!” – Los Angeles Times on 'Flowers From Berlin.' “A Super Spy Novel!” – The Savannah News Presse on 'Flowers From Berlin' “A high octane thriller!” – Booklist on 'The Enemy Within' "The novels of Noel Hynd stand out!" - Martin Levin, NY Times

It is the midwinter of 1961-62, a decade and a half into the Cold War Though continents apart, the flashpoints of tension and political intrigue around the world have never been more intense. The stakes have never been higher. Berlin. Havana. Saigon. Moscow. Tel Aviv. Another world war could start in any of these places. Thomas Buchanan of the FBI has worked on special assignments for two US presidents, Truman and Eisenhower. He is not inclined to work for a third, their successor, John F. Kennedy. Buchanan has nothing against Kennedy, but is not necessarily a supporter, either. If anything, his feelings on JFK are ambivalent, though like most Americans, Buchanan likes the public persona of JFK but was appalled by the Bay of Pigs disaster of 1961. Nonetheless, Buchanan’s temptation is to leave government work and apply his investigative skills in the more lucrative and less dangerous private sector. Then everything changes. A disreputable old adversary named Jesse Chadwick - Ann's ex-husband - steps out of the shadows of Tom Buchanan’s past with an astonishing offer. But it is also an offer which carries danger personally and professionally to Tom and Ann Buchanan in addition to President Kennedy. Thus begins Kennedy’s Spy , the third in an ongoing espionage series by Noel Hynd. The series began with Truman’s Spy and continued with Eisenhower’s Spy . Mr. Hynd’s hew historical thriller careens across the globe in the early 1960s, evokes the era in grand style and speeds to a memorable and high impact conclusion, an astonishing story behind the headlines of the Kennedy era in Washington. *** "Noel Hynd knows the ins and outs of Washington's agencies, both public and private." - Publishers Weekly . "Noel Hynd is few notches above the Ludlums and Clancys of the world!" - Booklist Raves for FLOWERS FROM BERLIN: "This espionage thriller follows FBI agent William Cochrane's efforts to stop a Nazi spy from assassinating FDR. Toss in a love affair with a British Secret Service operative and you have a page-turner. Complex in characterization, crisp in dialogue, and thorough in its background" - Library Journal "First rate!" - The Cleveland Plain-Dealer "A Chiller!" - Los Angeles Times "A Super spy novel!" - The Savannah News-Presse “A well-paced yarn.” – The Chicago Tribune