John Gilstrap

An island paradise is taken hostage in a plot to spark global war in this "perfect summer read for thriller fans" by the New York Times bestselling author (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
For Jonathan Grave and Gail Bonneville, the Crystal Sands Resort just off Mexico's Pacific coast is the perfect getaway—until gunshots shatter the night. Wealthy guests are yanked out of their rooms and forced to submit to

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The nightmare scenario has come to pass. America has fallen. In the aftermath, one woman becomes the last hope of a nation and its people in New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap's electrifying new Victoria Emerson thriller series.
West Virginia Congresswoman Victoria Emerson has always put the needs of her community before the power games of Washington, D.C. Then an Army officer appears on her doorstep, deploying the...

"A great hero, a really exciting series." —Joseph Finder

For hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, every mission is a matter of life or death. But he faces his most personal challenge yet when two boys are abducted while being driven to Resurrection House, the school Jonathan founded as a sanctuary for children of incarcerated parents. The boys were entrusted to Jonathan's care. Now they're missing. It's time to fight...

In bestselling author John Gilstrap's ticking time bomb of a thriller, freelance operative Jonathan Grave penetrates a terrorist cell to stop the detonation of total mayhem on home ground . . .
 
America is under fire. One by one, simultaneous terror attacks have left the country reeling. The perpetrators are former Special Forces operatives working for ISIS. Jonathan Grave and his team are called to go undercover and eliminate the traitors....

An electrifying new novel from the bestselling author of Crimson Phoenix, perfect for fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor! Black Ops veteran Jonathan Grave is back and pursuing two missing American teens kidnapped and hidden in Mexico's dark underworld...where he finds himself caught in the center of a vendetta he never expected.

A BookBub Top Thriller of Summer
El Paso, Texas, is a battleground....

Part Three of the Suspenseful Five-Part E-Serial Novel!
DANGER—CURVES AHEAD
 
In the third pulse-pounding installment of John Gilstrap's five-part novel, a nationwide manhunt for two young lovers spins out of control—and where it stops, nobody knows . . .
Nicki Janssen knows she can't cheat death. But she can live out her last days in the arms of her beloved Brad—at least until the police catch up with them ....

A woman sets off on what could be her last joyride, with a man who is killing more than just time, in this first of a five-part thriller serial.

Nicki Janssen's days are numbered, but the feisty seventeen-year-old is not going to face her future lying down. Instead of enduring another round of medical treatments, she hits the road with a pocketful of cash, a bus ticket—and a romantic fantasy of riding into the sunset with her

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“GILSTRAP IS A MASTER OF ACTION AND DRAMA.” –GAYLE LYNDS

Hostage rescue expert Jonathan Grave goes where the government can’t. An innocent man has been shot and two young people are missing. But tracking them down is just the beginning. To keep them and his covert team alive, Jonathan plunges into the heart of an ugly secret whose insidious path reaches from one of the world’s most remote places into the highest corridors of

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A seemingly random act of violence leads a rescue specialist to uncover a terrorist conspiracy in this thriller by the New York Times bestselling author.

It begins with a shocking act of vengeance. Barista Ethan Falk chases a customer into the parking lot and kills him. He tells police that years ago the older man abducted and tortured him. Then Ethan's story takes an even stranger turn: he says he was rescued by a guy named Scorpion....

Part Five of the Suspenseful Five-Part E-Serial Novel!
Fasten Your Seatbelts
In the explosive conclusion of John Gilstrap's five-part novel, the high-speed pursuit of two fugitive lovers kicks into overdrive—on the ultimate collison course with destiny . . .
After plotting their escape, evading the police, and witnessing a murder, Nicki and Brad have reached the end of the line—and there's nowhere left to hide ....