The ongoing terrorism trial of Hossam Yaakoub in Cyprus may have several consequences, including deciding whether the European Union will declare Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization. Its current impact is to show how much better Hezbollah operatives have gotten at basic covert tradecraft. A recent Washington Post article about…
Ben Zygier passport (screen capture from Channel 10, via Haaretz) An interesting recap article in Haaretz today reviews the recent history of Mossad’s practice of “borrowing” passports from recent immigrants to use in operations. The hook: it appears Ben Zygier – the so-called Prisoner X – may have…
Hezbollah has been in the news over the past few weeks for two issues: its alleged responsibility for a suicide bombing in Bulgaria, and the spillover effects from the civil war in Syria. On 19 July last year, a suicide bomb gutted a tour bus near Burgas Airport in Bulgaria,…
I’m on the grill again at Juniper Grove, a book-review and author promotion site run by author Jaidis Shaw. It’s a nice post – many thanks to Jaidis. Most of the questions are new, so there’s little overlap with the Murder Lab interview from December. To make this more interesting,…
My international thriller, Doha 12, debuts today on Amazon. If you like Daniel Silva, Ken Follett or Jack Higgins, this could be your next read. Want a sample? Read the first five chapters. Doha 12 is now available for Kindle on Amazon US | UK | DE | FR |…
I’ve written about pieces of this book in previous posts, so I thought it was worthwhile to share my overall impressions. Spies Against Armageddon is a history of Israel as passed through the prism of its intelligence and security services, stretching from before the 1948 War of Independence through operations…
Yesterday I received the official cover proof for Doha 12 (at left). Getting the final art deliverables is the last step before launch. Damonza is the cover artist, in case you’d like to check out his other work. The new art will work its way into other graphics related to…
After the three-way shootout in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, Our Heroes Jake Eldar and Miriam Schaffer flee the city. Jake convinces his uncle Gene – an NYPD inspector and deputy commander of the Intelligence Division – to shelter them in an NYPD safe house. The safe house is on this…
I’ve been interviewed! It’s on Murder Lab, a developing workshop/connection hub for writers and readers of thrillers. In it, I talk about where Doha 12 came from and who I’d cast in the lead roles for the HBO miniseries. The driving force behind Murder Lab is Kristen Elise, a PhD…
The recent flare-up in Gaza got me thinking about Miriam Schaffer – Our Heroine in Doha 12 – and her connection to that troubled area. Her experience ties directly into the history of women in Israel’s armed forces. We’ve all heard the stories of Israeli female warriors during the 1948…