John Gilstrap

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1996
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Jonathan Grave Thriller

1 - No Mercy (Jul-2009)
2 - Hostage Zero (Jul-2010)
3 - Threat Warning (Jul-2011)
4 - Damage Control (Jun-2012)
5 - High Treason (Aug-2013)
5.5 - Soft Targets (Oct-2013)
6 - End Game (Jun-2014)
7 - Against All Enemies (Jan-2015)
8 - Friendly Fire (Jul-2016)
9 - Final Target (Jul-2017)
10 - Scorpion Strike (Jul-2018)
11 - Total Mayhem (Jun-2019)
12 - Hellfire (Jul-2020)
13 - Stealth Attack (Jul-2021)
14 - Lethal Game (Jun-2022)
15 - Harm's Way (Aug-2023)
16 - Zero Sum (Aug-2024)

Nick of Time

1 - Time to Run (Mar-2016)
2 - Time to Hide (Apr-2016)
3 - Time to Steal (Apr-2016)
4 - Time to Die (May-2016)
5 - Time to Live (May-2016)

A Victoria Emerson Thriller

1 - Crimson Phoenix (Mar-2021)
2 - Blue Fire (Feb-2022)
3 - White Smoke (Feb-2023)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Nathan's Run

    Nathan Bailey knows life is unfair. He knows how cruel people can be, even in the face of innocence and youth. He knows how sometimes you have to kill to defend yourself; and that when you do, you'd better be ready to run--fast and hard. Now, fleeing...

  • At All Costs

    When undercover fugitives are found in the suburbs, they must race against time -- and the FBI -- to clear their names in this “superior page turner” (David Baldacci).   The Brightons are just an ordinary, small-town, law-abiding family -- u...

  • Even Steven

    When Bobby and Susan Martin come across a dirty, shivering child at their campsite, the last thing the childless couple expects is to be drawn into an unthinkable crime. But when one of the boy's kidnappers comes out of the brush waving a gun, Bobby ...

  • Scott Free

    One of America's most acclaimed suspense writers now serves up a bracingly original nail-biter that takes us deep into the rugged terrain of the Utah mountains. Sherry Carrigan O'Toole can't seem to apply the prescriptions she offers in her bests...

  • No Mercy

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 1

    Deep inside the dangerous world of rescue operations, one anonymous hero pays no ransom, takes no prisoners, and breaks every rule. Meet Jonathan Grave... No names. No feds. No trace evidence. That's how Jonathan Grave operates. As a freelance spe...

  • Hostage Zero

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 2

    In this riveting new thriller, New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap reveals a clandestine world where the stakes are high, the players are corrupt, and a treacherous secret is about to explode... Hostage rescue expert Jonathan Grave is ...

  • Threat Warning

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 3

    In his most terrifying thriller yet, New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap exposes the darkest threat to America's freedom, a secret society of merciless killers, watching and waiting to strike... The first victims are random. Ordinary c...

  • Damage Control

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 4

    The hostages are young: a bus full of teenagers on a church mission. The ransom demands are explicit: deliver three million dollars - with zero involvement from law enforcement - or all captives will be executed. But rescue specialist Jonathan Grave ...

  • High Treason

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 5

    First Lady Anna Darmond has been kidnapped in a bloody gunfight. It's an unthinkable crime that, if revealed, could cause public panic, so hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave and his team must operate in absolute secrecy. But the mission is not ...



  • Soft Targets

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 5.5

    Four children's lives hang in the balance. A vicious criminal is on the loose. With law enforcement at a dead end, there's only one man who can recover the hostages--Jonathan Grave. FBI Special Agent Irene Rivers is horrified to learn that because...

  • End Game

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 6

    Assassins have eliminated a Chechen scientist who's been working as a double agent for the U.S. government. The feds know who to call: Jonathan Grave and his elite rescue team. Their mission: find the dead man's teenage son, who's on the run--and off...

  • Against All Enemies

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 7

    Jonathan Grave finds it hard to believe that a fellow combat vet has gone rogue, killing American agents and leaking sensitive intel to hostile foreign interests. With black ops assassins on the trail of his old friend, Grave sets out to get to him f...

  • Time to Run

    Nick of Time - 1

    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 lyi...

  • Time to Hide

    Nick of Time - 2

    Part Four of the Suspenseful Five-Part E-Serial Novel!WIN, LOSE, OR DIE In the fourth electrifying installment of John Gilstrap’s five-part novel, a desperate manhunt for two reckless lovers takes a dangerous turn -- heading straight for a dea...

  • Time to Steal

    Nick of Time - 3

    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, nob...

  • Time to Die

    Nick of Time - 4

    Part Five of the Suspenseful Five-Part E-Serial Novel!Fasten Your SeatbeltsIn 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 destin...

  • Time to Live

    Nick of Time - 5

    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, nob...

  • Friendly Fire

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 8

    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 wa...

  • Nick of Time

    A pulse-pounding novel of two young lovers on the ultimate joyride -- racing against the clock and against the law . . . SHE’S RUNNING OUT OF TIME Nicki Janssen’s days are numbered, but she refuses to accept her fate lying down. Defying her f...



  • Final Target

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 9

    Freelance operative Jonathan Grave faces his fiercest challenge yet in bestselling author John Gilstrap’s explosive new thriller . . . The mission: Drop into the Mexican jungle, infiltrate a drug cartel’s compound, and extract a kidnapped DEA ...

  • Scorpion Strike

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 10

    Special Forces veteran Jonathan Grave is the hunter -- and the hunted -- in John Gilstrap’s electrifying new thriller... An island paradise held hostage. A band of dangerous killers unleashed. A sinister plot that could push the superpowers to ...

  • Total Mayhem

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 11

    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 te...

  • Hellfire

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 12

    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...

  • Crimson Phoenix

    A Victoria Emerson Thriller - 1

    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 V...

  • Stealth Attack

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 13

    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 underwor...

  • Blue Fire

    A Victoria Emerson Thriller - 2

    From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author John Gilstrap, a new Victoria Emerson Thriller. With America brought to the brink of destruction, one woman becomes the last hope of a nation and its people.   One-time congressional ...

  • Lethal Game

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 14

    “[Gilstrap’s] greatest strength is the ability to blend breathtaking action with deep emotion regarding the characters.” -- Jeffery DeaverThe exhilarating new thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author takes readers on a...

  • White Smoke

    A Victoria Emerson Thriller - 3

    THE STAND meets William R. Forstchen’s ONE SECOND AFTER in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author John Gilstrap’s third pulse-pounding thriller set in an America ravaged by global conflict. As a community of survivors strives to rebuild ...

  • Harm's Way

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 15

    The exhilarating new thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author takes readers on an action-packed thrill ride across rural Venezuela. The kidnappers are ruthless. The stakes are high. The odds are impossible. There’s no way J...



  • Zero Sum

    A Jonathan Grave Thriller - 16

    When a boy under Jonathan Grave’s protection dies of a drug overdose, the black-ops veteran decides it’s time for a war on drugs that actually looks like a war. Jonathan Grave long ago lost faith with the so-called war on drugs, a futile campaign...

  • Burned Bridges

    An electrifying new series featuring Irene Rivers (code name: Wolverine), the unforgettable FBI Director from New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap’s blockbuster, award-winning Jonathan Grave thrillers. Fans of action-packed page-turners ...

Award-Winning Books by John Gilstrap

Against All Enemies
2016 Thriller Award -- Paperback Original
At All Costs
1999 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Gilstrap has published 31 books.

The next book by John Gilstrap, Burned Bridges, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by John Gilstrap, Nathan's Run, was published in March 1996.

Yes. John Gilstrap has 3 series.
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