About this book
Hour of the Assassin (2020, 336 pages) follows a former Secret Service agent turned security tester hired to find the flaws in a retired CIA director's protection, only to be framed for the director's murder. Like Quirk's other standalones, it's grounded in institutional detail drawn from his years as a journalist covering intelligence and security.
Key facts about Hour of the Assassin
Matthew Quirk wrote Hour of the Assassin, a book on our list. It has been out since 31 March 2020. The book has 336 pages.
We list 2 editions of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062875495 to find the main one.
Matthew Quirk has 9 books on our list. 4 of them belong to a series, while 5 stand alone. All 9 are out now. Other books by Matthew Quirk on file include Inside Threat (2023), Dead Man Switch (2017), Cold Barrel Zero (2016) and The Directive (2015).
Earlier, The Night Agent came out in 2019. After it came Red Warning in 2022. Since then, our list has added 3 more books by Matthew Quirk.
Matthew Quirk has 2 series on file, such as Mike Ford and John Hayes. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Method is the latest published Matthew Quirk book on file, from 20 January 2026.
About Matthew Quirk
Matthew Quirk is an American thriller writer who studied history and literature at Harvard College before spending five years as a staff writer for The Atlantic, reporting on crime, private military contractors, the opium trade, terrorism prosecutions and international gangs -- reporting that gave him the institutional and security-world detail he has drawn on across his fiction since. See every Matthew Quirk book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062875495
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062991614