The Directive
- Published
- 10 March 2015
- Pages
- 356
- ISBN-13
- 9780316198646
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Directive followed in March 2015 at 356 pages, continuing directly from Mike Ford's family situation established in The 500 as his brother's arrest pulls him back into using his old grifter skills.
Key facts about The Directive
The Directive is a novel by Matthew Quirk. Readers have had it since 10 March 2015. It runs to 356 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Directive. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316198646 to find the main one.
The Directive is book 2 of 2 in the Mike Ford series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with The 500 (2012). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Matthew Quirk writes John Hayes as a separate series. 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.
Its place in Mike Ford
The Directive is book 2 in the Mike Ford series. It follows The 500. See the full Mike Ford reading order.
Matthew Quirk's debut series follows Mike Ford, a former con artist and thief from a family of grifters who has gone straight and built a career as a Washington lobbyist -- until his brother's arrest pulls him back into using his old skills, this time against the political and financial institutions he now moves among. The 500 introduces Ford at an elite D.C. consulting firm whose partners turn out to be running influence-peddling schemes that reach the White House; The Directive follows him into a heist…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316198646
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755387458