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The Handler

by M.P. Woodward
Published
31 May 2022
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9780593441633
Type
novel
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About this book

M.P. Woodward, a former naval intelligence officer, opened The Handler in May 2022 at 448 pages, forcing rising CIA case officer Meredith Morris-Dale and her ex-husband John, a once-brilliant field handler, back together to extract a defecting Iranian nuclear scientist.

Key facts about The Handler

M.P. Woodward wrote The Handler, a novel on our list. It has been out since 31 May 2022. The book has 448 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593441633 to find the main one.

The Handler is book 1 of 2 in The Handler series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Dead Drop is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 23 May 2023.

Additionally, M.P. Woodward writes Jack Ryan and The Fourth Option as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and espionage thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Fourth Option is the latest published M.P. Woodward book on file, from 12 May 2026.

About M.P. Woodward

M.P. Woodward is an American thriller writer who spent years as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific Command, writing wargame scenarios and working alongside Special Forces, the CIA, and the NSA across deployments in the Persian Gulf and the Far East, before a second career in television and streaming that included executive roles at Amazon Prime Video. See every M.P. Woodward book in order.

Its place in The Handler

The Handler is book 1 in the The Handler series. It is followed by Dead Drop. See the full The Handler reading order.

Meredith Morris-Dale is a rising CIA case officer; John Dale is her ex-husband, a once-brilliant field handler whose career and marriage both imploded after a catastrophic operation. M.P. Woodward — a former naval intelligence officer who later worked in tech — draws on real tradecraft to build a series about the messy overlap of professional and personal betrayal inside the Agency. In The Handler (2022), Meredith and John are forced back together to extract a defecting Iranian nuclear scientist, an operation…

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