Top Secret Kill

Top Secret Kill by James Cody

The opening adventure in the legendary D.C. Man series of breathtaking thrillers, back in print for the first time in fifty years.

Brian Petersen is an ex-military intelligence officer-turned-D.C. lobbyist recovering from his family’s tragic death in a car accident. With his lobbying business in the toilet, he’s become a political fixer who uses his sharp intellect, his vast political connections, and his lethal, combat skills to solve sensitive problems.

Someone is leaking top secret documents from a congressional subcommittee to foreign spies in Germany, which could lead to an embarrassing scandal and spark a devastating, global crisis. Petersen is hired to plug the leak…any way he can.

This new edition includes an explosive introduction by private investigator Tom Simon, a former FBI Special Agent and co-host of the Paperback Warrior podcast, that solves the mystery of who author “James P. Cody” really was…

“Fast-moving.” New York Times

“An excellent story of political intrigue with crisp writing and a fat-free plot. It serves as a great introduction to a complex and nuanced action hero.” Paperback Warrior

“Man, this is a damned good book. I have zero-to-little interest in politics… but it’s so much better than 90% of paperback fiction that I couldn’t help but fall for it.” Bloody Spicy Books


Books by James Cody

The Complete D.C. Man – All Four Novels

The Complete D.C. Man – All Four Novels

All FOUR novels in the legendary DC Man series of breathtaking thrillers, back in print for the first time in 50 years!

Brian Petersen is an ex-military intelligence officer-turned-D.C. lobbyist recovering from his family’s tragic death in a car accident. With his lobbying business in the toilet, he’s become a political fixer who uses his sharp intellect, his vast political connections, and his lethal, combat skills to solve sensitive problems.

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The French Killing

The French Killing

The fourth, action-packed adventure for The D.C. Man. Petersen is hired by the French embassy to protect a visiting millionaire…who gets himself murdered anyway. Now Petersen relentlessly hunts the killers, a blood-soaked pursuit that spans continents and leads to a global conspiracy that only he can destroy.

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Your Daughter Will Die!

Your Daughter Will Die!

The third brutal mission for The D.C. Man. A conservator Senator’s daughter is kidnapped by a leftist revolutionary group demanding a huge ransom. Petersen is hired to make the exchange with the terrorists… and then make them pay.

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Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy

The second exciting assignment for The D.C. Man. Petersen doesn’t buy it when a U.S. Senator spearheading an investigation into organized crime blows his own head-off on the eve of exposing a vast, criminal conspiracy. So the D.C. Man picks up where the Senator left off…and won’t stop until he takes the mob down.

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