Jack D Hunter Books in Order
Browse Jack D Hunter books in order, with concise summaries, a look at his life and writing, series background, and helpful suggestions on where to start.
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Jack D Hunter books in publication order
27 books
The Blue Max
by Jack D Hunter
1964
In the final months of World War I, former infantryman Bruno Stachel joins a German fighter squadron determined to earn the Blue Max. His talent and relentless ambition make him a hero, but alienate allies and deepen the cost of success.
One of Us Works for Them
by Jack D Hunter
1968
Army intelligence officer Captain Carl Kraft secretly reports to a shadowy superior while serving in a sensitive department. Ordered to frame another officer as a traitor, he must survive a dangerous game of divided loyalties.
The Expendable Spy
by Jack D Hunter
1968
In Munich in 1945, American intelligence operative Peter Klaussen is sent into a maze of Nazi holdouts, Soviet agents, and double-crosses. He soon learns his own side sees him as a disposable pawn.
Spies, Inc
by Jack D Hunter
1970
Former Army counterintelligence man Paul Dexter has traded espionage for a corporate job and family life. When company secrets are stolen, he is pulled into a web of industrial spying, blackmail, violence, and murder.
The Blood Order
by Jack D Hunter
1979
Years after earning the Blue Max in World War I, Bruno Stachel is offered rank and renewed purpose in Nazi Germany. As he rises in the new Luftwaffe, he confronts the violence and corruption behind the regime.
The Terror Alliance
by Jack D Hunter
1980
CIA investigator Roger Wagner has ten days to uncover an assassination plot against the U.S. president before a major speech in Munich. His search leads through neo-Nazi circles, criminal networks, and the highest levels of power.
The Tin Cravat
by Jack D Hunter
1981
German flying hero Bruno Stachel defects to the United States and joins American intelligence during World War II. Sent back to Germany, he must stop Nazi plans for underground resistance after the regime’s expected defeat.
Florida is Closed Today
by Jack D Hunter
1984
Former CIA agent Roger Wagner thinks he has settled into a quiet Florida life. Then an unidentified body washes ashore, and a death and kidnapping drag him back into old grudges, covert work, and danger.
Judgment in Blood
by Jack D Hunter
1986
A string of grisly killings shatters the polished surface of Zieglersville, a wealthy suburban community. Inspector Stabile follows clues rooted in biblical punishment while an avenger prepares to strike again.
The Flying Cross
by Jack D Hunter
1987
Someone is killing pilots in America’s 107th Aero Squadron and diverting military funds to a hidden operation. As investigators close in, they uncover an international conspiracy that reaches far beyond one squadron.
Tailspin
by Jack D Hunter
1990
Just after V-E Day, bombers, weapons, and captured Nazi pilots begin vanishing from American control. Major Kaufmann follows the trail through occupied Europe, where a secret plot could redraw the fragile peace.
The Potsdam Bluff
by Jack D Hunter
1991
In 1945, with Stalin’s forces poised to dominate Europe, American spymaster C. G. Brandt stakes everything on an inexperienced bilingual agent. Alex Lukas must escort a Soviet defector carrying intelligence that could change the postwar balance.
Sweeney's Run
by Jack D Hunter
1992
Retired intelligence officer Tom Sweeney finds an old acquaintance murdered in his Chesapeake Bay home. Soon hunted by killers, he uncovers a conspiracy involving drug lords, neo-Nazis, and powerful figures close to the presidency.
Slingshot
by Jack D Hunter
1995
Florida reporter Matt Cooper finds his novelist father murdered and becomes a suspect himself. With journalist Tina Mennen, he follows clues to wartime secrets, political killings, and an international conspiracy aimed at a divided America.
Addie
by Jack D Hunter
2001
A tense character-driven drama centered on Addie, whose life is changed by painful secrets and difficult choices. As the past closes in, she must find a way through loss, fear, and the consequences of what has been hidden.
The Cure
by Jack D Hunter
2003
A controversial oncologist dies in a suspicious crash just as a researcher finds what may be a cure for cancer. Corporations, political players, and killers race to control or bury the discovery.
The Ace
by Jack D Hunter
2008
German-American outsider John King rescues a pilot from a crash and is drawn into America’s growing air service during World War I. As he becomes a combat hero in France, war, politics, and prejudice reshape his life.
The Dampness of Mourning
by Jack D Hunter
2011
John McDonnell and Michael Johnston are pulled deeper into the strange history of Division and the forces surrounding it. This dark supernatural thriller expands a world of grief, memory, dangerous power, and possible redemption.
Gossamer
by Jack D Hunter
2013
A dark, emotionally charged story of love, loss, and the fragile bonds that hold damaged people together. As grief and violence press in, its characters must decide whether they can still reach for connection.
A Beautiful Madness
by Jack D Hunter
2014
When a Texas senator and his wife disappear and a teenager is killed outside a former governor's home, Sammy Woods suspects his violent father. His search for answers joins him with Detective Jim Thompson and a relentless killer.
Earthly Things
by Jack D Hunter
2014
Fourteen-year-old Dexter is struggling after his brother Adam dies in an accident. With his parents falling apart and his feelings for neighbor Jamie growing, Dexter tries to heal before another terrible loss changes everything.
It's Only Death
by Jack D Hunter
2015
Ten years after killing his police-officer father during a bank robbery, James Jackson returns home for his dying mother. His sister is in danger, and confronting the past pulls him into one brutal, unsettled night.
The Devil Gave Them Black Wings
by Jack D Hunter
2015
A cursed angel watches over a kidnapped child, her father, and the people drawn into their search. Grief, faith, and vengeance converge as several wounded lives cross in a dark supernatural thriller.
The Lesser People
by Jack D Hunter
2015
An elderly man remembers his childhood in rural Mississippi, when he found the body of a murdered Black boy in the woods. The discovery exposes racism, fear, and secrets that threaten his town and family.
After The Fog Clears
by Jack D Hunter
2016
A police officer accidentally kills a child on a foggy Saginaw street, sending three families into grief and chaos. As guilt, rage, and old secrets collide, damaged people are drawn toward a violent reckoning.
An Ounce of Mercy
by Jack D Hunter
2017
As his wife lies dying and asks him to end her suffering, a man looks back on their teenage years. Together, they faced a monster in a local lake, a terror that changed their lives and brought unwanted national attention.
Shine Your Light on Me
by Jack D Hunter
2017
After a family tragedy, teenager Aiden discovers he can heal people. Word spreads quickly, and a town desperate for miracles turns him into a target, forcing him to decide how much of himself he can give away.
Where to start with Jack D Hunter
For World War I aviation and ambition: The Blue Max → The Blood Order → The Tin Cravat
For wartime espionage: The Expendable Spy → One of Us Works for Them → The Potsdam Bluff
For modern conspiracy thrillers: Sweeney's Run → Slingshot → The Cure
For a later return to the skies of World War I: The Ace
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Explore this seriesStandalone Jack D Hunter books

One of Us Works for Them
by Jack D Hunter
1968
The Expendable Spy
by Jack D Hunter
1968
Spies, Inc
by Jack D Hunter
1970
The Terror Alliance
by Jack D Hunter
1980
Florida is Closed Today
by Jack D Hunter
1984
Judgment in Blood
by Jack D Hunter
1986
The Flying Cross
by Jack D Hunter
1987
Tailspin
by Jack D Hunter
1990
The Potsdam Bluff
by Jack D Hunter
1991
Sweeney's Run
by Jack D Hunter
1992
Slingshot
by Jack D Hunter
1995
Addie
by Jack D Hunter
2001
The Cure
by Jack D Hunter
2003
The Ace
by Jack D Hunter
2008
The Dampness of Mourning
by Jack D Hunter
2011
Gossamer
by Jack D Hunter
2013
A Beautiful Madness
by Jack D Hunter
2014
Earthly Things
by Jack D Hunter
2014
It's Only Death
by Jack D Hunter
2015
The Devil Gave Them Black Wings
by Jack D Hunter
2015
The Lesser People
by Jack D Hunter
2015
After The Fog Clears
by Jack D Hunter
2016
An Ounce of Mercy
by Jack D Hunter
2017
Shine Your Light on Me
by Jack D Hunter
2017
Author bio
Jack D. Hunter was an American novelist, journalist, intelligence veteran, and aviation artist whose books often put ordinary people inside the pressure and confusion of war. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on June 4, 1921, the son of Whitney G. and Irene Dayton Hunter.
He was red-green color-blind, an irony he liked to note because his father worked in paint color evaluation. Hunter was not cut out for a neat, predictable life, but he found ways to follow the things that interested him. He taught himself piano, played in an orchestra to help pay for college, and earned a journalism degree from Penn State in 1943.
World War II changed the direction of his life. Hunter joined the U.S. Army, but his color blindness kept him from the flying career he had hoped for. His knowledge of German instead led him into counterintelligence, and he served in postwar Germany during a tense, uncertain period when former Nazis and competing intelligence services were still very much in play.
That experience stayed with him.
After the war, Hunter worked as a newspaper and radio reporter, a Washington speechwriter, and a public-relations executive. He began writing fiction in 1961, around the time he turned forty. His first novel, The Blue Max, arrived in 1964 and followed German fighter pilot Bruno Stachel, a working-class man determined to win Imperial Germany's highest military flying decoration during World War I.
The book brought together Hunter's interest in aircraft, military history, and ambition's ugly side. It was later adapted into a 1966 film. Hunter returned to Bruno Stachel in The Blood Order and The Tin Cravat, taking the character into the dangerous political world of Nazi Germany and the final years of World War II.
His other novels moved freely through espionage, conspiracy, crime, and aviation. The Expendable Spy draws on the uneasy world of postwar intelligence. Spies, Inc. shifts the action to industrial espionage in an American company town. In The Cure, a possible cancer treatment becomes the center of a ruthless fight for money and control. His final novel, The Ace, returns to World War I aviation through the story of an American pilot.
Hunter liked the nuts and bolts of a story, whether that meant an aircraft, a covert operation, or the way a frightened person responds when plans collapse. His books often feature people who are forced to decide whom they can trust, and what they are willing to risk.
In 1980, Hunter and his wife, Shirley, known as Tommy, moved to St. Augustine, Florida. Along with writing, he developed a second career painting vintage aircraft and spent years coaching newspaper reporters. He remained active late in life, writing and painting in St. Augustine until his death there on April 13, 2009, at age eighty-seven.
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