Pascual Rose Books in Order

Written under Sam Reaves’s Dominic Martell name, the Pascual Rose novels are tense, Europe-spanning espionage stories with an unusual hero. Pascual Rose is a former terrorist and courier who turned informer, exposing former associates to American and Israeli intelligence. He has survived, but survival has left him with a new identity, old enemies, and plenty of guilt.

Barcelona is Pascual’s refuge, at least in theory. He lives close to the city’s bars, narrow streets, port neighborhoods, and outsiders, working small jobs and trying to stay beneath everyone’s notice. But the city is also tied to his childhood and the person he might have been. It offers comfort, cover, and a ready supply of people who can recognize him.

Lying, Crying, Dying begins when Katixa, a woman from Pascual’s past, reappears in Barcelona while fleeing with money stolen from ETA operatives. Pascual knows better than to get involved, but old feelings and old loyalties pull him into a flight across Spain. The result is a chase story shaped by divided allegiances, police pressure, and the constant question of who is telling the truth.

In The Republic of Night, Pascual is pushed out of hiding again when French intelligence wants him to identify a former Syrian comrade. The job takes him from Barcelona to Paris and into a web of Algerian politics, Russian business interests, and competing intelligence operations. Pascual’s task looks simple only from a distance, and the people asking for his help are rarely as straightforward as they claim.

Gitana brings the focus back to Barcelona, its music, bars, and uneasy communities. Pascual is trying to hold on to a quieter life when an American journalist arrives asking questions about events in Germany years earlier. A dead tourist and renewed attention make clear that the past has not forgotten him.

These are political thrillers, but they stay close to one man’s attempt to live with what he has done. Pascual is capable and observant, yet he is also tired, wary, and often unsure whether he deserves a clean future. Start with Lying, Crying, Dying and continue in order. The novels build on Pascual’s history, his unfinished relationships, and the shifting consequences of earlier choices.