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Roger Weston Books in Order

Browse Roger Weston books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy advice on where to start with his maritime-leaning thrillers.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

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The Assassin's Wife

by Roger Weston

2011

Meg Coles is a drama professor until killers come for her and her husband is abruptly erased from her life. Hunted by assassins and treated like a criminal, she has to learn who she married and how far she can go to survive.

The Golden Catch

by Roger Weston

2011

On remote Kiska Island, crab fisherman and former assassin Frank Murdoch finds treasure that powerful people will kill to claim. With his son and friends in danger, he has to use old survival skills he hoped never to need again.

Ghost Ship

by Roger Weston

2012

Maritime historian Jake Sands is hired to speak at a farewell voyage tied to the Queen Mary, then spots a face from his past. What begins as a ceremony turns into a race to stop a nightmare rooted in World War II.

The Recruiter

by Roger Weston

2012

Chuck Brandt has spent years trying to bury the man he used to be. When the agency that knows his past turns on him, he has to become that dangerous old version of himself one more time.

The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha

by Roger Weston

2013

Former CIA operative Paul Cook wants distance from his past, until a frightened girl finds him in Portugal with a sapphire and a plea for help. Her missing lover may be alive in Africa, and the search pulls Paul back into danger.

The Handler

by Roger Weston

2014

In Costa Brava, a dead ambassador, a missing agent, and a knot of betrayal pull Chuck Brandt into a deadly conspiracy. He is on his own, hunting answers across a glamorous setting that turns lethal fast.

The True Tale of Castaway Ann Saunders

by Roger Weston

2014

This short historical piece tells the survival story of Ann Saunders, who is left to face the sea and the elements with almost nothing. Weston keeps the focus on hardship, resourcefulness, and sheer endurance.

The True Tale of Castaway Daniel Foss

by Roger Weston

2014

Weston revisits the survival story of castaway Daniel Foss in a brisk, dramatic narrative. It is a short tale about endurance, isolation, and the stubborn will to stay alive.

Rogue Op

by Roger Weston

2015

Chuck Brandt resurfaces to stop a plot against America and rescue Maria from her brutal father, General Ivan Lazar. The trail takes him from Spain into the Peruvian Amazon, where the jungle is as deadly as the men hunting him.

Global Tilt

by Roger Weston

2017

A ship sailing from North Korea to Iran disappears with a terrifying cargo, and the CIA is running out of time. Their last gamble is Chuck Brandt, who has to stop the nightmare before it becomes global.

Relic

by Roger Weston

2017

Jake Sands rescues a battered young woman from a sinking boat in the Puget Sound and wakes up in the middle of a much larger mystery. The clue left behind is an ancient relic that could reshape history and get him killed.

Rogue Op II

by Roger Weston

2017

Brandt goes after Ivan Lazar in Peru, where the Black Cobra Brigade is building toward fresh violence. To stop a bigger attack, he has to push into a lost city and take on an enemy who thinks himself untouchable.

The Shadow Lawyer

by Roger Weston

2017

Brandt is already the FBI's most wanted when a shadowy lawyer puts a bounty on his head. Then a mysterious girl appears at his crab boat, and his fight for survival gets even stranger.

Vulcan Eye

by Roger Weston

2017

Disgraced Navy SEAL Sebastian Lewis turns to Chuck Brandt when a terrible mistake puts hundreds of lives at risk. Brandt has just thirty-six hours to stop a new weapon from being unleashed.

American Op

by Roger Weston

2018

Chuck is serving meals in a Seattle soup kitchen when Maria Lazar calls with news of another Black Cobra attack. From Washington to Antarctica, he chases a plot that is bigger and colder than he expected.

Shadow Court

by Roger Weston

2018

With a bounty on his life, Brandt goes after the secretive power brokers who marked him for death. The hunt drives him toward the Caribbean, a hurricane, and a hidden network of enforcers.

SHIPWRECK

by Roger Weston

2018

This nonfiction collection retells maritime disasters with an eye for fear, courage, and the split-second choices people make at sea. Weston focuses on the human side of catastrophe, not just the sinking itself.

The Doorman

by Roger Weston

2018

Tracking an old enemy in Washington, Chuck Brandt stumbles into a web of blackmail, corruption, and international intrigue. With help from an unusual insider, he brings his own rough version of justice to the capital.

The Target

by Roger Weston

2018

Jake Sands is pulled into another maritime mystery, and soon he is the one being hunted. To survive, he has to sort real history from a modern conspiracy before the people behind it close in.

Vengeance

by Roger Weston

2018

Called into a crisis without the full story, Chuck Brandt walks straight into what looks like a suicide mission. With enemies inside the agency and gunmen ahead of him, survival is only the first problem.

Where to start with Roger Weston

If you want the main spy-thriller entry point: The RecruiterThe HandlerRogue Op
If you want a quick taste of Chuck Brandt: VengeanceGlobal TiltVulcan Eye
If you prefer maritime adventure: The Golden CatchGhost ShipRelic
If you want a female-led thriller: The Assassin's Wife
If you want a standalone globe-trotter: The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha

Chuck Brandt books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "The Recruiter"

    The Recruiter

    by Roger Weston

    2012Chuck Brandt, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Handler"

    The Handler

    by Roger Weston

    2014Chuck Brandt, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Rogue Op"

    Rogue Op

    by Roger Weston

    2015Chuck Brandt, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Global Tilt"

    Global Tilt

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 5
  5. Book cover for "Rogue Op II"

    Rogue Op II

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 4
  6. Book cover for "The Shadow Lawyer"

    The Shadow Lawyer

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 7
  7. Book cover for "Vulcan Eye"

    Vulcan Eye

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 6
  8. Book cover for "American Op"

    American Op

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 9
  9. Book cover for "Shadow Court"

    Shadow Court

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 8
  10. Book cover for "The Doorman"

    The Doorman

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Vengeance"

    Vengeance

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 11

Chuck Brandt books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Recruiter"

    The Recruiter

    by Roger Weston

    2012Chuck Brandt, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Handler"

    The Handler

    by Roger Weston

    2014Chuck Brandt, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Rogue Op"

    Rogue Op

    by Roger Weston

    2015Chuck Brandt, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Rogue Op II"

    Rogue Op II

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Global Tilt"

    Global Tilt

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Vulcan Eye"

    Vulcan Eye

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "The Shadow Lawyer"

    The Shadow Lawyer

    by Roger Weston

    2017Chuck Brandt, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Shadow Court"

    Shadow Court

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "American Op"

    American Op

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "The Doorman"

    The Doorman

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Vengeance"

    Vengeance

    by Roger Weston

    2018Chuck Brandt, Book 11

Frank Murdoch books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Golden Catch"

    The Golden Catch

    by Roger Weston

    2011Frank Murdoch, Book 1

Frank Murdoch books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Golden Catch"

    The Golden Catch

    by Roger Weston

    2011Frank Murdoch, Book 1

Jake Sands books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Ghost Ship"

    Ghost Ship

    by Roger Weston

    2012Jake Sands, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Relic"

    Relic

    by Roger Weston

    2017Jake Sands, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Target"

    The Target

    by Roger Weston

    2018Jake Sands, Book 3

Jake Sands books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Ghost Ship"

    Ghost Ship

    by Roger Weston

    2012Jake Sands, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Relic"

    Relic

    by Roger Weston

    2017Jake Sands, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Target"

    The Target

    by Roger Weston

    2018Jake Sands, Book 3

Meg Coles books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Assassin's Wife"

    The Assassin's Wife

    by Roger Weston

    2011Meg Coles, Book 1

Meg Coles books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Assassin's Wife"

    The Assassin's Wife

    by Roger Weston

    2011Meg Coles, Book 1

Paul Cook books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha"

    The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha

    by Roger Weston

    2013Paul Cook, Book 1

Paul Cook books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha"

    The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha

    by Roger Weston

    2013Paul Cook, Book 1

Roger Weston collections, short stories, and related book types

Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Book cover for "The True Tale of Castaway Daniel Foss"

    The True Tale of Castaway Daniel Foss

    by Roger Weston

    2014
  2. Book cover for "The True Tale of Castaway Ann Saunders"

    The True Tale of Castaway Ann Saunders

    by Roger Weston

    2014

Non-Fiction

  1. Book cover for "SHIPWRECK"

    SHIPWRECK

    by Roger Weston

    2018True Stories of Disaster at Sea

Author bio

Roger Weston writes thrillers that feel like they were built by someone who has actually stood on wet decks and watched bad weather come in. Before he published novels, he worked on several vessels at sea, including a commercial fishing boat in Puget Sound, a salmon processing ship in the Gulf of Alaska, and a yacht off the coast of Hawaii. That hands-on background helps explain why so many of his books carry salt water, shipwreck lore, or a hard maritime edge.

That part feels earned.

Weston did not stay in one lane. He has taught writing and literature at several colleges and at an air force base. He also spent time teaching in South Korea. Earlier, while at USC, he acted in a few student action films and even worked as an actor in war games, which fits neatly with the pace and physicality of the fiction he would go on to write.

His life off the page seems to have fed the books too. He has written about traveling to Russia during the Cold War, escaping a taxi driver with a gun in Madrid, and stopping a gang mugging in a medina in Morocco. Whether the setting is Alaska, Spain, Peru, or Washington, there is usually a sense that Weston likes places where trouble can arrive quickly and where people have to think on their feet.

The Golden Catch was especially important for him. Weston has said that book started his writing journey, and it is easy to see why. It brings together several things he returns to often: dangerous water, remote terrain, buried history, and a hero with a violent past trying to do one decent thing. In that novel, Frank Murdoch is a crab fisherman and former assassin, and the story turns the Aleutians into a cold, battered stage for treasure hunting and survival.

Then there is Chuck Brandt.

In The Recruiter and the books that follow, Weston found his clearest recurring hero, an off-the-books operative, former assassin, and spy recruiter who keeps trying to step away from the life and keeps getting pulled back in. The Brandt books move through Spain, the Peruvian Amazon, Seattle, Antarctica, the Caribbean, and Washington, but their engine stays the same: a wounded man who would rather protect people than take orders. Readers who like these books usually respond to the speed, the globe-hopping plots, and the fact that Brandt is never entirely comfortable in his own skin.

Weston has also built stories around other kinds of leads. Jake Sands, in Ghost Ship and Relic, is a maritime historian and shipwreck expert, which lets Weston mix present-day danger with wrecks, lost objects, and old secrets. The Assassin's Wife puts drama professor Meg Coles on the run after she learns her husband was not who she thought he was. The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha follows former CIA operative Paul Cook back into danger through Africa. Across these books, Weston keeps circling the same interests: redemption, survival, hidden histories, and ordinary life getting smashed by sudden violence.

He also writes short nonfiction and story-length pieces about shipwrecks and castaways, including the true tales of Daniel Foss and Ann Saunders. That fits the rest of his work. Even when he is writing straight thriller fiction, he tends to be drawn to people under pressure, stranded figures, wrecked plans, and the thin line between panic and endurance. He has kept publishing across thrillers, maritime adventures, and survival stories, and the sea never seems very far away.

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