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Silencer Books in Order

Part ofMike Ryan Books in Order

Find the Silencer books in order by Mike Ryan, with short summaries, series background, and an easy guide to where to start with Mike Recker.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

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25 books

1

Blowback

by Mike Ryan

2017

The CIA sends a specialist after the man they think killed Agent 17. Recker knows trouble is coming, but his growing visibility makes disappearing a lot harder.

2

Fully Loaded

by Mike Ryan

2017

After an ambush leaves him presumed dead, Recker resurfaces wounded and furious. His revenge mission pulls Mia and Jones deeper into a life that keeps getting harder to escape.

3

Hard Target

by Mike Ryan

2017

Recker pushes Jones to make progress on finding Agent 17, while Mia starts asking dangerous questions of her own. Secrets from the past begin moving closer to the surface.

4

Point Blank

by Mike Ryan

2017

Back in Philadelphia after months away, Recker is pulled into a looming cop killing and a gangland power struggle. When Mia is used as leverage, the fight turns personal fast.

5

The Silencer

by Mike Ryan

2017

A burned CIA black ops agent survives an attempt on his life and starts over in Philadelphia as Mike Recker. With hacker David Jones feeding him targets, he becomes a one-man answer to violent crime.

6

Double Tap

by Mike Ryan

2018

Recker and Jones recruit former CIA operative Chris Haley to expand the team. He looks like the perfect fit, but the new Silencer barely gets settled before the violence starts again.

7

High Velocity

by Mike Ryan

2018

A new criminal crew announces itself by killing Vincent's men and shaking up the city. Recker and Haley step in, only to find themselves heading toward a trap.

8

Hollow Point

by Mike Ryan

2018

Police officers are being shot, and Recker is asked to help when the official investigation stalls. As he, Haley, and Jones dig in, the killings point to a deeper problem.

9

Close Range

by Mike Ryan

2019

With work slow at home, Recker takes a CIA-linked assignment involving an elusive arms dealer. It pulls him back toward the world he thought he had left behind.

10

Lethal Force

by Mike Ryan

2019

The Tri-State Scorpions move into Philadelphia looking to take over. Recker and the team push back, but the fight gets dangerously close to Mia and the hospital where she works.

11

Trigger Pull

by Mike Ryan

2019

Recker wants no part of Vincent and Nowak's latest feud, until ambushes make neutrality impossible. Suddenly the whole team is back in the middle of the city's violence.

12

Double Barrel

by Mike Ryan

2020

A drive-by shooting makes it clear someone wants Mike Recker dead. As the team investigates, the trail leads toward troubling links inside Vincent's world.

13

Zeroed In

by Mike Ryan

2020

The Scorpions regroup and use Haley as bait to draw Recker in. What follows is part gang war, part rescue mission, with the team racing to save one of their own.

14

Bullet Trap

by Mike Ryan

2021

Recker's time away ends when tragedy hits the team and someone starts targeting them directly. Old enemies and fresh threats become hard to tell apart.

15

Recoil

by Mike Ryan

2021

Recker is tired and ready for a break, so Jones recruits former CIA agent Paxton Phillips. The question is whether a new partner can survive the Silencer's life.

16

Split Scope

by Mike Ryan

2021

Recovered from injury, Haley returns for a case involving ex-MI6 agents operating in the United States. The job pulls the team into international intrigue with local consequences.

17

Execution File

by Mike Ryan

2022

On a routine mission, Recker locks eyes with a foreign agent he personally killed years ago. Whether it is a ghost, a fake, or something worse, the mystery is deadly.

18

Firing Line

by Mike Ryan

2022

Someone from Jones's past comes after him, exposing just how compromised the team's supposedly secret base may be. Recker has to move before the enemy knows everything.

19

Hardwired

by Mike Ryan

2022

While Haley leaves town to help someone from his past, Recker faces a familiar threat trying to tighten its hold on the city. Splitting the team only makes the pressure worse.

20

Center Mass

by Mike Ryan

2023

A string of diamond robberies brings the Silencer team onto a case full of thin leads and uncertain suspects. The job looks simple until the ground shifts underneath them.

21

Death Watch

by Mike Ryan

2023

When a security guard from Mia's hospital goes missing, Recker starts asking questions. He quickly finds a pattern that points to something far darker.

22

Crosshairs

by Mike Ryan

2024

A dead man carrying names and surveillance photos of Recker's circle sends the team into a dangerous investigation. Somebody has been watching all of them.

23

Unfinished Business

by Mike Ryan

2024

While hunting an arsonist, the Silencer team keeps colliding with a former FBI agent chasing the same target. Joining forces might help, but trust is another question.

24

Triple Threat

by Mike Ryan

2025

Reporter Susan Lankford disappears while working on a story about Vincent and corruption. As the Silencer team digs in, they realize she is not the only one missing.

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Shadow Play

by Mike Ryan

2026

A fake Silencer starts staging crimes, taking credit, and then turning darker. Recker has to stop the impostor before his name becomes a weapon against the city.

Series background & context

The Silencer series is built around Mike Recker, a former CIA black ops operative who survives an attempt on his life and ends up on the wrong side of the system he used to serve. Under pressure from old enemies and carrying a lot of damage from his past, he starts over in Philadelphia and becomes something new. He becomes the Silencer.

That is the basic setup.

What makes the series click is the way it blends vigilante crime fiction with spy-thriller baggage. Recker is not a superhero, and he is not trying to clean up the whole world. He is a highly trained man using ugly skills to help people who are about to get hurt, usually because the police are too late, the system is too compromised, or nobody important cares enough to act. He gets the warning, shows up fast, and handles the danger himself.

A big part of that setup comes from David Jones, the hacker and strategist who gives Recker information and reach. Jones is not there just to feed him targets. He helps shape the whole rhythm of the series. As the books go on, the cast grows in a smart way. Mia gives Recker a life outside pure violence. Chris Haley changes the team dynamic and makes the series feel bigger. Later additions keep pushing it from lone-wolf action into something closer to a rough, improvised crew.

Philadelphia matters here. The series keeps returning to neighborhood loyalties, gang wars, dirty alliances, and the awkward line between justice and power. Recker often finds himself dealing with criminals, cops, and intelligence leftovers all at once. His relationship with Vincent is especially important, because it shows how often he has to work in morally messy territory even when his goal is simple, protect the innocent.

The books are usually built around one immediate threat, a killer, a gang, a missing person, a string of robberies, a revenge plot, but the longer arc is about whether Recker can keep building a life while violence keeps dragging him back. His past never stays buried for long.

Expect fast action, blunt force decision-making, and a hero who is most comfortable when somebody dangerous needs to be stopped right now. If you want the biggest Mike Ryan series, and the clearest picture of his mix of crime, conspiracy, and momentum, start here.

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