Andrew Turpin

ALLi Author Member

Location: United Kingdom (the)

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Historical Fiction

Andrew has always had a love of writing and a passion for reading good thrillers. But despite having a long-standing dream of writing his own novels, it took him more than five decades to finally get around to doing it.
Andrew studied history at Loughborough University and worked for many years as a business and financial journalist before becoming a corporate and financial communications adviser with several large energy companies, specializing in media relations.
He originally came from Grantham, Lincolnshire, and lives with his family in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Andrew Turpin's books

The Last Nazi (A Joe Johnson Thriller #1)

The buried contents of a Nazi train. An aging SS mass-murderer—still on the run. And the wartime secrets of a U.S. presidential hopeful’s Jewish family, hidden for seven decades.
War crimes investigator and ex-CIA officer Joe Johnson is more than intrigued when he learns of a link between the financing for the presidential candidate’s 2012 campaign, the Nazi train, and a ruthless blackmail plot.
But the investigation becomes bigger and more deeply personal than Johnson expects when it turns out the SS Holocaust killer escaped his net years earlier.
Soon there are high-level intelligence agency and criminal networks combining across three continents against Johnson and his two female colleagues, one from MI6, the other a journalist.
He finds himself inextricably caught up in a terrifying quest to win justice, to avenge his mother’s tortured past and revive his flagging career.
With dramatic settings, explosive action and characters readers will come to love, The Last Nazi is a gripping full-length thriller—the first in a forthcoming series featuring Joe Johnson.

The Old Bridge (A Joe Johnson Thriller #2)

The explosive fallout from a top CIA man’s corruption and a US political leader’s racism. The hunt for a war killer. And a gripping British twist amid the ruins of an iconic bridge.
War crimes investigator Joe Johnson is sucked into the search for a secret dossier that disappeared twenty years ago from the president’s office in Sarajevo—but which has highly damaging links to the White House.
Ex-CIA man Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson literally walk a Croatian minefield while hunting an army officer who vanished from Mostar with the dossier after a series of horrific killings during the Yugoslav civil war. The search takes them from Dubrovnik to New York City and London.
Soon they are fending off powerful intelligence agency leaders with vested interests.
The Old Bridge—the second book in the Joe Johnson series—is a taut thriller, set in some of Europe’s most beautiful locations, and which explores the dark consequences of sectarian hatred and arms dealing on both sides of the Atlantic.
Meet Joe Johnson today and see how he draws on all his resources to uncover the truth about war crimes committed two decades earlier.

Bandit Country (A Joe Johnson Thriller #3)

A British police chief joins the list of high-profile Northern Ireland sniper victims. Tension rises as the US president prepares to visit. And the 29-year mystery around an IRA killer’s gruesome death deepens.
Ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson is called in as the sniper’s body count rises. But with the motive unknown, the clock is ticking down as the president and UK prime minister prepare for a G8 world summit near Belfast.
Eventually, Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson uncover historic hidden files, documents and dark secrets from three decades earlier that certain high-flying public figures would rather remained unread.
Johnson’s investigation climaxes with a helicopter drama in the skies over Belfast.
Bandit Country—the third book in the Joe Johnson series—dives into the murky depths of historic conflicts between British security forces and the IRA, as well as the illegal US-based fundraising and weapons smuggling operations that armed the terrorists.
Meet Joe Johnson today and discover how he uncovers hidden truths from the past in an effort to prevent another devastating crime happening now.

Stalin's Final Sting (A Joe Johnson Thriller #4)

The darkest secrets of a Russian oligarch—a legacy from Stalin. A hidden batch of the CIA’s Stinger missiles. And the insatiable Afghan thirst for revenge.
Ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson is sucked into an inquiry which delves into the deadly world of Soviet and US undercover operations in Afghanistan during the 1980s—and mysterious connections to current US and Russian politics.
Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson find themselves pursuing a Russian oligarch with strong links to Putin and a past he would rather keep hidden—and also an Afghan mujahideen bent on the most bloodthirsty revenge.
The investigation is thrown awry by Johnson’s crooked former CIA boss, now on the run, and by a miscalculation of the dangers lurking in the Hindu Kush mountains, ridden with heavily armed Taliban insurgents.
The story reaches a raw climax in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Moscow, and Kabul, as Johnson battles to overcome the powerful forces lined up against him, including former KGB agents.
Stalin’s Final Sting is a gripping thriller—the fourth in the Joe Johnson series—with some twists that the reader will never see coming.
Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers buried truths from the past.

The Afghan (A Joe Johnson Thriller #0)

A Cold War attack by Soviet helicopters on an Afghan village. A knife-edge CIA operation that goes wrong. And a vengeful mujahideen tribesman, armed with Stinger missiles.
When CIA officer Joe Johnson is handed the tough task by his boss of capturing a Soviet helicopter and forging better contacts among the mujahideen, he unknowingly finds himself up against a sinister KGB rival who wants him dead.
But after coming under fire, Johnson comes to suspect that his difficulties stem not just from the Soviets—but from a traitor on his own side.
To extricate himself from the web of deceit in which he finds himself, Johnson comes to rely on a female colleague from Britain’s MI6, Jayne Robinson, to whom he grows unexpectedly close.
As pressure mounts on Johnson from CIA headquarters at Langley and politicians in Washington, DC, the story reaches a climax during a life-or-death shootout in Jalalabad.
The Afghan, set in 1988, is a thriller that forms a compelling prequel to the Joe Johnson series as a whole. It also creates the backdrop for book four in the series, Stalin’s Final Sting, set in Afghanistan, New York City, and Moscow in the present day.
Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers dark secrets.

The Nazi's Son (A Joe Johnson Thriller, #5)

A deadly legacy of the Cold War . . .A mysterious Nazi source. A desperate escape bid through northern Russia. And life-threatening secrets being leaked by a mole at the heart of Western intelligence.
In the fifth book of this thriller series, ex-CIA war crimes investigator Joe Johnson heads to Berlin to assist with the supposedly straightforward debriefing of a Russian defector. The defector knows the background to the terrorist bombing of the city’s famous La Belle nightclub in the 1980s as well as the identity of a Russian agent who is funneling American and British military secrets to Moscow.
But things go wrong. Johnson is pursued by his nemesis, the vengeful Russian oligarch Yuri Severinov. And subsequent events turn out to be vastly more complex and terrifying than he expected.
Why are ex-KGB and Stasi intelligence chiefs so anxious to prevent Johnson from getting to the heart of what really happened? And what are the Kremlin connections that suck him into a life-or-death chase in St. Petersburg?
Johnson and his ex-MI6 colleague Jayne Robinson find themselves battling against the odds to dig out truths that have been concealed for almost thirty years.
At the same time, the pair find themselves inexorably drawn toward resuming the brief love affair they once had in Islamabad.
The key to solving the conundrum around the Berlin bombing comes from an unlikely direction, and the identity of the Russian mole who is wreaking havoc in the West turns out to be equally surprising.
The story works its way to a climax in London and Leipzig as Johnson battles against overwhelming odds to outwit the forces arrayed against him.
The Nazi’s Son is a thriller with many unexpected twists that will keep the reader guessing right to the end.

The Black Sea

A Russian conspiracy in Washington, DC . . . A passenger jet is shot down, killing hundreds. A mole wreaks havoc in the White House. And an oligarch bent on the most malicious kind of revenge targets Joe Johnson.

War crimes investigator Johnson is sent undercover by his former employer, the CIA, to untangle a web of deceit and online blame games in Russia’s Black Sea region after the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in Ukraine.

But he quickly finds he has bitten off more than he can chew—and that the key to the conspiracy lies not in Moscow, but on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Johnson, his partner Jayne Robinson, and his friends in the CIA eventually have to come to terms with the fact that Russian methods of infiltrating the US are evolving faster than American counterintelligence realizes in the post-Cold War era, and they are struggling to catch up.

The drama reaches a climax in the US capital and on the Black Sea coast, where Johnson’s long-term nemesis has a stronghold.

The Black Sea, book number six in the Joe Johnson series, is a compelling spy thriller with multiple twists that you won’t want to put down.

The Kremlin's Vote

Defending the West . . . Why has a top United States official been gunned down outside a quiet British pub? A trail of deception misleads the CIA . . . And intelligence operative Jayne Robinson is viciously targeted during a high risk foray into Russia to get the truth.

★★★★★ "Gripping plot, plausible historical tie-in, modern spycraft. I couldn't put this book down."— Amazon reviewer.

In this first book in a dramatic new spy series, Robinson is covertly deployed by the CIA in a deniable operation to handle one of its biggest assets in the Kremlin—recruited by her.

But instead, she finds herself grappling to get to the bottom of an apparent threat that seems likely to engulf the White House.

The mission becomes unexpectedly, and deeply, personal for Robinson . . .

Can she outwit one of the Russian foreign intelligence service's most deadly operatives?

Nothing is what it seems in this vortex of deception and deceit.

As she gets closer to the reasons for the killings, the stakes rise . . .

Will Robinson overcome the threats from all that modern Russian spycraft can throw at her?

The Kremlin's Vote, book number one in the new Jayne Robinson series, is a gripping espionage thriller.

The Dark Shah

Defending the West . . .Is a deadly drone attack on the US Secretary of State in Tel Aviv a deliberate provocation? A covert meeting with an Iranian nuclear chief in Vienna goes disastrously wrong . . . And who is the hitman with intelligence operative Jayne Robinson in his crosshairs?

★★★★★ “Could not put it down, great storyline which is very believable." — Amazon reviewer.

Robinson is sent by the CIA to find out who left the Secretary of State fighting for his life in Israel and why.

However, the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad, has the same agenda.

Given their history, can she trust them?

As her investigation progresses, Jayne finds she needs all her skills and know-how if she is to avoid the same fate as her much-loved father—blown up more than twenty years earlier in a mystery attack by pro-Iranian Hezbollah terrorists in London.

But why is Jayne being targeted now, and what is the hidden high-stakes agenda that's driving it?

The Dark Shah, book number two in the new Jayne Robinson series, is a gripping modern spy thriller.

The Confessor

Cardinal sins uncovered . . . The horrific killing of four cardinals in Washington, DC, en route to the White House. Deadly threats and intrigue at the Vatican. And Jayne Robinson battling an unknown enemy to find out the truth for a desperate pope.

★★★★★ “Such a brilliant thrilling spy adventure.” — Amazon reviewer.

Intelligence operative Robinson is deployed by the CIA to discover why the American cardinals were murdered on their way to a top-level government meeting—with a mysterious message they were unable to deliver.

At the same time, a British cardinal and key ally of the pope asks Jayne to help with his own line of inquiry—before it’s too late.

The case becomes increasingly complicated as the Israeli intelligence agency, the Mossad, is sucked into the drama in a most unexpected way as the international political stakes rise.

And tension mounts rapidly as Jayne fights for her life in the West Bank city of Ramallah against plotters ruthlessly determined to prevent the facts emerging.

The Confessor, book number three in the Jayne Robinson series, is a gripping modern spy thriller with sharp twists that will stun the reader.

The Queen's Pawn

CIA checkmated . . . A defecting oligarch meets a grisly death in London over a game of chess. CIA investigator Jayne Robinson is sent to Moscow on a high-risk mission to find out why. And the US president prepares for a crisis summit as Russia grabs a chunk of Ukraine.

The dead oligarch is apparently ready to pass on top secret information about the Kremlin’s increasingly hostile plans and strategy. But he never gets the chance.

Operative Robinson is dispatched to Moscow to extract information from a highly-placed asset in Russia’s foreign intelligence service.

But the operation does not go to plan, and Robinson is left in a desperate battle not just to get what she needs, but for her personal survival.

The ensuing game of diplomatic chess becomes highly personal for Robinson as she swiftly learns it’s impossible to know who to trust—either on the other side, or on her own.

She ends up delving deep for answers into the dirtiest and most dangerous corners of Russian and western European capital cities—as the US president fights to save his career.

The Queen’s Pawn, book number four in the best-selling Jayne Robinson series, is a nail-biting spy thriller with throwbacks to the Cold War and twists that will shock the reader.

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