Harry Tate books in order

Reading order

Harry Tate is an MI5 officer whose career goes sideways in the first book, Red Station, when a coastal drug bust turns deadly under his command. Sent to a remote outpost in Georgia as a form of bureaucratic exile, Tate discovers that his punishment posting is more dangerous than anyone let on. The six books that follow take him through a series of operations marked by betrayal, political maneuvering, and the kind of moral ambiguity that defines the best spy fiction.

Adrian Magson writes Tate as a capable but flawed agent, someone who makes mistakes and lives with the consequences. The series moves through different international settings and raises the stakes with each book, from domestic intelligence work to global conspiracies. Fans of espionage thrillers who prefer their spies human rather than superhuman will find a lot to appreciate here.