Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone Without Trace | 2008 | C.J. Carver | Buy |
| 2 | Back with Vengeance | 2010 | C.J. Carver | Buy |
| 3 | The Honest Assassin | 2010 | C.J. Carver | Buy |
Jay McCaulay is a former Captain in the British Paras who has spent two years working for the aid agency TRACE in Bristol, helping track down and reunite families separated by conflict. Her military background keeps dragging her into trouble.
In Gone Without Trace, a young Macedonian girl Jay once rescued goes missing at the same time a Macedonian crime boss arrives in Bristol. Jay’s search for the girl pulls her into a trail of murder and corruption. Back with Vengeance opens with Jay waking up in a Moscow hotel with no memory of how she got there, having set off a week earlier to find her missing uncle, an accountant who vanished without explanation.
The Honest Assassin puts Jay in the position of trying to clear a friend who has been arrested for murder. Carver sends Jay across borders in each book, mixing the personal stakes of a character-driven thriller with action set pieces in locations ranging from Eastern Europe to Russia.