John Knoerle's Books
Oct.15.2012
“The Proxy Assassin”
October, 1948. Former OSS agent Hal Schroeder gets invited to Washington D.C. by Frank Wisner, who heads the CIA’s new covert ops division. Hal is whisked off to Wisner’s Maryland shore retreat and introduced to a brace of Romanian royals, including the scarily beautiful Princess Stela Varadja, a direct descendant of Vlad Tepes Draculea.
Then Frank...
Aug.01.2010
May, 1946. America is basking in hard-won peace and prosperity. The OSS has been disbanded, CIA does not yet exist. Rumors swirl about the Red Army massing tanks along the Elbe in East Germany.
Former OSS agent Hal Schroeder gets an offer from Global Commerce LTD to be a trade rep in Berlin. He flies to New York to meet his new boss. Hal’s jaw drops when former OSS Chief...
Nov.01.2008
OSS agent Hal Schroeder returns home after harrowing service behind German lines in WWII. He is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the Cleveland mob.
Hal signs on. But he is no longer interested in being a hero. Hal Schroeder is interested in a fat payday.
May.01.2004
Walter Sumner, 44-year-old owner of a Chicago trading firm, reluctantly takes his place at the head of the family table when his mother dies suddenly of a heart attack. When he attempts to post her date of death on the family’s GenealoG webpage he finds that her d.o.d. is already there. Walter does further research and discovers that his mother’s d.o.d. was posted before her death...
Sep.01.2003
The City of Wislow sits on the frayed elbow of California, sealed off by mountains and sea. Wes Lyedecker begins his first day as a cop there, brimming with the desire to ‘make a difference.’ His wildly cynical training officer, Thomas Bell, is unimpressed.
The cops confront a berserk biker tearing up his motel room. He is amped out of his skull on meth. This bloody...
The thing to be learned about the spy business is that the least likely is the most probable.”
—Sir Dick White, former Director of MI6
About John
My first novel, "Crystal Meth Cowboys", was optioned by Fox TV. My second novel, "The Violin Player", won the Mayhaven Award for Fiction. I have just completed "The Proxy Assassin", Book Three of "The American Spy Trilogy", my first foray into first person...
Connections
Causes John Knoerle Supports
The USO
Paralyzed Veterans of America
St. Labre Indian School
John’s Favorite Books
"Farewell My Lovely"
"The Thin Man"
"The Tears of Autumn"
"Flashman"
"New Hope for the Dead"