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David Ignatius

David Ignatius is a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for four decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Washington, DC.

David Ignatius

David Ignatius is a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for four decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Washington, DC.

Books by David Ignatius

  • The Bank of Fear: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    Paperback, 2013

    "Sizzling…engrossing all the way." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
  • The Director: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    Paperback, 2015

    A New York Times Bestseller. “If you think cybercrime and potential worldwide banking meltdown is a fiction, read this sensational thriller.”—Bob Woodward, Politico
  • The Quantum Spy: A Thriller

    David Ignatius

    Paperback, 2018

    The Quantum Spy takes us to a whole new level of intrigue and espionage. It’s also unbelievably timely. In short: David Ignatius knows his stuff.” —Wolf Blitzer
  • The Paladin: A Spy Novel

    David Ignatius

    Hardback, 2020

    A Financial Times Best Thriller of 2020

    When a daring, high-tech CIA operation goes wrong and is disavowed, Michael Dunne sets out for revenge.
  • Agents of Innocence: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    Paperback

    A "superlative spy novel" (New York Times) by the author of the bestselling espionage thrillers Body of Lies and The Director.
  • The Paladin: A Spy Novel

    David Ignatius

    Paperback, 2021

    “Tension, suspense, betrayal, and revenge.… David Ignatius is the best in the world at this stuff.” —Lee Child
  • Body of Lies: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    E Book, 2008

    The novel made into the major motion picture released October 2008, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe: "Clever [and] well-paced, Body of Lies is hard to put down."—John Miller, Wall...
  • The Increment: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    E Book, 2010

    The New York Times bestseller: “A remarkably timely and pulse-quickening tale of deception, divided loyalty, and moral haziness.”—Raleigh News & Observer
  • Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage

    David Ignatius

    E Book, 2012

    "You emerge from its pages as if from a top-level security briefing—confident that you have been let in on the deepest secrets." —Washington Post
  • A Firing Offense: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    E Book, 2013

    "A dynamic thriller with the coolest, smartest journalist that fiction ever produced." —Ben Bradlee, Washington Post