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Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson is a bestselling, award-winning author of Second World War fiction and espionage thrillers. A former infantry officer, he spent thirty-eight months serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, experience that informs his portrayal of military operations, intelligence work and the pressures placed on individuals during conflict. He now lives in Texas with his wife and writes full time.

Jackson is best known for the After Dunkirk series, which follows members of the Littlefield family through the Second World War, from the evacuation of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain to intelligence operations, codebreaking and campaigns in Europe and the Pacific. He also wrote the Reluctant Assassin series, formerly titled Curse the Moon, featuring Atcho, a Cuban counter-revolutionary drawn into Cold War espionage, nuclear threats and political crises in Russia, Berlin and the United States. His novels combine military action with international intrigue and are grounded in detailed historical research.

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Series by Lee Jackson (2 series)

After Dunkirk in Order

by Lee Jackson 10 books 4.4

The After Dunkirk series follows the Littlefield family from the evacuation of 1940 through the final campaigns of the Second World War. Separated across occupied France, Britain, North Africa, Italy, Germany and the Pacific, the siblings serve as pilots, soldiers, intelligence officers, codebreakers and resistance operatives while their…

The Reluctant Assassin Series in Order

by Lee Jackson 5 books 4.3

The Reluctant Assassin series centres on Eduardo ‘Atcho’ Xiquez, a Cuban-born former West Point cadet whose daughter is used to force him into service as a KGB sleeper agent. His attempt to turn the operation against its Soviet controllers draws him into conspiracies involving assassination, military coups, compromised…

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