The White House Connection Higgins, Jack

Blake Johnson, the President's personal troubleshooter, gets pulled into a vendetta that stretches from Washington to London to the Irish countryside. Someone's hunting down anyone connected to a botched IRA peace negotiation years earlier — politicians, operatives, soldiers. The list is long, and the killer is methodical. Enter Sean Dillon, the former IRA enforcer turned British intelligence asset, who knows these streets and these grudges better than anyone. Higgins writes propulsive thrillers where the action is sharp, the dialogue crackles, and the morality is always a few shades greyer than you'd expect. This is spy fiction for people who like their heroes flawed and their plots tangled in real history. If you've burned through le Carré and need something faster-paced, or if you just want a solid espionage tale for a weekend, this delivers.