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Derek Haas is the author of five books about an assassin and one about a spy. He co-created the show CHICAGO FIRE, and executive produces PD and MED. He also co-wrote the screenplays for 3:10 TO YUMA, WANTED, and 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS. Derek lives in Los Angeles.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 2,240 ratings · 267 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silver Bear (Silver Bear, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Right Hand 3.67 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassin Trilogy The Silver Bear / Columbus / Dark Men (Silver Bear, #1-3) 4.06 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Columbus (Silver Bear, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Different Lie (Silver Bear #4) 4.06 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Men (Silver Bear, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way I Die (Silver Bear #5) 4.13 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bad Feeling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts Across the Map: Volume I it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts Across the Map: Volume II 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He wanted to believe it was of the Agency’s unwritten protocol; the less you know about your associates, the better it is for both of you professionally”
― Derek Haas The Right hand

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“The truth is a monster and it feels no remorse.”
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The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

58 votes, 30.4%

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

28 votes, 14.7%

The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

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Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

23 votes, 12.0%

I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells

16 votes, 8.4%

The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill

9 votes, 4.7%

The Smiling Man by Joseph Knox

6 votes, 3.1%

The Lazarus Succession by Ken Fry

5 votes, 2.6%

BLACK WATER LILIES INDIA SPECIAL by Michel Bussi

5 votes, 2.6%

Selected: A Thriller by J. Allen Wolfrum

3 votes, 1.6%

Flood by Andrew Vachss

3 votes, 1.6%

A Death in Live Oak: A Jack Swyteck Novel by James Grippando

2 votes, 1.0%

The Silver Bear by Derek Haas

2 votes, 1.0%

Replay by Marc Levy

1 vote, 0.5%

Nico's Warriors: Veterans' Revenge by Mitchell Nevin

1 vote, 0.5%

Exile by James Swallow

1 vote, 0.5%

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