Jonathan de Shalit is the pen name of an author of espionage thrillers described as “former high-ranking member of the Israeli intelligence community.”
de Shalit's books are reviewed by a committee of the government of Israel before publication, to be certain no information that could put intelligence operatives at risk is revealed.
The novels are written in Hebrew and have been translated into English.
Books
''Traitor''
''Traitor'' (2018), "a breakneck hunt for a Russian mole in the upper levels of Israel’s power circle," is set in 2012.
The reviewer for the
Winnipeg Free Press
The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well ...
described it as, "a cerebral spy novel far more
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
than
Jason Bourne
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''A Spy in Exile''
''A Spy in Exile'' (2019) is set in 2014–15 in European cities including Moscow, Berlin, Brussels and London.
References
External links
Traitor: Excerpts From a New, Best-selling Hebrew Novel by Jonathan De Shalit
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Israeli thriller writers
Spy fiction writers
21st-century pseudonymous writers