Nick Temple File

The Nick Temple File series is a series of novels by American spy, lawyer, historian, linguist and teacher turned novelist Jonathan Dyer. The Nick Temple series are some of the most popular historical fiction thrillers out there, having made the lead protagonist Nick Temple a well-known character in historical fiction circles. Dyer wrote the first novel of the Nick Temple series, “Switchback: A Nick Temple File” in 2012, and went on to publish two more titles in the series in the following years. With Jonathan Dyer having some military intelligence background, the series of novels draws a lot from his experiences. Dyer received some military training at the National Security Agency in Maryland, before becoming an active field agent charged with spying on Soviet activities from his post in West Berlin. The novels parallel his time in Berlin as his lead character is at various times a CIA agent spying on Soviet Union activities. The series is best described as a fast-paced historical thriller that documents the never-ending struggle between the two major military powers of the Cold War era – the United States and the USSR. Bristling with historical detail and suspense the novels portray just how desperate the situation could get under the threat of biological, nuclear, or chemical attack by the Soviets. It is the portrayal of the lives and times of the men that had to make sure that the US remained one-step ahead of the Soviets, even as they dealt with their own personal problems.