A rare combination of experience and talent.--Mick Herron, author of The Secret Hours and the Slough House series

David McCloskey has an uncanny knack for blending humor, intrigue, and authenticity into an espionage whodunit, replete with brilliant tradecraft and twists. Absolutely everything you could want in a spy novel.--I.S. Berry, Edgar Award-winning author of The Peacock and the Sparrow

David McCloskey has written a colorful, and fantastically clever twenty-first-century version of the classic double agent conundrum, capturing the painful questions of trust and betrayal among lifelong friends.--Anna Pitoniak, author of The Helsinki Affair

The Seventh Floor is a John le Carré-level game of cat and mouse. It could have only been written by someone like David McCloskey, who has an insider's sharp angle. Read this terrific novel and watch this writer.--David Baldacci

[A] gripping, fast-paced plot that includes realistic, cutting-edge tradecraft and action. The Seventh Floor ... will cement McCloskey's reputation as the best contemporary spy novelist.--General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA

The strength of The Seventh Floor, by former CIA analyst David McCloskey, is how the author brings the unique CIA culture to life...it describes and illuminates the CIA culture in a way that could only be depicted by a true insider.... McCloskey has written a highly entertaining and engrossing book that will surely satisfy the palate of those looking for a vicarious fictitious escape into the exciting and unpredictable world of espionage.--Joseph Augustyn "The Cipher Brief"

McCloskey, a former CIA analyst, layers the novel with the inside details of tradecraft that only a writer of his background could provide.-- "Publishers Weekly"

[A] terrific espionage series .... [McCloskey] brings an impressive knowledge of spycraft to the proceedings.--Sarah Lyall "New York Times Book Review"

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Pub date: 2024-10-01

Length: 400 pages