Jack Coughlin
Author
Language
English
Description
Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an insider's look at the dark and misunderstood world of America's sniper force. Long considered the redheaded stepchildren of the infantry, snipers have been loathed by their fellow warriors, called “ten cent killers” by our media, and portrayed as unbalanced psychopaths by Hollywood. Coughlin and Bruning explore the lives and careers of some of America's...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With more than sixty confirmed kills, Gunnery Sgt. Coughlin is the Marine Corps' top-ranked sniper. A divorced father of two who grew up in a wealthy Boston suburb, he had never even held a gun when he joined the Marines, but would spend the next twenty years behind the scope of a long-range precision rifle. In that time he accumulated one of the most successful records in the Corps, ranging through many of the world's hotspots. Now he has written...
3) Dead shot
Author
Series
Sniper thrillers (Jack Coughlin) volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2009].
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kyle Swanson was once sniper in the Marine Corps, and is now a member of a special operations team known as Task Force Trident. Juba, a twisted mastermind and sniper, who is determined to seize control of the terrorist world from Al Qaeda, tests a new, devastating chemical weapon developed by Islamic terrorists at a British royal wedding in London, killing hundreds of people. It's Swanson's mission to hunt down Juba.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"A top Russian intelligence agent has defected to the West and the only man with whom he will speak is Kyle Swanson, who busted him out of the U.S. Marine Corps Scout/Sniper School years ago. The defector proves to be an Edward Snowden-type gold mine of amazing secrets about the When, Where and How of President Vladimir Pushkin's next grab for lost Soviet territory.But Swanson, now a special contractor with the CIA, soon begins to believe that it...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Top-ranked Marine sniper Kyle Swanson was a promising young Marine on a dangerous peace-keeping mission in Mogadishu when he first captured "the Cobra", and it could have cost him his life--had it not been for the schoolteacher who risked her own to save him. Now Swanson is sent on a mission to track down two targets--one is the Cobra, the warlord who spent twenty years in prison after Swanson captured him and is now back in charge of the strong...
Author
Series
Sniper thrillers (Jack Coughlin) volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
"The Central Intelligence Agency is under attack, and so is its top field operative, Kyle Swanson. The highly decorated former Marine Corps gunnery sergeant is attending the funeral of a friend when a terrorist blows up the grave. A week later, he narrowly survives a grenade attack in Berlin. In Washington, Congress is being told that Swanson has been turned, his private employer is corrupt, and the Agency itself cannot be trusted. Swanson is assigned...