Gary Grossman
Gary Grossman has published 10 books across 3 series. The recommended reading order starts with Executive Actions (2012).
Gary Grossman is an American author of political thrillers and geological thrillers, and a historian of television and film. Before turning to novels, Grossman had a long career in television production, working for networks including NBC News, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox, and PBS. He produced more than 10,000 series episodes and specials, earning numerous awards, including a Governor's Emmy Award for "Healing the Hate" and an Emmy for Best Informational Series for "Wolfgang Puck." His documentary "Beyond the Da Vinci Code" received two national Emmy nominations.
Grossman earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Emerson College and a Master's Degree in Urban Affairs from Boston University. His broadcasting career began as a rock disc jockey, and he later worked at a Boston television station before joining The Boston Globe and then serving as the television critic and media columnist at The Boston Herald American. His freelance articles have appeared in The New York Times. He has also taught journalism and media at several universities. Grossman helped formulate, program, and launch television cable networks such as HGTV, Fit TV, and National Geographic Channel. He is the author of the geological thriller OLD EARTH and the political thrillers EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, EXECUTIVE TREASON, and EXECUTIVE COMMAND, as well as the non-fiction books SUPERMAN: SERIAL TO CEREAL and SATURDAY MORNING TV.
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Order of Red Hotel Books
- TagsthrillersuspenseDescriptionWhat happens when the world's most luxurious hotels become targets in a coordinated global conspiracy? Gary Grossman plunges readers into a high-stakes thriller where hospitality becomes a weapon and no guest is safe. The atmosphere crackles with paranoia. Every lobby conceals a threat. Every reservation hides an agenda. Dan Reilly, a security expert for an international hotel chain, finds himself racing against time as a series of devastating attacks unfold across continents. The pattern is unmistakable. The motive remains obscure. Grossman constructs a taut geopolitical puzzle where corporate espionage bleeds into terrorism, where the mundane rituals of check-in and checkout mask something far more sinister. The prose moves with the efficiency of a man who understands both the architecture of suspense and the vulnerabilities of our interconnected world. This is thriller writing that respects intelligence—demanding readers pay attention to the details, the connections, the small moments that reveal larger designs. Red Hotel delivers relentless momentum without sacrificing complexity, a rare balance in contemporary suspense fiction.Publication dateMarch 19, 2019Amazon rating4.5/5Print length604LanguageEnglishPublisherBeaufort Books
- TagsthrillersuspenseDescriptionGary Grossman's *Red Deception* proves that the best political thrillers don't just entertain—they unsettle, forcing us to question how thin the line between fiction and reality truly is. This is a novel that understands power in all its shadowy permutations, where international intrigue isn't just backdrop but the very air the characters breathe. The story plunges readers into a world where geopolitical chess games turn deadly and nothing is as it appears. Grossman weaves a complex web of espionage, manipulation, and high-stakes deception that spans continents and corridors of power. Every alliance is suspect. Every move could be the last. What sets this installment in the Red Hotel series apart is its relentless pacing married to genuine sophistication. Grossman doesn't dumb down the tradecraft or the politics—he trusts his readers to keep up as the plot spirals through layers of conspiracy and counterintelligence. The result is a thriller that respects your intelligence while never letting you catch your breath. This is essential reading for anyone who believes spy fiction should do more than thrill—it should illuminate the darker mechanisms of global power. Grossman has crafted a novel that feels ripped from tomorrow's headlines, a reminder that in the modern world, the most dangerous weapons aren't always the ones you can see.Publication dateJune 22, 2021Amazon rating4.6/5Print length449LanguageEnglishPublisherBeaufort Books
- TagsthrillersuspenseDescriptionThe world teeters on the edge. Chaos is not an accident. It is a strategy. Gary Grossman returns with another pulse-pounding entry in the Red Hotel series, where geopolitical intrigue collides with high-stakes espionage. Red Chaos thrusts readers into a landscape where power plays unfold across continents, and the line between ally and adversary blurs with every turn. The threats are real. The consequences are global. At the center stands a protagonist navigating a labyrinth of deception, where every decision carries weight and every misstep could ignite catastrophe. Grossman weaves together threads of international conspiracy, military tension, and covert operations with the precision of someone who understands how fragile the world order truly is. This is thriller writing that respects the intelligence of its audience—no easy answers, no simple villains. The pacing is relentless. The scope is vast. Grossman constructs a narrative that feels ripped from tomorrow's headlines, grounded in the kind of geopolitical realism that makes fiction feel uncomfortably plausible. For readers who crave thrillers that engage the mind as much as they quicken the pulse, Red Chaos delivers. It's a reminder that in our interconnected age, chaos doesn't need to cross borders—it simply needs an opening.Publication dateMarch 7, 2023Amazon rating4.6/5Print length476LanguageEnglishPublisherBeaufort Books
- Tagsnon-fictionthrillerDescriptionGary Grossman's *Red Ultimatum* delivers geopolitical suspense at breakneck speed. This is thriller writing that understands the machinery of power—how nations posture, how intelligence agencies maneuver, how a single miscalculation can spiral into catastrophe. Grossman knows his terrain. He writes with the authority of someone who has studied the fault lines of international conflict. The novel operates on multiple fronts simultaneously. Threats converge. Alliances fracture. The stakes escalate from regional tension to global crisis, and Grossman orchestrates the chaos with precision. His protagonist navigates a world where trust is currency and information is weaponized. Every chapter tightens the noose. Every revelation complicates the mission. What distinguishes this entry in the Red Hotel series is its relentless momentum. Grossman doesn't pause for exposition dumps or leisurely character studies. He trusts his readers to keep pace. The prose is lean. The plotting is intricate without becoming labyrinthine. This is a book that respects the intelligence of its audience while delivering the visceral satisfactions of the genre—close calls, double crosses, and the cold logic of espionage. For readers who want their thrillers grounded in plausible geopolitics rather than fantasy heroics, *Red Ultimatum* hits its mark.Publication dateFebruary 25, 2025Amazon rating4.8/5Print length448LanguageEnglishPublisherBeaufort Books
Order of Scott Roarke Books
- TagsthrillermysteryDescriptionA bullet changes everything, but not in the way anyone expects. When an assassin's shot misses presidential candidate Teddy Lodge and kills his wife instead, the tragedy transforms him from media darling into unstoppable political force. Incumbent President Morgan Taylor watches helplessly as Lodge rides a wave of sympathy straight toward the White House, and the polls confirm what everyone already knows: this election is over before it's begun. But politics, like bullets, rarely travel in straight lines. The miracle Taylor needs arrives in the form of Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke, who uncovers something far more sinister than a lone gunman's failed attempt. What Roarke discovers threatens not just the election but the foundations of American democracy itself. Gary Grossman delivers a political thriller that understands power's darkest currency: the calculated manipulation of grief, the weaponization of public sympathy, and the terrifying ease with which tragedy can be engineered. This is conspiracy fiction that feels uncomfortably plausible, a taut exploration of how far ambition will go when the highest office in the land hangs in the balance. The stakes escalate with every revelation, and the miracle that might save Taylor's presidency could destroy everything else.Publication dateJanuary 13, 2012Amazon rating4.6/5Print length560LanguageEnglishPublisherDiversion Books
- TagsthrillerDescriptionThe Oval Office holds secrets that could shatter a presidency. Gary Grossman delivers a political thriller that asks what happens when the commander-in-chief himself becomes the target—and the threat might be coming from inside the White House. Secret Service agent Scott Roarke operates in the shadows where national security and political power collide. He's trained to take a bullet for the president. But what if the real danger isn't an assassin's gun? Grossman weaves a taut conspiracy that pulls Roarke into a labyrinth of deception, where loyalty is tested and every decision could tip the balance of global power. The stakes escalate beyond one man's life to the stability of the nation itself. This is thriller craft at its sharpest—relentless pacing, insider detail that feels ripped from classified files, and a protagonist who embodies both physical capability and moral complexity. Grossman understands the machinery of power and the human cost of protecting it. Executive Command doesn't just entertain; it unsettles, raising questions about who really controls the levers of authority. For readers who crave intelligent suspense with geopolitical weight, this is essential reading.Publication dateJune 21, 2013Amazon rating4.5/5Print length488LanguageEnglishPublisherDiversion Books
- TagsthrillercrimemysteryDescriptionScott Roarke is a Secret Service agent who's seen his share of threats, but nothing quite like this. When a conspiracy reaches into the highest levels of American power, he finds himself navigating a labyrinth where loyalty is currency and betrayal wears a thousand faces. The air is thick with paranoia, the kind that makes you question every handshake, every closed-door meeting, every smile from a colleague who might be plotting your downfall. Gary Grossman pulls you into a world where the line between patriot and traitor blurs with terrifying ease. This isn't just about stopping an assassination or uncovering a mole—it's about the very soul of democracy when those sworn to protect it become its greatest danger. Roarke races against time, piecing together fragments of a plot so audacious it could reshape the nation's future. The stakes couldn't be higher, and trust is a luxury he can no longer afford. Executive Treason delivers the kind of political thriller that makes you look at the evening news differently. Grossman writes with the authority of someone who understands how power really works, crafting a story that's as intelligent as it is pulse-pounding. If you're drawn to stories where one man's determination stands between order and chaos, where every chapter tightens the noose a little more, this is your next obsession.Publication dateJune 21, 2013Amazon rating4.4/5Print length592LanguageEnglishPublisherDiversion Books
- TagsthrillerDescriptionScott Roarke is already deep in the shadows when the call comes, the kind of call that pulls you from one crisis straight into another without time to catch your breath. He's a Secret Service agent who operates in the murky space between protection and action, where the line between defending the President and taking down threats gets blurred by necessity and split-second decisions that can reshape the world. This is a story that moves with the relentless momentum of a political thriller that knows its terrain, where Washington power plays collide with covert operations and the stakes are nothing less than the stability of the nation itself. Grossman writes with the confidence of someone who understands how intelligence agencies actually work, how decisions get made in rooms the public never sees, and how one determined agent can become the pivot point between order and chaos. The atmosphere is taut, charged with the kind of tension that comes from knowing that every move matters and every ally might be something else entirely. If you're drawn to thrillers that feel ripped from tomorrow's headlines, where the action is sharp and the conspiracy runs deeper than you expect, this is the kind of book that keeps you turning pages well past when you meant to stop. Roarke is the kind of protagonist who doesn't just react to danger—he walks straight into it, because someone has to.Publication dateAugust 21, 2018Amazon rating4.6/5Print length422LanguageEnglishPublisherDiversion Books
Order of Standalone Novels
- TagsthrillerDescriptionWhat if the ground beneath our feet holds secrets older than recorded history? Gary Grossman's *Old Earth* asks this question with the precision of a geologist's hammer striking bedrock. The novel operates at the intersection of archaeology and conspiracy, where ancient discoveries threaten modern power structures. Grossman constructs a thriller that moves swiftly through layers of time and deception. The narrative follows a discovery that rewrites human origins. Someone doesn't want that story told. The stakes escalate from academic curiosity to mortal danger. Grossman writes with the confidence of an author who has done his research, grounding speculative leaps in geological and historical plausibility. The prose is lean. The pacing relentless. This is a book that understands the thriller's fundamental contract: keep the reader turning pages while making them think about what lies buried, both in the earth and in the official narratives we've been taught to accept.Publication dateMarch 10, 2015Amazon rating4.2/5Print length373LanguageEnglishPublisherDiversion Books
- TagsthrillerDescriptionThis is a thriller that understands power isn't just about politics—it's about the secrets buried beneath them. Gary Grossman, working with Oren Aviv and Charles Segars, delivers a taut conspiracy novel that asks what happens when ambition collides with ancient mysteries. The title promises alchemy, and the book delivers: a high-stakes race where everything touched turns dangerous. The premise hooks immediately—someone has discovered something that could reshape global power, and the wrong hands are reaching for it. Grossman knows how to build tension through layers of intrigue, moving between boardrooms and back alleys with the confidence of a writer who's mapped every corner of his world. What makes this work is its refusal to choose between brains and adrenaline. The plot moves fast, but it's anchored by characters who think their way through problems even as bullets fly. There's a satisfying density here—historical threads woven into modern conspiracy, the kind of book where you're learning even as you're racing to the next chapter. It's smart without being showy, propulsive without sacrificing substance. If you're drawn to thrillers that treat readers like adults, that trust you to keep up with shifting allegiances and complex motivations, this delivers. A standalone that proves Grossman has mastered the art of the intelligent page-turner.Publication dateJune 2, 2026Print length250LanguageEnglishPublisherFayetteville Mafia Press
Frequently Asked Questions about Gary Grossman
Gary Grossman writes two distinct series: the Order of Red Hotel books and the Order of Scott Roarke books. He also has standalone novels. The series are not connected, so readers can choose which series to begin with. For the series, it is best to read them in the order they were published. The standalone novels can be read in any order.
A good starting point for Gary Grossman's books is with his standalone novel Old Earth, published in 2015. Alternatively, readers can choose to start with either of his series. The first book in the Order of Red Hotel series is Red Hotel (2019), and the first book in the Order of Scott Roarke series is Executive Actions (2012). Both series are distinct and can be read independently of each other and his standalone works.
The books within Gary Grossman's series, the Order of Red Hotel and the Order of Scott Roarke, are intended to be read in chronological order. Each series follows a specific narrative arc and character development that is best appreciated by reading the books as they were released. His standalone novels, however, do not require a specific reading order as they are independent stories.
Gary Grossman writes both standalone novels and series. He is the author of the Order of Red Hotel series and the Order of Scott Roarke series. In addition to these series, he has also written standalone novels, including Old Earth and The Midas Touch. This provides readers with options to engage with his work either through connected narratives or individual stories.
Gary Grossman has written a total of ten books across his series and standalone works. This includes the four books in the Order of Red Hotel series, the four books in the Order of Scott Roarke series, and two standalone novels. One of his upcoming books, The Midas Touch, is co-authored and scheduled for 2026.
The first book Gary Grossman wrote was Executive Actions, published in 2012. This novel is the first installment in the Order of Scott Roarke series. Prior to this, he had not published any other novels. This series marked his debut as an author of published fiction.
Gary Grossman's most recent book is Red Chaos, published in 2023. This is the third installment in the Order of Red Hotel series. His upcoming novel, Red Ultimatum, is scheduled for release in 2025, which will be the fourth book in that same series.
Gary Grossman writes political thrillers and action-adventure novels. His series, the Order of Red Hotel and the Order of Scott Roarke, fall within these genres, featuring plots driven by espionage, command decisions, and high-stakes conflicts. His standalone novels also explore similar themes of suspense and intrigue.
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