From the author of The Night Agent (the basis of the blockbuster Netflix series, whose second season launches in early 2025) comes Matt Quirk’s next big thriller.

THE METHOD
by Matthew Quirk
William Morrow, January 2026
(via Writers House)

TV actress Anna Hutton has played roles of bad-ass cops and other action parts—so she’s put in countless hours of martial arts and stunt training to learn how to handle herself in a fight, with a gun, or behind the wheel. When her real-life best friend goes missing, though, she uses some of the tradecraft she learned for her performances to break into her friend’s apartment, where the clue she finds leads her down a twisty path of real-world espionage and murder.

Matthew Quirk is the New York Times bestselling author of Red Warning, Hour of the Assassin, The Night Agent, The 500, The Directive, Cold Barrel Zero, and Dead Man Switch. He spent five years at The Atlantic reporting on crime, private military contractors, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. He lives in San Diego, California.