Meet the author behind Jack Noble

About L.T. Ryan

L.T. Ryan is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author whose books span action thrillers, crime fiction, and mysteries. His work includes the Jack Noble and Rachel Hatch series, alongside stories that follow private investigators, prosecutors, journalists, and people drawn into danger by the past they hoped to leave behind.

Jack Noble gives readers a long-running world of covert operations and divided loyalties. Beginning with Noble Beginnings, the series follows Jack and his partner Bear through missions where the people giving the orders can be as dangerous as the enemy. Bear Logan and Clarissa Abbot take readers further into that connected world, with stories of their own.

Rachel Hatch brings a different kind of investigation. A former Army criminal investigator, Hatch returns home after her sister’s suspicious death and begins asking questions others would rather leave alone. Her story starts in Drift, where she works with Sheriff Dalton Savage. Savage also leads his own series, beginning with Savage Grounds.

Ryan develops story ideas with coauthors and runs his publishing company. Collaboration is part of his body of work. His books include Rachel Hatch novels with Brian Shea, Maddie Castle mysteries with C.R. Gray, and Cassie Quinn mysteries with K.M. Rought. Each series opens a different door: a former K-9 handler rebuilding her life, a medium seeking justice for murder victims, or an investigator pursuing a case that has become personal.

Alongside the writing and publishing, Ryan connects with readers. For a first visit, Jack Noble and Rachel Hatch are two places to begin. For returning readers, the series guides bring the books, Reading Order Guides, and connected stories together, making it easier to choose the next book and keep following the characters who brought you here.