Tom Wood Books in Order
Tom Wood is a British thriller author best known for the Victor series, a long-running assassin thriller series about a freelance hitman who operates alone, traveling all over the world to find his targets.
This page lists all Tom Wood books in order, including the complete Victor the Assassin series, novellas, and standalone novels, and the books written under the pen names T.W. Ellis and Sam Ripley.
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Victor The Assassin Series (Books in Order)
The Victor the Assassin series follows professional freelance assassin Victor, a British Intelligence asset whose real name and origins are never confirmed, who is operating independently in dangerous locations around the world, ranging from Belgrade to Guatemala City. Victor takes on risky contracts that often backfire, pushing him to outsmart both his targets and the agencies that send him. The series has a clear, tactical style, featuring a character who is more of an antihero than a typical action hero.
Reading Order
- The Hunter, 2010 (also titled The Killer)
- Bad Luck In Berlin, 2011
- The Enemy, 2011
- Gone by Dawn, 2018
- The Game, 2013
- Better Off Dead, 2014 (also titled No Tomorrow)
- The Darkest Day, 2015
- A Time to Die, 2016
- The Final Hour, 2017
- Kill for Me, 2018
- A Quiet Man, 2021
- Traitor, 2022
- Blood Debt, 2023
- Firefight, 2024
- Unlucky for Som, 2025
- No Good Deed, 2026
Anthologies
- Writers Crushing COVID-19, 2020
- Smoking Guns, 2024
- L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41, 2025
Written as T.W. Ellis
- A Knock at the Door, 2020
Written as Sam Ripley
- The Rule of Three, 2023
- The Lightning Girl, 2026
Tom Wood Biography
Tom Wood is a British thriller author best known for the long-running Victor the assassin series. He also writes psychological suspense under the pen names T.W. Ellis and Sam Ripley.
Official website: tomwoodbooks.com
Born in 1978 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, he later moved to London, where he continues to live and work. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Tom Wood also worked in freelance editing and filmmaking.
He published his debut novel, The Killer, in 2010 under his real name, Tom Hinshelwood. The book, later retitled The Hunter, introduced the character Victor and became the beginning of a long-running thriller series. Shortly afterward, he adopted the pen name Tom Wood for his fiction books, which a simplified version of his surname.
In addition to the Victor novels, he has published standalone works under other pseudonyms. He released A Knock at the Door under the name T.W. Ellis, which was later republished under his own name, and The Rule of Three, and The Lightning Girl under the pseudonym Sam Ripley.
Tom Wood’s novels are action-packed, although the standalone novels published under his pen names are psychological suspense thrillers.
Tom Wood Book Adaptations
- In August 2024, it was announced that Matthew Fox would star in The Assassin, a television series adaptation of Tom Wood’s novels in development for Max.
