Noah Boyd

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born

in The United States

January 01, 1943

died

September 01, 2011

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Noah Boyd was the pseudonym Paul Lindsay, of a former FBI agent who spent more than twenty years working on some of the Bureau's toughest investigations, including the Green River Killer case and the Highland Park Strangler case (which he's credited with solving).

The first book in his Steve Vail series, The Bricklayer, was published in 2010. The second, Agent X, was published in February 2011. Boyd's intimate knowledge of the Bureau's inner workings, including its weaknesses, and his "in the trenches" experience lent unusual authenticity to Vail's character and the novel’s investigative details.

Boyd died in 2011, at the age of 68.

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Noah Boyd's Books

Average rating: 3.75 · 2,429 ratings · 475 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Bricklayer (Steve Vail, #1) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,618 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agent X (Steve Vail, #2) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	unti steve vail 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Noah Boyd

Steve Vail (3 books)
by Noah Boyd
3.7506183017312447 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,426 ratings

Quotes by Noah Boyd

“We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?”
― Noah Boyd, Agent X

tags: chess, humor

5 people liked it

“Vail: "There are worse things than being shot at."
Bannon: "Like...?"
Vail: "Living a life where you're never shot at.”
― Noah Boyd, Agent X

2 people liked it

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