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Jon Stock (born 12 May 1966 in England) is a British author and journalist. Between 1997 and 2017, he wrote six spy novels under his own name: The Riot Act (1997); The Cardomom Club (2003); Dead Spy Running (2009); Games Traitors Play (2011); Dirty Little Secret; To Snare a Spy. He has also written five psychological thrillers under the pen name J.S. Monroe: Find Me (2017); Forget My Name (2018); The Other You (2020); The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021); No Place to Hide (2023). He has written one work of non-fiction: The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal (2025).
The Cardamom Club (2003) was published by Blackamber (later part of Arcadia Books) in the UK, and by Penguin Books in India in 2004.
Dead Spy Running (2009), published by Blue Door, was the first book in the Legoland trilogy. Legoland Trilogy Goodreads.com, 18 November 2014.
Games Traitors Play (2011), published by Blue Door, was the second book in the Legoland trilogy.
Dirty Little Secret (2012), published by Blue Door, was the concluding book in the Legoland trilogy.
Stock had signed a three-book deal in July 2008 with Blue Door, a HarperCollins imprint, for "a good six-figure sum", according to The Bookseller. The Spy fiction series, known as the Legoland trilogy, all feature MI6 officer Daniel Marchant. While researching for Dirty Little Secret he came across the Seraj, an Iranian fast attack craft based on the high-performance British speedboat, the Bradstone Challenger. "Iran's new super-fast naval gunships", CNN Security Clearance – CNN.com Blogs, 24 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. Stock wrote a detailed article in the Daily Telegraph,Jon Stock, "Little boat, big danger: how a British-made speedboat has become a weapon in Iran's standoff with the US", The Telegraph, 20 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. on how the Iranians plan to use it as a fast attack boat against the United States Navy in any future conflict in the Strait of Hormuz.
To Snare a Spy (2017) was published by The Nare Hotel Co Ltd. To Snare a Spy Goodreads.com 25 April 2017 It is a spy thriller featuring protagonist Noah, a teenager who learns of a Russian mole in the British government. The country house hotel by the sea... The Nare 25 April 2017
Find Me (2017) was written under the pen name J.S. Monroe and published by Head of Zeus. It was published in the UK in February 2017 and by Harlequin MIRA in the US in March 2017. Find Me is a 'high concept' psychological thriller featuring Jar, a young Irish writer, who is convinced that his girlfriend, who committed suicide five years ago at university, might still be alive. Publishers Marketplace has mentioned Find Me as having "notes of Harlan Coben's Tell No One and Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth". Find Me had been translated into 14 languages by 2017. J.S. Monroe Amazon 31 October 2017 Jon Stock Goodreads.com 8 August 2018
Forget My Name (2018) was published by 'Head of Zeus under the pen name J.S. Monroe. This book is about a woman who loses her memory, and only remembers her home address, and has lost all her IDs after her bag is stolen. Forget My Name Goodreads.com 8 August 2018
The Other You (2020) was published by Head of Zeus under the pen name J.S. Monroe. It is a psychological thriller about a super recogniser called Kate, who suspects that her partner has been replaced by his doppelgänger. The Other You Goodreads.com 9 January 2020
The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021) was published by Head of Zeus under the pen name J.S. Monroe and is the third novel to feature DI Silas Hart, head of Swindon CID. A suspense thriller, it begins with the discovery of a dead body in the middle of a mathematical crop circle in Wiltshire. The Man on Hackpen Hill Amazon UK 5 March 2021
No Place to Hide (2023) was published by Head of Zeus under the pen name J.S. Monroe. A psychological thriller, it is about a successful doctor in London whose life and marriage implode when his past as a medical student catches up with him. No Place to Hide Head of Zeus 23 August 2022 No Place to Hide GoodReads 23 August 2022
(2025), published by The Bridge Street Press, was Stock's first work of non-fiction. The Bridge Street Press acquires Stock's 'chilling' psychiatric exposé The Sleep Room in major pre-empt The Bookseller 18 January 2023 The book is about British psychiatrist William Sargant and his experimental treatment of women in the 60's and 70's at St Thomas' Hospital in London. As well as accessing Sargant's papers at the Wellcome Collection and recently released documents at National Archives in Kew, Stock contacted survivors of Sargant's experiments and the book includes their testimonies.
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