The dozens of covert operations Irit participated in ended without incident until this one entanglement when she intruded on Noor in her hotel room
Behind the Trigger
In a world built on lies,
the most dangerous truth,
is the one you tell yourself.
Finalist in the 2025 National Jewish Book Award, Behind the Trigger is a psychologically charged espionage novel that explores the human toll of living in the shadows.
What if one impossible decision during a suspenseful mission shattered everything you believed about your past?
Set deep within the world of contemporary Israeli espionage, Behind the Trigger is a psychological spy thriller where covert operations collide with buried trauma, and the cost of trust is life or death.
Irit is no cliché female protagonist. She’s a Mossad field agent, mother, and wife – trained to complete missions, not confront her past. But when a thrilling assignment sparks an unexpected connection with Noor – the wife of a Syrian missile engineer – everything shifts.
Two strong female main characters, both bound by secrets, face off not only as adversaries but as mirrors. Their growing bond becomes both a strategic intelligence asset and a raw, psychological reckoning neither of them anticipated.
How will Irit and Noor’s bond end when one woman’s survival depends on the other’s destruction?
Content Note: This novel includes references to sexual abuse but contains no graphic descriptions. Reader discretion is advised.
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Yariv Inbar is the pseudonym of an Israeli novelist whose real identity has been banned from publication by the Israeli authorities. With a wealth of experience from many years of serving in sensitive positions within the Israeli intelligence community, Yariv brings a unique authenticity to his writing and still serves as a lieutenant colonel in reserve. In 2016, Yariv burst onto the spy fiction scene with the publication of his novels in Hebrew, which quickly earned bestseller status in Israel and received high praise from critics and readers alike.
