Stan Hurley/Novel

"The bastard supposedly retired, but guys like Hurley don't retire, they keep screwing with stuff in the shadows until the day they die." --Secretary of State Franklin Wilson, from Kill Shot

Stan Hurley was a former operative for the Central Intelligence Agency. After his time in the field he became an instructor for new CIA recruits. Hurley was Mitch Rapp's instructor when he was recruited by the agency.

Appearance and Character
Stan Hurley does not play by the rules and can be unpredictable. Secretary of State Franklin Wilson describes Hurley as "a certified paranoid schizophrenic and a sadist." (Chapter 9 of Kill Shot)

Hurley is 28 years older than Mitch Rapp. (In Kill Shot, Rapp is 25 years old and Hurley is 53 years old.)