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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
In the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre
and Alan Furst, "Istanbul Passage" brilliantly illustrates why
Edgar Award-winning author Joseph Kanon has been hailed as "the
heir apparent to Graham Greene" ("The Boston Globe").
Istanbul survived the Second World War as a magnet for refugees and
spies. Even expatriate American Leon Bauer was drawn into this
shadow world, doing undercover odd jobs in support of the Allied
war effort. Now as the espionage community begins to pack up and an
apprehensive city prepares for the grim realities of postwar life,
Leon is given one last routine assignment. But when the job goes
fatally wrong--an exchange of gunfire, a body left in the street,
and a potential war criminal on his hands--Leon is trapped in a
tangle of shifting loyalties and moral uncertainty.
Played out against the bazaars and mosques and faded mansions of
this knowing, ancient Ottoman city, Istanbul Passage is the
unforgettable story of a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War,
of an unexpected love affair, and of a city as deceptive as the
calm surface waters of the Bosphorus that divides it.
'Nathanael West and Raymond Chandler would be proud.' LA Times
Juniper Song has a new gig: apprenticed to a private investigation
firm in downtown LA, she's racking up hours following cheating
spouses. When a NY artist hires Song to keep an eye on her
long-distance boyfriend in LA, Song has no problem tailing the guy
- until a panicked late-night phone call has her racing to the
iconic Roosevelt Hotel. There, in the aftermath of a wild party in
its top-floor suite, she finds only two people left: the boyfriend
and a Hollywood legend. Only one of them is still alive.
This time there are no rules... An unputdownable new thriller from
E. V. Seymour, introducing hired assassin Josh Thane, perfect for
fans of Lee Child, Mark Dawson and Alan McDermott. One moment of
weakness can cost you everything... Rogue assassin Josh Thane is an
artist in murder. His next target is a British microbiologist
suspected of creating devastating chemical weapons. Breaking into
her house, he discovers someone has beaten him to it - she's
already dead. In a moment of weakness, he saves the life of her
son. A single mistake that destroys everything he's worked for and
puts him and the boy in immediate danger... When Josh embarks on an
international quest to find the real killer, he uncovers a criminal
conspiracy with truly terrifying consequences. Yet it's in his own
past that the darkest truth lies hidden.
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Deep Blue
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Alan Judd
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From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant
new novel for fans of le Carre, Graham Greene and Charles Cumming.
During a time of political disruption and rising anti-nuclear
sentiment, MI5 discovers that an extremist fringe group, Action
Against Austerity, appears to have links to an established
political party while planning sabotage using something or someone
called Deep Blue. Banned from investigating British political
parties, the head of MI5 seeks advice from Charles Thoroughgood,
his opposite number in MI6. Agreeing to help unofficially with the
case, Charles must delve deep into his own past, to an unresolved
Cold War case linked to his private life. Using the past as key to
the present, he soon finds himself in a race against time to
prevent a plot which is politically nuclear ... Authoritative and
packed with in-depth knowledge, Deep Blue is a gripping new spy
thriller from a master of the genre. 'Judd infuses his writing with
insider knowledge' New Statesman
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Tier One
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Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
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In a world violated by terror, the old lines have blurred. Meet the
next generation of covert ops. John Dempsey's life-as an elite Tier
One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper-is over. A devastating terrorist
action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive
orders into the shadowy realm of espionage, where ambiguity is the
only rule. His new mission: hunt down those responsible for the
greatest tragedy in the history of the US Special Ops and bring
them to justice. But how does a man torn between duty and revenge
walk the line and preserve his soul? As Dempsey struggles with the
games of spies, the case propels him across the globe in a
desperate effort to prevent a new, horrifying attack on American
soil. Once, John Dempsey followed orders blindly. Now he sees
behind the curtain, and the security of the civilized world rests
on one question: Can a Tier One Navy SEAL adapt and become the
world's most lethal spy?
In The Exphoria Code, MI6 officer and elite hacker Brigitte Sharp
foiled a terror attack on London that used stolen military drone
software to deliver a 'dirty bomb'. Now Bridge is back, battling a
series of hacks and ransom-ware attacks, masterminded by a hacker
known only as 'Tempus', who is targeting politicians and government
officials with impunity. Discovering that this campaign is linked
to a cyber-attack on the London G20 summit, she is drawn into the
dark-web world of crypto-currencies, Russian hackers and an African
rebel militia. In another compelling cyber-thriller from the
creator of Atomic Blonde, Bridge races against time to prevent a
disaster that could alter the balance of global power forever.
'Smart, sophisticated and suspenseful.' HARLAN COBEN 'Sleek,
cunning and breakneck.' MEGAN ABBOTT 'Thriller writing at its
absolute best.' JEFFREY DEAVER 'Top-tier.' New York Times From the
top ten bestselling author of The Expats: Kate Moore is back in a
pulse-pounding thriller which takes place over the course of one
nail-biting day. Kate Moore - a mother with an interesting past -
is living the quiet life in another European city, or trying to. On
her way to drop her children off at school in the city centre, the
cafes and streets of Paris start to come alive around her. Kate's
husband Dex, meanwhile, charged with finding a particular present
for their son's birthday, is struggling to focus on the job in hand
as a financial matter at work seems to be playing on his mind. As
worrying reports begin to circulate from key locations around the
city, and the sound of wailing sirens becomes increasingly hard to
ignore, could their day and, indeed, their lives be about to change
forever?
A gripping thriller from the No.1 New York Times bestseller, which
sees Natalie Nevsky drawn into a web of spying and murder behind
the Iron Curtain. Perfect for fans of The Night Manager. Glamorous
Natalie Nevsky lives with her adoring husband, the Cossack. Until
he is brutally killed and she discovers that their life together
was not as it seemed. Back in Russia, he'd been playing a deadly
game of espionage in the sophisticated, dangerous world of the fur
trade - and one mistake has cost him his life. Drawn into a dark
and seedy web of spying and ruthless murder behind the Iron
Curtain, Natalie must learn to walk a tightrope of survival. And
she cannot afford to put a foot wrong.
No.1 New York Times bestseller Justin Scott's gripping thriller
follows an undercover spy, battling in the frozen wastes of Russia
to protect his country and confront his past The Russian Empire,
1916: at war with Germany, racked with dissent. King George V sends
Kenneth Ash, a naval officer, on a secret mission into this deadly
world of violence and intrigue. Undercover in the frozen wastes of
Russia, Ash must kidnap the King's cousin, Tzar Nicholas II, before
the Bolsheviks take control. Soon he's drawn into a dangerous race
across the globe - through London, Berlin and the deadly trenches
of the First World War - to protect his country and confront his
past.
Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey is summoned to Cornwall and finds herself
embroiled in an investigation involving smugglers, piracy - and
rumours of treason. June, 1584. On hearing news of the sudden death
of her stepfather, Sir Walter Pendennis, Rosamond Jaffrey must
leave London for Cornwall to look after the interests of her young
half-brother and try to mend her strained relationship with their
mother. However, on arriving in Cornwall, Rosamond makes the
shocking discovery that Sir Walter was in fact murdered - and
reluctantly she agrees to work with an agent of the queen's
spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, in order to unmask the killer.
Rosamond's investigations will lead her into a dangerous maelstrom
of smuggling, piracy - and rumours of treason.
'A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans
begging for more' NEW YORK POST 'The real titan of the genre is
Robert Ludlum' GQ 'A master at the conspiracy theory type of
thriller, his books operating on an ever-spiralling series of
surprise revelations, with double, treble and quadruple crosses as
everyday as sun-ups and sunsets' IRISH TIMES One evening in
Washington, DC, several high-ranking members of government
disappear in a mass kidnapping. Among the kidnapped is Nick Rendel,
a computer software coding expert in charge of drone programming
and strategy. He is the victim with the most dangerous knowledge,
including confidential passwords and codes that are used to program
the drones. If revealed, his kidnappers could reprogram the drones
to strike targets within the United States. Jon Smith and the
Covert-One team begin a worldwide search to recover the officials,
but as the first kidnapping victims are rescued, they show
disturbing signs of brainwashing or mind-altering drugs. Smith's
investigation leads him to Fort Detrick, where a researcher, Dr
Laura Taylor, had been attempting to create a drug to wipe memory
from soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. But Dr
Taylor's research was suspended almost a year ago, when she was
placed in a mental institution. Now, if Smith doesn't figure out
the brainwashing drug, and track down the kidnapped Nick Rendel,
the kidnappers will soon have the power to carry out drone strikes
anywhere in the world...
The stunning new thriller from 'the proud carrier of the flag first
unfurled by John le Carre' (LEE CHILD) 'An espionage master'
CHARLES CUMMING 'Timely and terrific' MICK HERRON on Firefly 'Epic
... remarkable ... his best book yet' Sunday Times on Firefly Aid
worker Anastasia Christakos is driving through Calabria to visit
one of the new refugee centres funded by her husband, billionaire
Denis Hisami, when she slows down to greet two African migrants she
recognises. Too late she realises it is an ambush. She manages a
desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers drug
her. Hours later she wakes up on a container ship, powering
eastwards across the Mediterranean. Anastasia has been abducted and
held hostage because Hisami has explosive information that his
enemies have killed for and will kill for again. But Hisami's time
as a commander with the Kurdish Peshmerga has caught up with him,
and the US authorities have jailed him for possible past terrorist
activities. For all his wealth, he is powerless to save his wife.
Only one man can help him. Paul Samson, former MI6 agent and a
genius at tracking missing persons. He's the obvious choice.
There's only one snag. Samson was, and probably still is, in love
with Anastasia. If he manages to locate and save her, will it be
for Hisami - or himself?
A MAN WITH SOMETHING TO CHANGE Graham Weber, the new director of
the CIA, is tasked with revolutionising an agency in crisis. Never
intimidated by a challenge, Weber intends to do just that. A HACKER
WITH SOMETHING TO EXPOSE Weber's task greatens when a young
computer genius approaches the CIA with proof their systems have
been compromised. There is a breach. There is a mole. A WOMAN WITH
SOMETHING TO PROVE The agent who takes this walk-in is K. J.
Sandoval - a frustrated yet ambitious base chief desperate to prove
her worth to the agency and its new director. Weber must move
quickly. And he must choose his allies carefully, if he is to
succeed in identifying an enemy that is inside the gates, and out
to destroy him.
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Thief
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Mark Sullivan
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From the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet
Sky As a CIA operative, Robin Monarch was the US government's most
valuable asset. Nowadays, as a rogue international thief, he
answers to only himself. So when Monarch finds himself in the
darkest recesses of the Amazon jungle - very much against his own
wishes - he is on unfamiliar terrain in more ways than one. THE
PRIZE HE MUST STEAL. Deep within the Brazilian rainforest lies a
secret of incalculable value to mankind. Robin Monarch must locate
and extract this enigmatic treasure: not for greed or gain, but
because a life, that of the woman dearest to him, is at stake. THE
PERSON HE MUST SAVE. Sister Rachel Diego del Mar, the missionary
who saved Monarch's life when he was a homeless orphan, has been
kidnapped by a vengeful past adversary. If Monarch does not give
his enemy the Amazon's secret, they will take her life.
Unaccustomed to failure, and unprepared to let his nemesis prevail,
Monarch has vowed to deliver - first the coveted prize, then his
full, uncompromising retribution.
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