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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
In die vroee oggendure van 15 Maart 1901 word Salome de Waal wakker
gemaak deur ’n dringende klop aan haar kamervenster. Dit is die
Boereverkenner Hans van Zyl wat wegkruipplek soek van sy
Kakie-agtervolgers. Hans, ’n ou vriend van Salome se verwonde broer
Piet, word Salome se enigste kontak met die Boere op die slagveld.
Hoe moet sy die opwinding verstaan wat Hans se besoeke elke
donkermaan meebring? Sy is immers getroud, al beskou sy haar man,
Albert, as ’n verraaier omdat hy vir die Britse besettingsmag werk.
Dan is daar ook die sjarmante maj. Bruce Symington, wat betower
word deur Salome se skoonheid en haar andersheid. Salome raak net
so verstrengel in die spioenasienetwerk in Pretoria as in haar eie
verwarde gevoelens, haar pligsbesef en haar politieke oortuigings.
Eers wanneer sy as hulpverpleegster in die Irene-konsentrasiekamp
gaan werk, word die oorlog vir haar werklikheid en neem sake ’n
verloop wat sy nie kon voorsien het nie.
*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* *THE SUNDAY TIMES
BESTSELLER* 'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times In
Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are
stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze
again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new
recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the
slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career,
even if he tears his life apart in the process. With winter taking
its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but
even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the
man responsible for killing a slow horse breaks cover at last, Lamb
sends his crew out to even the score. This time, they're heading
into joe country. And they're not all coming home. 'The go-to
author for British espionage' Guardian 'Bitingly intelligent, light
of touch and frequently hilarious' Observer
In MI5 a scandal is brewing and there are bad actors everywhere.
A key member of a Downing Street think-tank has disappeared without a trace.
Claude Whelan, one-time First Desk of MI5's Regent's Park, is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to Regent's Park HQ itself, with its chief, Diana Taverner, as prime suspect. Meanwhile her Russian counterpart has unexpectedly shown up in London but has slipped under MI5's radar.
Over at Slough House, the home for demoted and embittered spies, the slow horses are doing what they do best: adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation.
In a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing is the norm, bad actors are bending the rules for their own gain. If the slow horses want to change the script, they'll need to get their own act together before the final curtain.
*Includes the short story Standing by the Wall: A Slough House Interlude*
*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* 'The best thriller
writer in Britain today' Sunday Express At Regent's Park, the
Intelligence Service HQ, new First Desk Claude Whelan is learning
the job the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered Prime
Minister, he's facing attack from all directions: from the
showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his
sights set on Number Ten; from the showboat's wife, a tabloid
columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print; and especially from
his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner, who's alert for Claude's every
stumble. Meanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently
random string of terror attacks. Over at Slough House, the last
stop for washed up spies, the crew are struggling with personal
problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis,
and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a
psychopath. But collectively, they're about to rediscover their
greatest strength - making a bad situation much, much worse. 'Mick
Herron is the John le Carre of our generation' Val McDermid
'Dazzingly inventive' Sunday Times
A fast paced tale that will take readers on a rollercoast-er of
danger and misadventure. Dick Fame's time with the British Security
Service does not go as planned when his first operation leaves him
as a hostage and subject to torture. The trauma of his experience
leads him to quit, but the espionage life is not through with him
yet... Swept into a whirlwind of drugs, arms and politics, Dick and
his partner Charley must battle to save the firm and protect the
woman he loves while danger stalks them around every corner. They
are drawn into an international conspiracy that confounds the duo
and their mission for justice takes them all the way to Saudi
Arabia and back to Ireland where the Troubles are in full swing.
This thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat. Will Dick
and Charley be able to defuse the conspiracy before somebody gets
hurt? - A gripping thriller about spies and espionage that will
leave you wanting more - A story of conspiracy that constantly
leaves the read-er guessing with multiple twists and turns - A love
story tangled up with danger that gives Bryan's writing a 007 vibe
and leaves the reader rout-ing for love
Morgan Jones' heart-stopping thriller, The Good Sister, sees one
father go further than he ever knew possible, to rescue a daughter
who doesn't want to be saved. A missing daughter. A desperate
father. A journey to save them both. Sofia Mounir's world is not
her own. Her mother is sick, her father broken, the London they
live in is dying of greed and self-obsession. So she flees, to
Raqqa: heart of the caliphate, foundation stone of a just world
that she will help to build. From violence and sacrifice will grow
something beautiful, and she will be part of it. Her faith will be
equal to everything asked of her. Until it isn't. Until it becomes
clear that not all her new brothers' and sisters' intentions are as
pure as her own. Until even her faith becomes a liability. Where do
you turn, when the future you've longed for wants you dead?
The minute particle of dark energy which is lodged in Lieutenant
Chris Lennox's brain sends him back to the past again to combat
insurrection by the United Irishmen and their secret society of
Grey Wolves who plot to throw the Kingdom into turmoil. With his
soldiers from the Corps of Riflemen he attempts to thwart the Grey
Wolves into the most daring and heinous plot of all. Where the Grey
Wolves prowl, no one is safe. Chris and his 'Riflemen' are the only
ones who can stop them ... but will his warnings be heeded?
Following Last of the Cold War Warriors and Last of the Cold War
Warriors II, the author tracks the career of anti-hero Adam Collins
of the Secret Intelligence Service aka MI6. On a high-risk
operation ranging across Europe, their brief is to recover or
render inoperable the US National Security Agency's new - and
missing - cyber warfare programme, codenamed TERRAMAX. The body bag
count inexorably rises, complicated by the involvement of other
'hostile' intelligence teams, also intent on gaining possession of
the new cyber warfare system at any cost. Adam's joint operation
team, comprising the SIS, NSA and NCS, find themselves playing a
cat-and-mouse game with the anonymous 'Auctioneer', leading to a
personal tragedy for Adam. After Adam's resignation from 'the
Office', the story continues four years later - two of them having
seen Adam in prison - as the SIS reappears in his life, making him
an offer he knows he can't refuse. With a new partner, once again
Adam finds himself crossing international time zones in a race
against time to find the SIS 'mole' responsible for the elimination
of several service officers and assets worldwide - with more to
follow. With a brief to locate and extract or eliminate the 'mole',
the operation will culminate in a virtual suicide mission in the
People's Republic of China. The author, a non-person in
intelligence terms, is noted for the depth of information and
accurate detail in his writing, taking the reader on a
rollercoaster ride into the world of shadows that is
intelligence...
The final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy from the New
York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and
Upgrade What's inside was a nightmare. What's outside is a thousand
times worse. Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret
Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three
weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to
live, where to work. No one is allowed to leave; even asking
questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the
astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that
surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world
beyond. And now that secret is about to come storming through the
fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity. The Last
Town at last pitches Ethan Burke and his fellow residents into
all-out war against the forces outside the town's gates - and in
doing so delivers every bit the riotously horrific, breathlessly
action-packed conclusion that the Wayward Pines trilogy deserves.
As the 21st Century dawns, a career as a British Government's
deeply covert MI-4 field agent would test the bravest and most
resilient. Philippa Ploughman is swept into counter-terrorism
normally thought of as a male dominated preserve. Annually,
billions of dollars are generated by illegal drugs, in America and
the Middle East. The United States and Canada are vulnerable to
narcotics flooding from South America while an estimated 85% of all
Afghanistan poppy narcotics arrive overland in Europe. Is there a
thread of international money laundering between the two in a
global weapons trade? Into this world is thrust an amiable,
vulnerable, unlikely form capable of switching from femininity to
vigorous self defence in the blink of an eye or the flash of
weapon's test.The lady has been launched to find the truth. And now
that the UN Security Council's deadline for Iran to halt its work
on nuclear fuel enrichment has been ignored, things are set to
become more challenging...
Will Flemyng was a spy who turned to politics and is rising to the
top in the 1970s. But when a bizarre death, on one hot summer day
in London, starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of
his government, he's drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War
and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political
forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in
interlocking mysteries he must disentangle - including a
potentially lethal family secret - Flemyng faces his vulnerability
and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his
world than he has ever known.
How does an ordinary criminal, renowned in 80's London Underworld
for his expertise in electronic safe and cracking and breaking down
the most sophisticated security systems, go from planning the
country's largest diamond heist worth millions? To helping the
Intelligence Departments of influential countries such as Britain
and America to undermine Russia and Iran? And for what? To break in
a strong room situated in a Chateau in Switzerland, to steal
devices that could start or stop a nuclear War? During his race
through Europe, he is being hunted down by an international
criminal organisation who are brokering the deal and by a ruthless
group of London mobsters who want their diamond's back and their
revenge on Boyd for double crossing them! Boyd has to use all his
mastery in martial arts and street wise cunning to keep ahead of
the game to come out on top, with the devices, diamonds but most of
all if he's lucky, his life.
How does an ordinary criminal, renowned in 80's London Underworld
for his expertise in electronic safe and cracking and breaking down
the most sophisticated security systems, go from planning the
country's largest diamond heist worth millions? To helping the
Intelligence Departments of influential countries such as Britain
and America to undermine Russia and Iran? And for what? To break in
a strong room situated in a Chateau in Switzerland, to steal
devices that could start or stop a nuclear War? During his race
through Europe, he is being hunted down by an international
criminal organisation who are brokering the deal and by a ruthless
group of London mobsters who want their diamond's back and their
revenge on Boyd for double crossing them! Boyd has to use all his
mastery in martial arts and street wise cunning to keep ahead of
the game to come out on top, with the devices, diamonds but most of
all if he's lucky, his life.
Flowerbell is turning 7 years old, and she really wants a special
party with her friends in Fairy Land. Flowerbell's friends bring
lots of presents, and she has lots of yummy treats and cupcakes.
She has so much fun eating and playing games, that when they were
playing hide and seek, she fell asleep, this was the beginning of
her little adventure, and the start of new friendships.
Charles Warren has dedicated his legal career to aiding people in financial straits. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband's investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme - one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience. Within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at and has his briefcase stolen. As Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare. A nail-biting tale of conspiracy and pursuit from Thomas Perry, Pro Bono will have readers looking over their shoulders as constantly as they keep turning pages.
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