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Cathedral
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Nelson DeMille
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The Connemara Connection is a novel of suspense. The setting is the
west coast of Ireland, the Connemara peninsula, in the early
1990's. Charley Gibson, a young CIA agent, is sent there to try and
find how, and by whom, the IRA are smuggling explosives into
Northern Ireland. It is suspected that an American girl is involved
in bringing financial support. Therefore the involvement of our
Central Intelligence. The book opens introducing us to a group of
IRA members as they plan the transfer of bomb material from a
Libyan freighter off the coast of Connemara. they are Wolfe
Morrison, his wife Sheila, her brother Sean and the leader, Ben.
Wolfe is an idealist, committed to the dream of freedom, and Sheila
is undyingly loyal to him and to the cause. Sean is a young man
twisted by hate and Ben is a fierce and desperate veteran of the
Irish struggles. It develops that their plan involves not only the
smuggling, but the kidnapping of the Queen while she is making a
secret visit with her husband to an isolated fishing lodge deep in
Connemara. Their plan is to send one of their members, Kevin, to go
with the American fiel, Bettina, as tourists taking a horseback
trek across the mountains from Clifden on the west to Galway and
then into the North. While under this cover, they will pick up the
stuff and carry it over to Galway, seemingly two tourists taking
the trek for recreation.
'Master of the wartime spy thriller' - FINANCIAL TIMES In the
gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author
of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must unravel a dangerous
mystery that goes all the way to the heart of the Third Reich - and
the British Monarchy. ________________ Sweden, 1942 - Two old
friends meet. They are cousins. One is Prince George, Duke of Kent,
brother of the King of England. The other is Prince Philipp von
Hessen, a committed Nazi and close friend of Adolf Hitler. Days
later, the Prince George is killed in a plane crash in the north of
Scotland. The official story is that it was an accident - but not
everyone is convinced. There is even a suggestion that the Duke's
plane was sabotaged, but with no evidence, Cambridge spy Tom Wilde
is sent north to discover the truth . . . Dramatic, intelligent,
and brilliantly compelling, A PRINCE AND A SPY is Rory's best WWII
thriller yet - perfect for readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and
Joseph Kanon. _____________________________ Praise for Rory
Clements: 'Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence'
- The Times 'A standout historical novel and spy thriller' - Daily
Express 'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' - Guardian 'A dramatic,
twisty thriller' - Daily Mail 'A colourful history lesson . . .
exciting narrative twists' - Sunday Telegraph
A secretary like no other... In an epic spanning 40 years.
All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein. But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and extraordinary life - as a secretary, a scientist, a sister and a spy.
From racist gangs in Berlin to gangsters in New York City, Nazis in the 1930s and Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, Hanna will encounter some of history's greatest minds and most terrible moments, all while desperately trying to stay alive.
She is a most unique secretary and she will work for many bosses - from shrewd businessmen to vile Nazis, to the greatest boss of them all, Mr Albert Einstein...
Spanning forty years, this is the thrilling tale of a young woman propelled through history's most dangerous times.
In July 1932, MGM producer and notorious nice guy Paul Bern marries
the love of his life, screen icon Jean Harlow. Two months later, he
is found shot to death in their Benedict Canyon home, the victim of
a Hollywood cover-up that eventually portrays him in the media as a
sick, impotent wife-beater. Modern day intuitive Valerie Franich
and renowned psychiatrist Adrian Finkelstein partner together in
order to dispel Hollywood lore and share the true story of Harlow
and Bern. Through the use of hypnotic regressions and extensive
research, Franich and Finkelstein offer a glimpse into the life of
the young ingenue as she makes her way in Hollywood, falls in love
with the older Bern, and becomes the innocent prey of MGM boss
Louis Mayer who fixes the evidence to make her beloved husband's
death look like a suicide. As Harlow returns to reclaim her
husband's good name and stellar reputation, she reminds everyone
that love is indeed eternal. By Love Reclaimed shares an
enlightening and heartwarming look at reincarnation and the
Hollywood scene during the 1930s while shedding a new light on an
old mystery.
Despite a different era... The same problems present themselves.
The year is 1963 and after the incident in Cuba, Seb lives a life
in hiding. Fortunately America is big enough to facilitate such an
existence, but it isn't long before the mysterious Mr. Beasley is
contacted by one of the most powerful men in the country. J. Edgar
Hoover has spoken and his proposition appears too good to be true.
As a complex web of lies, deceit and political propaganda are
weaved, turbulent times lay ahead for the former British
Intelligence agent. Forget flower power, cunning and firepower are
his only allies. *** Fast forward twenty years and say hello to
recently promoted FBI Agent Jessica Kerry. Inexperienced but
talented, Jess is assigned the task of uncovering the truth about
that fateful afternoon in Dallas. Did Lee Harvey Oswald really
shoot the President? Who are the mysterious terrorist cell called
Compass? And just how did Jess's fiance get caught in the
crossfire? When past and present collide, only those involved can
affect the future.
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