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'Oliver Harris is always pure quality and I'm loving the hell out
of his foray into the contemporary spy novel' Ian Rankin The
intelligence service puts two years and over GBP100k into the
training of new field officers. You're shown how to steal cars,
strip weapons, hack bank accounts. There are courses on the use of
blackmail and improvised explosives, two workshops solely dedicated
to navigating by the stars. But nothing about what I had heard one
old spy call whiplash. No one tells you how to go home. There is a
dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane - mercurial,
inquisitive, free floating. He's spent fifteen years managing
events overseas that never make the papers, deniable and deeply
effective. Kane is a ghost in his own life, picking up and dropping
personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when a
woman he loves, Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in
Kazakhstan, he is forced centre stage. Drawn ever deeper into a
realm of deception, Kane moves from merely infiltrating events to
steering them. He's used to a new mode of hybrid psychological
warfare - but snowbound Kazakhstan presents unique challenges.
Poised between China, Russia and the West, dictatorship and
democracy, state intelligence and an increasingly powerful world of
private agencies, it's impossible to work out who is manipulating
who. And Kane's not the only one trying to figure out where Joanna
Lake has gone or what she learned before disappearing. Unable to
trust anyone, hunted by his own colleagues, and with the life of
someone he loves at stake, Kane needs to work out who is driving
events, and why...
BERLIN. JANUARY 1941. Evil cannot bring about good . . . After
Germany's invasion of Poland, the world is holding its breath and
hoping for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is
absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return from
an evening mingling with their fellow Nazis at the concert hall. By
the time the sun rises, the doctor will be lying lifeless in a pool
of blood. Was it murder or suicide? Criminal Inspector Horst
Schenke is told that under no circumstances should he investigate.
The doctor's widow, however, is convinced her husband was the
target of a hit. But why would anyone murder an apparently obscure
doctor? Compelled to dig deeper, Schenke learns of the mysterious
death of a child. The cases seem unconnected, but soon chilling
links begin to emerge that point to a terrifying secret. Even in
times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places in hell no
man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive .
. . Readers raved about BLACKOUT - Simon Scarrow's first Berlin
Wartime Thriller 'Taut and chilling - I was completely gripped'
Anthony Horowitz 'A terrific depiction of the human world within
the chilling world of the Third Reich' Peter James 'Mesmerising.
Nail-biting. Unputdownable' Damien Lewis
THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton
and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is
sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as
the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel.
American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double
agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He
needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep
supplying golden information. Will Dominika be able to unmask
MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country
she has always passionately defended? 'A great and dangerous
spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the
CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our
politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his
thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world.
He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a
masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it
down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn 'Not since the good old days of
the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come
along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life
and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage,
pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What
more can any reader want?' Nelson DeMille
A woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of
adventure, but found himself in danger ... Gary Nelson has a
routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each
day, he watches as a woman on the train applies her make up in a
ritual he now knows by heart. He's never dared to strike up a
conversation . . . but maybe one day. Then one evening, on the late
train to Gipsy Hill, the woman invites him to take the empty seat
beside her. Fiddling with her mascara, she holds up her mirror and
Gary reads the words 'HELP ME' scrawled in sticky black letters on
the glass. From that moment, Gary's life is turned on its head. He
finds himself on the run from the Russian mafia, the FSB and even
the Metropolitan Police - all because of what this mysterious young
woman may have witnessed. In the race to find out the truth, Gary
discovers that there is a lot more to her than meets the eye . . .
Readers love Alan Johnson and The Late Train to Gipsy HIll 'A
fast-moving plot ... expertly told. The fact it comes from the pen
of a former Home Secretary makes the rich security detail all the
more powerful' Alastair Campbell 'Espionage, the Russian Mafia and
a gorgeous female on a train with a deadly secret' Fiona Phillips
'Johnson's writing style is easy, relaxed, self-deprecating . . .
impressive' Observer 'Johnson writes wonderfully' Telegraph 'This
boy can write . . .' The Spectator
THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton
and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is
sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as
the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel.
American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double
agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He
needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep
supplying golden information. Will Dominika be able to unmask
MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country
she has always passionately defended? 'A great and dangerous
spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the
CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our
politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his
thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world.
He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a
masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it
down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn 'Not since the good old days of
the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come
along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life
and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage,
pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What
more can any reader want?' Nelson DeMille
A former intelligence agent is accused of terrorism, and his memoir
assessed by an eccentric, erratic psychologist to establish the
reality of an event that changed everything ... A beautifully
written, mesmerising, shocking and sophisticated debut novel 'Smart
and searing' Publishers Weekly 'Captivating, remarkably original
... it is a book of our time' Edward Wilson 'An exquisitely drawn
debut that twists and turns to its stunning conclusion' Cal
Moriarty ____________________ A former intelligence agent stands
accused of terrorism, held without charge in a secret overseas
prison. His memoir is in the hands of a brilliant but erratic
psychologist whose annotations paint a much darker picture. As the
story unravels, we are forced to assess the truth for ourselves,
and decide not only what really happened on one fateful overseas
assignment, but who is the real terrorist. Peopled by a diverse and
unforgettable cast of characters, whose reliability as narrators is
always questioned, and with a multi-layered plot heaving with
unexpected and often shocking developments, Jihadi: A Love Story is
an intelligent thriller that asks big questions. Complex,
intriguing and intricately woven, this is an astonishing debut that
explores the nature of good and evil alongside notions of
nationalism, terrorism and fidelity, and, above all, the fragility
of the human mind. ____________________ 'If it was Yusuf Toropov's
intention to leave us pondering good and evil, right and wrong,
love and loss, wondering who the good guys were, he certainly
succeeded. I know one thing for sure, he's a wonderful writer and a
born storyteller' Mari Hannah 'With echoes of Bellow, Pynchon and
Kafka, Toporov's tale is a modern classic that challenges our
perceptions at every turn' Cal Moriarty 'Jihadi is a gripping tale
if a clash of cultures and individuals told with panache, dazzling
wit and remorseless intelligence' Willian Ryan 'Intelligently
written and multi-layered ... simply enchanting' Qaisra Shahraz
'Bold and skilfully executed ... bravely tackles a complex and
timely subject' Frankie Gaffney
The Fifth Column is a thrilling novel about the only man who can
thwart a Nazi sympathizer uprising in New York during the Second
World War, from bestselling author Andrew Gross. A Man in Trouble
February 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. Charles Mossman is
in a bar in Hell's Kitchen, New York, reeling from the loss of his
job and his failing marriage, whilst outside thousands of Nazi
sympathizers are attending a hate-spewing rally. As he confronts
one, Charles makes a horrendous mistake with deadly consequences. A
City of Secrets Two years later, Charles is released from prison
and tries to reunite with his family. The US has kept out of the
war for now but the pressure in the city is rising as those
sympathetic to the Nazi cause lay the foundations for what lies
ahead. The Enemy Within As he tries to make amends with his wife
and daughter, Charles starts to understand that surrounding them
there are forces that will use any means necessary to bring about
the downfall of his nation. And when his daughter is befriended by
a seemingly amiable Swiss couple, it brings to the surface his
fears of a 'Fifth Column' of embedded German spies in their new
neighbourhood. All Charles wants is to redeem himself as a husband
and father, but sometimes a man must do questionable things to
stand up for his family and what he believes, even sacrificing his
life to do so . . .
New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry brings us an exciting
new thriller of espionage and murder set across Europe in the
1930s. The world is on the brink of war and no one is to be trusted
as young photographer Elena Standish becomes embroiled in a
terrifying game of cat and mouse... It is 1933 and Europe is a
place of increasing fear and violence. Young British photographer
Elena Standish is on assignment in Amalfi when she meets Ian
Newton, a charming Englishman with whom she falls in love. But what
does she really know about him? Accompanying him on a train across
Italy to Paris, she finds him critically stabbed and dying. He
tells her he is a member of Britain's Secret Service, on his way to
Berlin to warn MI6 so that they can foil a plot to assassinate one
of Hitler's vilest henchmen and blame Britain for it, thus causing
a devastating diplomatic crisis. Elena promises to deliver the
message. But she is too late, and finds herself fleeing for her
life. Meanwhile Lucas Standish, secret head of MI6 during the war,
learns that his beloved granddaughter is being hunted in Berlin for
murder. With Elena on the run, and at least one traitor in the
British Embassy, it is impossible to know who to trust... Praise
for Anne Perry's previous novels: 'A brilliant Victorian police
procedural in which well-realized characters and settings are
fascinating in themselves' Booklist 'Engrossing... Perry has always
excelled in courtroom scenes and arguments between barristers, and
she outdoes herself in two dramatic trials'Washington Times Daily
'Perry balances plot and character neatly before providing a
resolution that few will anticipate'Publishers Weekly
Mitchell Gant has uncovered a secret, and is about to blow it
sky-highWhen a new American airliner crashes mysteriously in the
Arizona desert on its final test flight, suspicions are raised. Is
it simply an accident? Or could it be foul play? Mitchell Gant, the
hero of Firefox, now an expert on aviation accidents, must risk his
life by repeating the test flight to reveal the truth. Meanwhile,
in Britain, plane manufacturer Aero UK is in trouble - no one wants
to purchase their new passenger jet. Aero's head, David
Winterborne, is ruthlessly determined to prevent his empire's
collapse, whatever the cost - and it hasn't gone unnoticed. MP
Marian Pyott has found evidence of a massive fraud involving
hundreds of millions of pounds, and is tracking it back to him.
When a second airliner crashes off the coast of Finland, Gant and
Marian suspect conspiracy, and they must embark on a dangerous
search across Europe and America. Against the merciless global
market of the Nineties, there are lives as well as fortunes at
stake... From master of the genre Craig Thomas, A Different War is
cold, deliberate and thrilling to the very end. Perfect for fans of
Jack Higgins and Ben Macintyre.
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
"Fast-paced...pulse-pounding...supremely entertaining...His best
ever." -The Washington Times "This might be the single greatest
thriller I've covered....It's amazing!" -The Real Book Spy Scot
Harvath returns in the newest thriller from #1 New York Times
bestselling author Brad Thor. The world's largest bounty has just
been placed upon America's top spy. His only hope for survival is
to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to
the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous
mission ever-one that has already claimed the lives of the people
closest to him, including his new wife-he's going to need help-a
lot of it. Not knowing whom he can trust, Harvath finds an unlikely
ally in Norwegian intelligence operative Solvi Kolstad. Just as
smart, just as deadly, and just as determined, she not only has the
skills, but also the broken, troubled past to match Harvath's own.
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State of Siege
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Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik; Jeff Rovin
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The sixth volume in the fast-selling series of high-tech,
high-action thrillers created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
Tom Clancy's Op-Centre, the series of international thrillers
centred on the National Crisis Management Centre in Washington, is
now firmly established as a bestselling phenomenon -- a must for
technothriller fans around the world. The previous volume in the
series, Balance of Power, was yet another Sunday Times top-ten
bestseller. Now that remarkable record is set to continue, with a
spectacular new story -- State of Siege. After years of handling
some of the world's most dangerous international crises, Paul Hood
is about to step down from his position as Director of the
Op-Centre -- only for the latest crisis to erupt much too close to
home. A disgruntled group of ex-members of the UN peackeeping force
have banded together and pulled off a series of daring robberies.
Now they have devised a plan to make USD100,000,000. Armed with
nerve gas, they enter the UN building in New York and take ten
ambassadors hostage, threatening to kill one every half-hour. The
international crisis that ensues is beyond anything that Paul Hood
has ever faced before. . .
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Spy
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Danielle Steel
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A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.
At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary. She is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war and her own quietly rebellious nature lead her down a different path.
By 1939, Britain is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire Alex makes her way to London as a nursing volunteer. But her fluency in French and German draws the attention of another, more secret, branch of the service.
Within a year, Alex is immersed in a new world, shocking her family in trousers and bright red lipstick. But she is forbidden to tell anyone about her work, not even the pilot she falls in love with. While her country and those dearest to her pay the terrible price of war, Alex learns the art of espionage, leading to life-and-death missions and a long career in exotic places and historic times.
Spy follows Alex’s extraordinary adventures during the war, and afterwards all over the world, when her husband, Richard, enters the foreign service. She lives life on the edge, with a secret she must always keep hidden.
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1979
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Val McDermid
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Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning,
internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for more
than thirty years. Now, in 1979, she returns to the past with the
story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories
lead her into world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only
January, and the year 1979 has already brought blizzards, strikes,
power cuts, and political unrest. For journalist Allie Burns,
however, someone else's bad news is the unmistakable sound of
opportunity knocking, an opportunity to get away from the "women's
stories" her editors at the Scottish daily The Clarion keep
assigning her. Striking up an alliance with budding investigative
journalist Danny Sullivan, Allie begins covering international tax
fraud, then a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause
mayhem ahead of a referendum on breaking away from the United
Kingdom. Their stories quickly get attention and create enemies for
the two young up-and-comers. As they get closer to the bleeding
edge of breaking news, Allie and Danny may find their lives on the
line. The first novel in a brand-new series for McDermid, 1979 is
redolent of the thundering presses, hammering typewriters, and
wreaths of smoke of the Clarion newsroom. An atmospheric journey
into the past with much to say about the present, it is the latest
suspenseful, pitch-perfect addition to Val McDermid's crime
pantheon.
To catch an enemy with nothing to lose, MI5 Intelligence Officer
Liz Carlyle must venture into dangerous waters. When pirates attack
a cargo ship off the Somalian coast and one of them is found to be
a British-born Pakistani, alarm bells start ringing at London's
Thames House. MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is brought in to
establish how and why a young British Muslim could go missing from
his well-to-do family in Birmingham and end up onboard a pirate
skiff in the Indian Ocean, armed with a Kalashnikov. After an
undercover operative connected to the case turns up dead in the
shipping office of an NGO in Athens it looks like piracy may be the
least of the Service's problems. Liz and her team must unravel the
connections between Pakistan, Greece and Somalia, relying on their
wits - and the judicious use of force - to get to the truth. And
they don't have long, as trouble is brewing closer to home: the
kind of explosive trouble that MI5 could do without ... In this
tense and heart-stopping spy thriller, the secrets are deep, the
stakes are high and the enemy is always just out of sight... THE
DEVIL'S BARGAIN, the brand-new thriller from Stella Rimington, is
out now.
'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times 1937. Flying for the
infamous Condor Legion over the battlefields of Spain's civil war,
Merz has been able to unleash the fearsome potential of the
Luftwaffe's newest weapon against his opponents. In Dieter's hands,
the Messerschmitt Bf-109 is as graceful as a matador's killing
strike: la estocada. Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is
recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to
Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to
invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march
to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will
bring both men together. In a world wedded to violence and
ambition, desperate steps must be taken. To avoid war a killing
strike is needed. The question is, who is the matador, who is the
bull? Estocada is part of the SPOILS OF WAR Collection, a
thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the
most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events of World War II.
From the mind of highly acclaimed thriller author GRAHAM HURLEY,
this blockbuster non-chronological collection allows the reader to
explore Hurley's masterful storytelling in any order, with
compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror the
war that shattered the globe.
A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a
killer 'The most realistic and authentic depiction of modern-day
tradecraft in nonpermissive and hostile environments you will find
in print. I am shocked the CIA's Publication Review Board allowed
David McCloskey's Damascus Station to see the light of day. Read it
now, before it is banned!' - Jack Carr, Navy SEAL sniper and New
York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Hand CIA case officer
Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official
Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which
supercharges Haddad's recruitment and creates unspeakable danger
when they enter Damascus to find the man responsible for the
disappearance of an American spy. But the cat and mouse chase for
the killer soon leads to a trail of high-profile assassinations and
the discovery of a dark secret at the heart of the Syrian regime,
bringing the pair under the all-seeing eyes of Assad's spy catcher,
Ali Hassan, and his brother Rustum, the head of the feared
Republican Guard. Set against the backdrop of a Syria pulsing with
fear and rebellion, Damascus Station is a gripping thriller that
offers a textured portrayal of espionage, love, loyalty, and
betrayal in one of the most difficult CIA assignments on the
planet.
'Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre' Daily Express
___________________ The railway station is heaving with rush-hour
commuters when the bomb goes off. In the subsequent enquiry,
serious questions are asked of Jake Winter, the British
Intelligence Officer responsible for preventing the attack.
Especially when it transpires that the bomber was his agent. With
his conscience - and his career - in tatters, Jake's hopes rest on
his new recruit, a young British-Asian man named Rashid. Recently
returned disillusioned from the Middle East, and now enlisted into
a new terrorist plot, Rashid seems to be the answer Jake, and MI5,
have been waiting for. But how can Jake know for certain when
Rashid is his only source? Is history about to repeat itself or has
Jake lost his nerve, haunted by his last mistake? After all, who
can you trust, when you no longer trust yourself?
___________________ ***PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS SEARLE*** 'It reminded
me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail
'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'You will have your socks
knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist
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Labyrinth
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Catherine Coulter
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This time Mac has gone too far. For Helm to impersonate a Communist
courier to whom he bears no resemblance is suicide, and that isn't
all. Someone wants to get the layout of the Alaskan North-west
Coastal Defence System, but they aren't the goodies or the baddies.
So who the hell are they? And who is the mysterious Holz that Helm
is meant to kill?
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