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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
David Korman is a man with a reputation. In his day, he has
risked his life in service to both the United States and Israel
more times than he can count. By the time he reaches retirement, he
knows that the chaos and danger of his life will never be a thing
of the past. There are some jobs you can never really leave behind.
When a new terror appears, David must answer the call.
His challenge is to neutralize not one but two enemies of the
state: the first, a powerful group working to defraud the US
government out of billions, and the second, a terrorist group with
a major port city in its sights. He must rely on a lifetime of
instinct and intelligence in order to stop the plans to obliterate
the port, prevent the murder millions of American citizens with
radioactive agents, and foil the plot to steal the country's money.
The hunt is on for predators who won't think twice about
threatening Korman's family in order to safeguard their real
efforts.
Korman's quest takes him around the planet in pursuit of the
truth-and the people responsible for terror.
An old man walks into a bar... A young man's life changes forever.
Samuel Beasley has been placed in a unique position. His employer
has been assassinated whilst on a business trip. The only trouble
is, the 'product' for sale is extremely sensitive and not
particularly legal. This inexperienced agent must now rely on a
combination of natural guile, HUMINT training and the strange, but
beneficial side effects of a recent surgical procedure, to ensure
the safe return of the stolen technology. As if things weren't
complicated enough, war is brewing in Europe and Beasley must stay
one step ahead of a high-ranking Nazi officer, whilst investigating
the disappearance of a long-term love interest. Could the two
incidents be somehow related? Will the hunter become the hunted?
Only one thing is certain. Life during war is never black and
white... It is concrete grey as far as the eye can see.
After spying in China for six years, Logan was assigned to
Argentina and he was changed from an operative to a singleton. No
one, in any country knows who is a singleton. Singletons are known
only to certain men in the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Singletons always operate alone. They are given an assignment, but
they decide what course of action to take. Logan started the
Falklands War in Argentina and after Argentina lost, free elections
came about. Two months later, Logan was assigned to Brazil and
introduced to a world that he knew nothing of-the ruthless, world
of the multi-nationals. His assignment, stop them from buying up
America. When al Qaeda attacked the twin towers the multi-nationals
saw it as an opportunity. Logan ends up fighting both the
multi-nationals and al Qaeda. He uses all the tools of the Dark
Art, the tools of lies, deceit, deception, treachery and
eliminations. These tools always lead to an agonizing path of
destruction and death. As the multi-nationals and al Qaeda, would
soon learn. They too, would learn that Logan Winn was unrelenting,
and he was. They sent a beautiful assassin to kill Logan, but they
fell in love and both took on the multi-nationals and al Qaeda.
The brand new novel from the international bestselling author of
The Bridesmaid and Queen Bee! Nameless. Faceless. Deadly?Waitress
Kit Lowman knows that people look down on her and the job she does.
But being anonymous offers Kit safety and security and allows her
own terrible secrets to remain hidden. And then Kit's luck changes,
and she suddenly faces a terrible dilemma: reveal her true identity
and accept that life will never be the same. Or stay in the
shadows...where she hopes she'll be safe? But secrets can't stay
hidden forever. And the more Kit tries to hide away, the more
someone makes it clear that they are going to make her pay for what
she did. Praise for Nina Manning: 'Heart-stopping, pacy and tension
filled. Highly recommended.' Claire Allan, USA Today Bestseller
'Compelling and claustrophobic, Nina is an exciting new voice and
definitely one to watch' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Babysitter
'Chilling and creepy. An atmospheric and addictive debut.' Diane
Jeffrey, author of The Guilty Mother 'Totally addictive. I couldn't
put it down!' Darren O'Sullivan, author of Closer Than You Think 'A
claustrophobic, nail-biting thriller that draws you in and doesn't
let go.' Naomi Joy, author of The Liars 'Clever, emotionally
draining and totally gripping. I absolutely loved this book!' D E
White, author of The Forgotten Child
It was only to be a summer job. In fact, it was supposed to be the
perfect summer job to add on his resume for college, working at a
United Nations Consulate in an international guesthouse. But Eric
sensed something unusual about his job in this place shortly after
he started. Was it the secrecy of the men who leased the
guesthouse, or the consulate itself? Who were these men and what
were they doing? Little did he know that finding out would
definitely change his life, forever.
A MOSSAD assassin who has lost her cover, Sydney is hiding in
Florida. Syd thinks it's her lucky day when a handsome stranger at
the next table helps her dispatch two Iranian terrorists that
attack her at a restaurant. She is pleased to find out that Hatch
Lincoln is a very rich and powerful man -- CEO of a dozen
companies, including the enigmatic Intelligence International, Inc.
(Triple Eye). Fearing Syd is still in trouble, Hatch takes her to
his Florida mansion. Syd soon finds herself engulfed in Hatch's
secret world of intrigue, one of high-tech equipment and weapons
used to search out and neutralize terrorists worldwide.
When a Triple Eye employee is killed while buying a mysterious
letter from a dig outside Rome, Syd finds herself swept into a
dangerous, whirlwind adventure. She accompanies Hatch to Rome to
investigate, and while in Hatch's medieval castle, she finds
herself fighting along side Hatch against a vicious Italian crime
family, the Sicilian Mafia, and a CIA boss who wants Hatch dead.
When an assassin's bullet leaves Hatch in a coma, Syd must use all
her training, experience, and the high-tech tools of Hatch's empire
to find the assassin before he strikes again.
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XILLOS" (ZEE-los) is a story of intrigue woven around a quintet
of major characters whose lives intertwine through stages of
survival, ambition, love, violence, and revenge. The beginning
finds us twenty years in the future where WorldGovernment sans
frontiers has been established. "XILLOS" is now the enforcerof
peace on planet Earth, ushering in a new order of law and justice.
All iswell until one of the Committee of Nine, the highest office
that rules, cunningly perpetrates an act of duplicity and
subterfuge.
Two brilliant doctors and a Supreme Court justice collaborate to
change theworld. A death camp survivor stumbles on a new, and most
importantinvention of the millennium. The rapacious CEO of one of
the world'slargest companies embarks on a quest that unravels in a
way he never couldhave anticipated. His most trusted employee
carries out his directives withan alarming ruthlessness and
brutality. A teenage boy finds himself aninnocent fugitive and is
stymied in his efforts to extricate himself as thetarget of both an
assassin and the police, eventually becoming an unwittinghero. The
closing pages stun and surprise even the cleverest of mystery
buffs.
From world chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, 'A
brilliant marriage of fact and fiction' Kuwait 1960. With Soviet
backing Iraq plans to invade. Gordon Carlisle lives in the expat
community of Ahmadi with little to worry about other than when to
next don his dinner jacket. When enlisted by an MI6 agent
everything changes. Even marriage to his beautiful new wife Anita
breaks down as he becomes a suspect in a chain of deaths in the
Protectorate. Ian Fleming's time in Kuwait is recorded at first
hand as Britain prepares to meet the Iraqi forces head on with
Operation Vantage. Our Man In Kuwait is a colonial-era thriller set
against the background of big power conflict. The ultimate
timepiece tinderbox of sun, sex and spies.
Cottswold Ommony has guts and influence. He's in the Secret
Service, and heading for McGregor's office. No one in India knows
what Ommony will do next.And it's a good thing. Because there are
evils on the land -- evils like OM, the Secret of the Abhor
Valley.(Jacketless library hardcover)
The Belarius Rougge, a rusted freighter, steams through the murky
water of the Baltic Sea. The mystery freighter is carrying secret
cargo and a dangerous crew. It's destination: Copenhagen and
danger. Pietro Segretti, an Italian arms dealer, conspires with
members of the Russian Mafia to hatch a plot to broker the sale of
nuclear armament to foreign countries. The plan promises to provide
enormous profit but is laced with unparallel risk and unrivaled
treachery. A trailer truck crashes in the Painted Desert of Arizona
and sets off a corporate cover up to conceal its mysterious
freight. Executives of a U.S. chemical conglomerate with access to
nuclear materials used in their food irradiating facilities siphon
off nuclear waste for illegal sale and profit. Sheriff, Joseph St.
Cloud investigates a multiple homicide committed by rival members
of the Russian Mafia. The investigation thrusts St. Cloud into a
sinister weave involving members of the Russian Mafia and the
corporate executives. Against insurmountable odds, St. Cloud must
confront the power of the corporate conglomerate and the dangerous
criminal society that have been so tightly woven together.. In the
end, St. Cloud must unravel the mystery.the mystery of the Gordian
Weave.
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