Sy Raskin is stung by the news of Bonney Herrsch's death-and then perplexed by his obituary. Raskin had known the long-time intelligence operative for forty years. Herrsch was Raskin's mentor, and they'd shared risks and danger. But in all that time Herrsch never mentioned a family. He had died in Switzerland and been buried on an estate there-another surprise.

Herrsch led an OSS team on an operation at the time of the Normandy invasion. Shortly after the three operatives parachuted into eastern France, the Germans were onto them. They had been betrayed, as had the men they'd be sent to replace. Eluding the pursuing German troops, Herrsch made it into Switzerland. Raskin knew about this history, but knew nothing more about a Swiss connection.

Now Raskin is determined to uncover his friend's past. He enlists the assistance of Fritz Kohl and Alex Fletcher, two former CIA analysts who were briefly acquaintances of Herrsch. The trio follows a trail that leads them to Switzerland-and to dumbfounding revelations about Bonney Herrsch's extraordinary life.

"This novel about the inner workings of the U.S. Congress is as timely as today's news and as unsettling as tomorrow's headlines--and just as intriguing."
--Robert H. Michel, former Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives"

"A gripping read, "Devil in the House" provides a tantalizing look inside Washington politics and at duplicity on Capitol Hill."
--Milton Friedman, former senior White House speech writer"

"A powerful look at the unprincipled use of power on Capitol Hill."
--Sidney Yudain, founder and former editor/publisher of Roll Call, the Newspaper of Capitol Hill"

Fit For Fate Gene Stratton is among the most erudite suspense novelists, and his knowledge of the material always shines through. --Robert Eversz, author of Killing Paparazzi Cornish Conundrum A joy to read, with plenty going on, lots to perplex and please. --Robert Barnard, recipient, Diamond Dagger Award Follows the fine tradition of Daphne Du Maurier in offering much to savor and entertain...in a well-researched Cornish setting. --Peter Lovesey, recipient, Diamond Dagger Award Excellent atmosphere, good mystery...I love it. --Paula Gosling, prize-winning mystery author Killing Cousins Genealogy, genetics and keen detective work mesh. --Publisher's Weekly I read Killing Cousins with enjoyment... Stratton] writes English with a practiced fluency, tells his tale well and] deserves a wide public. --Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse mysteries. A plague of troubles revolves around Greek Police Director Spyro Roussos. His American opera singer lover, Victoria, is stalked by a professional terrorist. His superior, who plots to become dictator, schemes to replace Roussos with a sadistic crony. and rescued by another mysterious, deadlier group. Meanwhile, forces try to involve Greece in a Balkan War that will start World War Three. Two men love Marilyn. The Ambassador doesn't like one, Embassy Security Officer Bob Jensen. Marilyn falls in love with Roussos's son with Greek-god-like features, Dimitri, but that can have complications. In this Byzantine atmosphere, Athens is seen in all its splendiferous, but threatened, glory.

"A Zhukov Evening" is a post-Cold War epic. History is resurgent, and ambitions are flaming among contenders for dominance in Northeast Asia in the 21st century. Vital national interests of Russia, China, Japan and the United States are at stake. Military confrontations emerge and the spectre of nuclear war looms.

MI6 asks for a favour: what could possibly go wrong? Stuart Gleeman, a private and introverted lawyer, is travelling to Colombia on business. Just before he leaves, MI6 asks him for a simple favour: deliver a parcel. However, once in Medellin, Stuart finds the intended recipients dead and himself framed for their murder. Trapped in a foreign city, he goes on the run, aided by a mysterious priest and the local lawyer he was meant to meet. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the divisive 2014 Presidential election, which would see President Juan Manuel Santos win the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, the drug cartel responsible for the murders is making a final play for power by threatening to assassinate a visiting British Prince. As the clock ticks down, Stuart realises that to clear his name and stop the attack, he must step up to the plate and take on the cartel.

Driving home from work on a stormy night in May, contractor Mitch Cones witnesses a passing car plunge into the flooding waters of a Missouri river. His hasty decision to attempt a rescue draws him into an unfamiliar world of misconception, fear and ultimately, pure survival. As a rapidly escalating series of consequences resulting from his good deed unfold, he tries to make sound decisions based on incomplete and sometimes faulty information. With his world crumbling around him, right and wrong, good and evil and even friend and foe become harder to ascertain. Faced with hard choices to enigmatic questions, he is finally forced to dig deep into his spirit to find the resolve required to deal with his situation. The wide ranging character traits exhibited by the people he encounters during his odyssey are testimony to the diversity of human nature. Realizing the power of the forces arrayed against him, he implements an unconvential plan to escape from his dilemma.

Four hundred years ago a Chinese porcelain maker loses his family in a plague. Grief stricken, he becomes a Taoist monk and rids himself of his fortune in gold, concealing it in the bottom of four priceless vases. Unwittingly he includes a deadly cache of the recent virulent plague. Bashir, a present-day terrorist on the hunt to resurrect such ancient plagues, traces in archives the story of the lost vases, but loses the trail when the ship is wrecked off the Balinese coast. Watching closely are agents of the American President's newly formed Terrorist Threat Integration Centre. hunt is on for the other three. On a collision course with the terrorist group and the TTIC agents is Lim, an importer, who has learned of the hidden gold. In their way is Chad Handelmann, a Balinese-Australian importer and ex-SAS captain, whose family are the guardians of a map leading to the vases. The thrilling race to the burial place of the vases leads to a ruined temple deep in the rainforest of Mt Agung. Nobody is prepared for the danger that lies inside. Suddenly, it is no longer only about recovery of the sacred vases. It is a struggle just to stay alive.

Worth and Niccola Caivano are more than husband and wife. Long-married business-and sparring-partners, the Caivanos are always looking for the next exciting business venture. When they are invited to Cancun to meet up with Parker, a "Golden Boy" full of promises, they are exposed to more than just a sweet business deal.

While Worth, a financial and management expert, tends to approach each new venture with enthusiasm, his attorney wife relies on her intuition and skepticism to lead her decisions. After Parker tells the couple about the huge potential in strife-torn areas of West Africa, Niccola has some misgivings but is eventually lured into an innovative but complicated housing and diamond deal along with her husband. Things turn sour when one of the major investors is found beaten to death with strategically placed blows in an airport lounge and Worth, an Aikido novice, becomes a suspect.

From Houston to Tel Aviv, Africa, and Antwerp, the intrepid couple must clear Worth's name and determine the actual killer-that is, until they witness a second murder and discover that they have been placed in serious danger.

'A brilliant page-turner by one of Holland's finest investigative journalists' Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind 'Essential . . . What's revealed are networks of spies and criminals fighting an invisible war that involves us all' Eliot Higgins, bestselling author of We Are Bellingcat Summer 2017: computer screens go blank in 150 countries. The NHS is so affected that hospitals can only take in patients for A&E. Ambulances are grounded. Computer screens turn on spontaneously and warnings appear. Employees who desperately pull the plugs are too late. Restarting is pointless; the computers are locked. And now the attackers ask each victim for money. This is hijack software. It is just one example of how vulnerable the digital world has made us. Based on the cases he investigated over a period of six years, award-winning Dutch journalist Huib Modderkolk takes the reader on a tour of the corridors and back doors of the globalised digital world. He reconstructs British-American espionage operations and reveals how the power relationships between countries enable intelligence services to share and withhold data from each other. Looking at key players including Edward Snowden, Russian hackers Cozy Bear and Evgeniy Bogachev, 'the Pablo Escobar of the digital era', Modderkolk opens our eyes to the dark underbelly of the digital world with the narrative drive of a thriller.

Lee Robert Jackson's ability to detect spoken lies by the odor emitting from the speaker brings a rush of federal agents to Farmers Mill in an effort to hire the young farmer or to prevent him from being used against their agencies. Seedy characters mingle with FBI agents and CIA operatives in a battle of wits.

Fear of lie detecting creates conspiracies from the White House to Congress. Bureaucrats fear the orderly function of their activities hangs in the balance.

Jackson must earn money to regain Four Oaks, Lucy Crabtree's family farm before the fiery redhead will agree to marry him. CIA's beautiful McCoy twins set a trap for him as Sherry, the judge's daughter initiates a campaign of her own to acquire Four Oaks for herself.

Michael Dayne is accused of murder; he had motive and opportunity. Now he has control of a chemical weapon. The CIA, Yakuza, and North Korean agents want it. Forced on the run halfway around the world, his problems really begin.

A renowned research biochemist is murdered. Nuclear material is stolen and an extremely deadly bio-chemical agent is compromised. A group of international terrorists, presumed to have been terminated years before, are confirmed to be alive and operating within the boarders of the United States. Now they have the capability to unleash weapons of mass destruction within the United States and their third world conspiracy to successfully undermine the stability of the U.S. Government looks to be inevitable. Brent Martin, a former U.S. Intelligence agent once tasked with the terrorists' destruction, is summoned back to the agency to counter their plan and preserve the safety of millions."Emerald Rain" is a suspense thriller which pits European and Middle East terrorists and global conspirators against the United States of America. The story brings to light how unprepared the United States, as a whole is able to combat overt acts of terrorism within the boundaries of our nation. At the same time it depicts the resiliency of our countries resolve to improvise, adapt and overcome any obstacle of freedom and defeat the terrorists at their own game.