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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
Adolf Verloc is working as a spy in London, when he's recruited to
commit a terrorist act that could endanger the lives of countless
citizens. It's a professional decision that has an unexpected
impact on his personal life. Adolf Verloc lives in London and runs
a shop where he sells underground books and materials. He's
considered a member of a local anarchist group but is also a spy
for a foreign government. His handler, Mr. Vladimir, instructs him
to plant a bomb in the Greenwich Observatory. Verloc initially
resists but cowers to Mr. Vladimir's threats. Using a time jump and
different perspectives, the novel examines the impact of Verloc's
fateful actions. The Secret Agent is a standout among Joseph
Conrad's stellar bibliography. With its descriptive setting and
political themes, the author creates a truly captivating tale. It's
a thrilling account of espionage, betrayal and homegrown terrorism.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Secret Agent is both modern and
readable.
When anyone can be a traitor there's no one to trust FBI Agent
Peter Sutherland waits in the White House Situation Room. He
monitors an emergency line for calls that might never come. Then
the phone rings. A terrified young woman says two people have been
murdered and the killer might still be in the house with her. One
of the victims gave her this phone number with urgent instructions:
'Tell them OSPREY was right. It's happening.' The call thrusts
Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making. There's a
Russian mole in the U.S. government and Peter must uncover who it
is. The nation's at stake and innocent lives are in his hands.
Praise for The Night Agent: 'Matthew Quirk moves into David
Baldacci and John Grisham territory with The Night Agent, a
paranoid, pulse-pounding thriller that could not be more prescient.
If you're wondering where the best of the next generation of
suspense talent is headed, look no further' Joseph Finder 'The
Night Agent is a whirlwind of a book, a captivating narrative that
takes us inside the White House's inner sanctum and the shadowy
machinations surrounding it. A powerful and taut thriller' Mark
Greaney 'This story is impossible to put out of mind ... Relevant
and revealing, this is one of the best thrillers to come along in
years' Michael Connelly 'Strap in for one hell of a ride. The Night
Agent is full of twists and surprises you'll never see coming' Ben
Coes
The long-awaited sequel to 'Errant Blood' , a second crime thriller
set in the Scottish Highland village of Duncul. Eamon's new found
happiness is shattered by the type of murder that the government
doesn't want to believe happens anymore. Detective Maclean thinks
he has the killer, but something worse than a body has been found
beneath the waters of The Minch, something that should never have
been brought to the surface, and now its not just TV crews that are
watching the village.
From the explosive world of Jason Bourne emerges a new hero.
Operation Treadstone made Jason Bourne, but he's not the only agent
they trained. Adam Hayes was moulded into a weapon by Treadstone,
the black-ops CIA programme that turns government agents into
nearly superhuman assassins. To atone for his sins, he's left that
life behind and is working as a pilot bringing medical supplies to
endangered communities in Africa. But during a charitable mission
in Burkina Faso, his quiet life is upended, when his aircraft is
attacked by extremists. With his plane damaged, Hayes is forced to
make an emergency landing, only to find a hornet's nest of trouble
waiting for him on the ground. In order to get back in the air,
Hayes agrees to transport a passenger - Zoe Cabot, the daughter of
a tech baron - to a small coastal city. But what is supposed to be
a simple job goes horribly wrong when Zoe is kidnapped right in
front of his eyes. Determined to get her back, Hayes mounts a
one-man rescue, but after being attacked from all sides, he
realizes this is no ordinary kidnapping. Luckily for Zoe, Adam
Hayes is no ordinary man and he'll stop at nothing to get her back
- even if it means that his path to peace is littered with bodies.
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White Lotus
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Donald G. Moore
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Set in Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau, "White Lotus" is the story of
Amerasian twins who were separated at birth and raised on opposite
sides of the world. The twins reunite after twenty-four years only
to be drawn into the deadly world of an undercover DEA agent
investigating a Chinese secret society involved in illegal drugs,
money laundering, and prostitution.
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.
Hello, Nancy. You're at your usual locker at Fitness Plus. The time
is 09:15. Your cell phone is dead, your home phone won't answer and
your daughter, Beth, is home with the nanny. It will take you 18
minutes to get home. If you drive fast. Shame. You're already 18
minutes late... The kidnappers' only stipulation is that Nancy must
tell her husband, Michael. The problem is, she doesn't know where
he is, or how to contact him. But she recalls him mentioning a
number she should call if anything unusual happens. This triggers a
Code Red at specialist security company Cruxys Solutions, who send
investigators Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik to track him down. But
they can't find a single trace of him. What do you do when a
child's life depends on finding a man who doesn't seem to exist? A
white-knuckle suspense thriller that just won't let go, perfect for
fans of Harlan Coben, Daniel Silva and Michael Connelly. Praise for
The Locker 'Readers who enjoy Harlan Coben and Joseph Finder will
happily get lost in the nightmare presented here' Booklist '[An]
intriguing and inventive plot' Mystery Scene 'Magson is arguably
one of the most entertaining writers of British spy fiction
currently operating. His novels are sharp and exciting, with
intelligent plots and interesting characters' Deadly Pleasures
'Gonzalez and Vaslik make an appealingly mismatched investigative
unit' Kirkus Reviews
In the second part of John le Carre's Karla Trilogy, the battle of
wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary
takes on an even more dangerous dimension. George Smiley, now
acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation
after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the
talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley
launches a risky operation uncovering a Russian money-laundering
scheme in the Far East. His aim: revenge on Karla, head of Moscow
Centre and the architect of all his troubles. 'Energy, compassion,
rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action' The Times 'A
remarkable sequel ... the achievement is in the characters, major
and minor ... all burned on the brain of the reader' The New York
Times THE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL
America's most enduring hero, Jason Bourne, returns - with old
skills and new plot twists - in an explosive addition to the Bourne
canon. After the death of his wife in a mass shooting, secret agent
Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it
seems. Worse, he believes that the agency that trained him is
behind the killing. Bourne goes rogue, leaving Treadstone behind
and taking on a new mission to infiltrate and expose an anarchist
group, Medusa. But when a congresswoman is assassinated in New
York, Bourne is framed for the crime, and he finds himself alone
and on the run. In his quest to stay one step ahead of his enemies,
Bourne teams up with a journalist, Abbey Laurent, to figure out who
was behind the frame-up, and to learn as much as he can about the
ever-growing threat of the mysterious Medusa group. As more and
more enemies begin to hunt Bourne, it's a race against the clock to
discover who led him into a trap... and what their next move may
be.
For fans of Spooks, Homeland, McMafia and The Night Manager, the latest
thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling espionage series sees Liz
Carlyle investigating a sinister Russian plot - tense, gripping and
global in scope
A man lies dying in a hospital in upstate Vermont. The nurses know only
that he is an academic at a nearby university but they have been
instructed to call the FBI should anyone visit their patient.
News of this suspected Russian illegal soon reaches MI5 in London where
Liz Carlyle has been contacted by a top secret source known as Mischa
who is requesting a clandestine rendezvous in Berlin.
Meanwhile, in Brussels a Russian sleeper agent who has lived undercover
for years is beginning to question his role, while suspicions have been
roused about a boarding school in Suffolk that has recently changed
hands in mysterious circumstances.
The latest expertly plotted thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling
series, The Moscow Sleepers is a white-knuckle ride through the dark
underbelly of international intelligence, simmering political
animosities and global espionage.
The 'Amber Room" treasure hunt is different from most searches for
riches; it actually begins at the end of a war as a quest for blood
and bone-men, desperate criminal men, trying to avoid prosecution
for war crimes. The Allies are trying to capture these men, who now
seek refuge in the West, by slipping by their captors disguised as
ordinary citizens. Wolves pretending to be sheep; rats masquerading
mice.hence the tag line for their route, a Rat Line. Our heroes are
counterintelligence GI's, who have a hard time convincing their
superiors that such a Rat Line really exists. They even risk court
martial to prove their point.
The war ends and the discouraged Allies turn their attention to
more materially rewarding activity: finding this immense fortune
stolen by the Nazis and hidden in the Soviet Zone of occupation.
First they have to crack the information out of the Nazi who stole
it, now a prisoner in Colditz Castle, find it, then ferret it out
of a Europe swarming with refugees, communists, starving patriots,
and desperate ideologues. Along the way they become woodsmen,
gypsies, and members of a circus. But, will their disguises pay
off?
From the explosive world of Jason Bourne emerges a new hero.
Operation Treadstone made Jason Bourne, but he's not the only agent
they trained. Treadstone nearly destroyed Adam Hayes. The
top-secret CIA Black Ops program trained him to be an
all-but-invincible assassin, but it also cost him his family and
any chance at a normal life. Which is why he was determined to get
out. Working as a carpenter in rural Washington state, Adam thinks
he has left Treadstone in the past, until he receives a mysterious
email from a former colleague, and soon after is attacked by an
unknown hit team at work. Adam must regain the skills that
Operation Treadstone taught him - lightning reflexes and a cold
conscience - in order to discover who the would-be killers are and
why they have come after him now. Are his pursuers enemies from a
long-ago mission? Rival intelligence agents? Or, perhaps, forces
inside Treadstone? His search will unearth secrets in the highest
levels of government and pull him back into the shadowy world he
worked so hard to forget. The Treadstone Resurrection is the first
novel in an explosive new series inspired by Robert Ludlum's Bourne
universe, introducing an unforgettable hero and the covert world
that forged him.
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The Deserter
(Paperback)
Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
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Military cop Scott Brodie is the guy you send in when the other
guys can't solve a case. Now he's on the hunt for a dangerous
ex-Delta Force deserter named Kyle Mercer, and may have met his
match. ***The brand new novel from America's Greatest Living
Thriller Writer.*** When Delta Force Captain Kyle Mercer
disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his
Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances
were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second
video sent to Mercer's Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained
assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully
disappeared. When Mercer is spotted a year later in Caracas,
Venezuela, top military brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor
of the Criminal Investigation Division to fly to Venezuela and
bring Mercer back to America-dead or alive. Brodie knows this is a
difficult mission, made more difficult by his new partner's
inexperience and by his suspicion that Maggie Taylor is reporting
to the CIA. Tense, exotic and inspired by a real-life story, the
new thriller from number one New York Times bestseller Nelson
DeMille and his son, screenwriter Alex DeMille is an absolute must
read.
Charles Buford Lowell, after having served in the CIA and its clone
the IRI for years, retired to the quiet resort community of
Sunriver, Oregon. Charles had recently remarried after the murder
of his wife by IRA terrorists while he was on a mission in Ireland.
He recently had engineered the destruction of the Muslim shrine of
the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. He is recalled against his
wishes for duty by the IRI to assassinate the Prime Minister of
Israel. He tries to disappear and the story develops in a
background of adventure and intrigue.
A gripping mystery set in 2011. A reporter uncovers a government
conspiracy to resurrect a project classified for 40 years. To keep
the wrong people from knowing, the conspirators also resurrect one
of the Army's most feared killing projects.
THE GRIPPING NEW ESPIONAGE THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING R. J. ELLORY
. . . 'This tense, atmospheric, totally believable thriller harks
back to the golden age of espionage but is also about how well we
really know our friends. Superb' THE SUN Stroud is a former war
photographer who left the frontline before his luck ran out. His
closest friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate,
and was killed in an explosion in Jordan. Six years later, Raphael
is allegedly sighted in Istanbul. Reluctantly, Stroud is drawn back
into a life that nearly destroyed him, and so begins a journey that
takes him from the Balkans to the Netherlands, from Berlin to
Paris, as he hunts down the truth of Raphael's death, or if - in
fact - Raphael never existed at all . . . With his every move
closely observed by Turkish Intelligence, Mossad, MI6 and Deuxieme
Bureau, Stroud is on the trail of a revelation that will question
everything he has ever believed . . . PRAISE FOR R. J. ELLORY
'Thriller writing of the very highest order' GUARDIAN 'In the top
flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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The Chemist
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Stephenie Meyer
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The gripping spy thriller for fans of Robert Harris from Sunday
Times bestseller Rory Clements, author of the award-winning
NUCLEUS. ______________________________ 1936 - Europe is in
turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia,
Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil
war. In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver
vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found
dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers. In an exclusive
London club, a conspiracy is launched that threatens the very heart
of government. When a renowned society couple with fascist leanings
are found brutally murdered, a maverick Cambridge professor is
drawn into a world of espionage he knows only from history books.
The deeper Thomas Wilde delves, the more he finds to link the
murders with the girl with the silver syringe - and even more
worryingly to the scandal surrounding the Abdication . . . Set
against the gathering drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to
Cambridge, from Whitehall to the Kent countryside, and from the
Fens to the Aragon Front in Spain, this sweeping international
thriller, like C J Sansom's WINTER IN MADRID, marks the beginning
of a brilliant new series for Rory Clements. What the critics are
saying about CORPUS: 'Dramatic . . . pacy and assured . . . Well
crafted, it has all the pleasures of an intriguing lead character,
intricate plot and fascinating historical context' Daily Mail 'Rory
Clements's timely spy thriller set in the 1930s evokes a period of
political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence. Corpus is
fast-paced and there are plenty of red herrings to keep you
guessing. This is the first of a promising series and Wilde is a
likeable hero' The Times 'This clever novel, rich in deceptions and
intrigue, shows the reach of Stalin and Hitler into every class of
British society, threatening violence on horrific scale. Corpus is
a standout historical novel and spy thriller' Daily Express
The assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar
operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal in this
explosive new series from the world of Robert Ludlum's Jason
Bourne. A car explodes on a quiet Prague side street - and among
the dead is an undercover Treadstone agent. It's not unusual for
such men to meet their fates on an operation, but in this case
there's one catch: none of the agent's superiors knows why he was
there. Two Blackbriar operatives, Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade,
are sent to investigate. Their search for answers will take them
deeper into the world of conspiracy and fake news than they ever
expected. Treadstone and Blackbriar, intelligence and
counter-intelligence, may be two sides of the same coin, but they
have one thing in common: answers can be the deadliest commodity of
all. Reviewers on Simon Gervais: 'Thriller writing at its level
best' Providence Journal 'Non-stop action meets relentless
suspense' The Real Book Spy
When fifteen-year-old American Hailey Portman goes missing in
Switzerland, her desperate parents seek the help of their neighbor,
Finn Harrington, a seemingly quiet historian rumored to be a former
spy. Sensing the story runs deeper than anyone yet knows, Finn
reluctantly agrees to make some enquiries. He has little to go on
other than his instincts, and his instincts have been wrong in the
past-sometimes spectacularly wrong. But he gets involved anyway,
never imagining that Hailey's disappearance might be linked to the
tragic events that ended his career six years earlier, drawing him
back into a deadly world that has neither forgiven nor forgotten.
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