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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
When Running Wolf sees the crashed aircraft, he photographs the
corpses of the eighty-seven souls as they disappear, and the images
bring to light the discovery of a diabolic deed. The National
Transportation Safety Board quickly determines this is beyond their
scope of responsibility and requests assistance. The investigation
moves from the Sioux Indian Reservation and state of South Dakota
to Washington, D.C., when it becomes apparent that domestic
terrorists with a biological agent are involved. Federal agencies
headed by FBI Agent Bill Bradley race against time in their attempt
to discover and apprehend the masterminds behind the crime. A
scheduled bio-terrorist exercise provides a perfect smoke screen
for the aggressors to strike their first major blow to the citizens
of the United States. In the government's attempt to contain the
threat within the borders of South Dakota, the exercise changes to
a genuine fight for survival. It becomes clear that the state and
local levels of government have been under-funded and under-trained
to counter the real threat of a biological attack. sacrifice a
sacred secret in order to offer safe haven to the citizens. But
will it be enough?
From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of
Gunmetal Gray and a co-author of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels,
comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous
assassin: the Gray Man. Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport
plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man
aboard. They want to kick Gentry off the flight but are overruled
by CIA headquarters. The mystery man is being transported to
England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a
mole in Langley. When they land in an isolated airbase in the UK,
they are attacked by a hostile force and the prisoner is kidnapped.
Only Gentry escapes. His handlers send him after the attackers, but
what can one operative do against a trained team of assassins? A
lot, when that operative is the Gray Man.
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The Agency
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James Phelan
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'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror' Lee
Child, international bestselling author ----- In the murky world of
espionage the rules of war do not apply 2005: Jed Walker has just
joined the CIA. As a ten-year veteran of Air Force Special
Operations, Walker is used to being at the sharp end of things. But
normally the front line is much further from home. Sent to New
Orleans on the trail of some desperate Russians, he has no choice
but to team up with a female British agent. As the body count grows
and Hurricane Katrina hits, it's clear to Walker that no game has
higher stakes. The winner takes all and he must succeed. From
Langley to Louisiana, Washington to Moscow, Jed Walker is going to
be pushed to the limit - of what he can do, what he can take, and
what he knows is right. ----- Praise for James Phelan 'James Phelan
has produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert
Ludlum. We haven't seen an international thriller like this for a
long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a
complicated maze of timely political intrigue. James Phelan has
earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry
THE STUNNING SECOND WORLD WAR THRILLER FROM THE CELEBRATED SUNDAY
TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW The Richard and Judy
Bookclub Pick The Times Top Ten bestseller 'A wonderfully
compelling thriller, reeking of authenticity, and a terrific
depiction of the human world within the chilling world of the Third
Reich' Peter James Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war,
the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is
intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city
into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets.
When a young woman is murdered, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is
under pressure to solve the case, swiftly. Distrusted by his
superiors for his failure to join the Nazi Party, Schenke walks a
perilous line - for disloyalty is a death sentence. The discovery
of a second victim confirms Schenke's worst fears. He must uncover
the truth before evil strikes again. As the investigation takes him
closer to the sinister heart of the regime, Schenke realises there
is danger everywhere - and the warring factions of the Reich can be
as deadly as a killer stalking the streets . . . Readers love
BLACKOUT: 'Superb thriller, with a heroic anti-Nazi Kripo detective
... I look forward to more books about him' ***** 'Highly
recommended ... A top-class murder case set in war-time Berlin'
***** 'Fantastic ... Keeps you guessing and in suspense until the
end' ***** 'Great story about the excessive Nazi regime ... Really
loved this book' *****
'A masterpiece of spies, intrigue and political shenanigans' Sunday
Express Can a ruthless spy ring change the course of the war? The
Sunday Times bestseller and award-winning author of Corpus returns
with a gripping tale of spies, intrigue and politics set during
WW2. Perfect for readers of Robert Harris, C J Sansom and Joseph
Kanon. In a great English house, a young woman offers herself to
one of the most powerful and influential figures in the land - but
this is no ordinary seduction. She plans to ensure his death. On
holiday in France, Professor Tom Wilde discovers his brilliant
student Marcus Marfield, who disappeared two years earlier to join
the International Brigades in Spain, in the Le Vernet concentration
camp in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Wilde secures his release
just as German tanks roll into Poland. Meanwhile, a U-boat sinks
the liner Athenia in the Atlantic with many casualties, including
Americans, onboard. Goebbels claims Churchill put a bomb in the
ship to blame Germany and to lure America into the war. As the
various strands of an international conspiracy begin to unwind, Tom
Wilde will find himself in great personal danger. For just who is
Marcus Marfield? And where does his loyalty lie? A brilliantly
intelligent, gripping WW2 spy thriller from the Sunday Times
bestselling author of Corpus. _____________________________ 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 compelling and distinctive thriller, this was the first novel by
celebrated writer McCarry and the introduction to his eminent
agent, Paul Christopher. Finally back in paperback, readers can
meet Christopher again--or for the first time.
in the small town of Green Hill, all the children belong to an evil, magical, and entirely secret cult. For generations, every child in Green Hill has belonged to this cult until he reaches puberty. Then all evul, and all memory of evil acts committed, disappers. Only the children know of the ceremonies that take place on moonlit nights and in the canves that lie undneath th town's foundations.... " Remarkable.... a novel of horror that exceeds the word 'intense.' It's as if the layers of horror are being peeled away as you turn the pages." --J.N. Williamson
From Daniel Silva, the No.1 New York Times bestselling author,
comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal. She
was his best-kept secret ... In an isolated village in the
mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a
dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the
Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The
woman is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret.
Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West - a
mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can
unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer
and assassin who serves as the chief of Israel's vaunted secret
intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the
new Russia before, at great personal cost. Now he and the Russians
will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar
global order hanging in the balance. Praise for Daniel Silva: 'A
tense, thrilling adventure' Huffington Post 'It is Silva's creative
genius that keeps it all moving, as well as his mastery of
storytelling that keeps the intense momentum of the plot ever
pushing forward' Huffington Post 'A fitting final mission for one
of fiction's greatest spies... A dark thriller for difficult times'
Kirkus Review 'Fascinating, suspenseful, and bated-breath exciting'
Publishers Weekly 'Silva builds suspense like a symphony
conductor... A winner on all fronts' Booklist 'A truly talented
writer' Sun 'Allon is the 21st century Bond - elegantly paced,
subtle and well-informed.' Daily Mail 'Sexily brooding Allon...
must be the most famous superspy not played by Daniel Craig' Daily
Telegraph 'Silva builds tension with breathtaking double and triple
turns of the plot' People 'A world class practitioner of spy
fiction' Washington Post 'Silva is a master of suspense' Barbara
Taylor Bradford, The Week
The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring
Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the Month In a
hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine
assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri
has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the
Twelve, and is about to debrief him. As Eve interrogates her
subject, desperately trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle
together, Villanelle moves in for the kill. The duel between the
two women intensifies, as does their mutual obsession, and when the
action moves from the high passes of the Tyrol to the heart of
Russia, Eve finally begins to unwrap the enigma of her adversary's
true identity. Contine the adventure with Die For Me, the final
installment of the Killing Eve trilogy, out now! Praise for Killing
Eve TV series 'A dazzling thriller . . . mightily entertaining'
Guardian 'Entertaining, clever and darkly comic' New York Times
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Devils Bed
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W K Krueger
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From the creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Cork
O'Connor mystery series comes a haunting, atmospheric, conspiracy
thriller.
When President Clay Dixon's father-in-law -- a former vice
president -- is injured in a farming accident, First Lady Kate
Dixon returns to Minnesota to be at his side. Assigned to protect
her, Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen soon falls under Kate's spell.
He also suspects the accident is part of a trap set for Kate by
David Moses, an escaped mental patient who once loved her. What Bo
and Moses don't realize is that they're caught in a web of deadly
intrigue spun by a seemingly insignificant bureaucratic department
within the federal government. Racing to find answers before an
assassin's bullet can kill Kate, Bo soon learns that when you lie
down with the devil, there's hell to pay.
The no. 1 bestseller from the author of Kolymsky Heights 'As
significant as . . . le Carre in bringing a gritty new realism to
the thriller.' Sunday Telegraph An ancient scroll has been
discovered in Israel. Caspar Laing, a young and brilliant
professor, is asked to decipher it. It contains the directions to
the secret location of a priceless artefact. As he makes the
treacherous journey into the desert, he is joined by dangerous
rivals determined to claim the prize. He must win the race at all
costs. 'Ceaselessly gripping . . . A joy to devour.' The Times
'Brilliantly entertaining.' Sunday Express
Ken Follett’s The Key to Rebecca took readers and critics by storm when first published more than fifteen years ago. Today, it remains one of the best espionage novels ever written. A brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent is on the loose in Cairo. His mission is to send Rommel’s advancing army the secrets that will unlock the city’s doors. In all of Cairo, only two people can stop him. One is a down-on-his-luck English officer no one will listen to. The other is a vulnerable young Jewish girl….
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Relentless
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Mark Greaney
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Joseph Kanon
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