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The good physician
By Kent Harrington. 2008
Mexico City. Dr. Collin Reeves has found a semi-comfortable niche performing occasional chores for the CIA, acting as a go…
to doctor for the U.S. embassy when American tourists need medical attention, and pursuing his avocation of painting. When CIA veterans Alex Law and Butch Nickels get wind of a possible terrorist bombing plot, they use any means to extract information that might prevent it. Reeves, pressed to keep alive suspects who are being tortured, faces both a moral dilemma and personal danger. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.The Halifax connection: A Novel Of Canada And The American Civil War
By Marie Jakober. 2007
1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…
Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.The cabal (Kirk McGarvey adventures. #14.)
By David Hagberg. 2010
CIA operative Todd Van Buren meets with Joshua Givens, an investigative reporter who has uncovered a dangerous secret. Givens suspects…
that a lobbyist has formed a shadowy group called the Friday Club. The journalist is convinced that the "club" is powerful enough to topple the United States. That afternoon Van Buren, son-in-law of legendary spy Kirk McGarvey, is gunned down. The same evening, Givens and his family are killed. McGarvey is about to be drawn into the most far-reaching and perilous investigation of his career. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2010.Snow job
By William Deverell. 2009
Arthur Beauchamp has followed his wife, the leader and first elected member of the Green Party, to Ottawa. But he…
hates everything there: the cold, the politics, and his place in his wife's shadow. So when a delegation of government officials from Bhashyistan is blown sky high and the shares of a Calgary-based oil company promptly drop like a stone, Arthur is only too happy to jump to the defence of the missing suspected assassin. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2009.Le clandestin (Best-sellers)
By John Grisham, Patrick Berthon. 2006
La question n'est pas de savoir s'il va être tué, mais qui va le tuer. Lobbyiste sans foi ni loi,…
Joel Backman a été condamné à vingt ans de prison pour avoir vendu à une puissance étrangère un superlogiciel capable de contrôler un ensemble de satellites espions. Six ans plus tard, à sa grande surprise, il est gracié par le président des États-Unis sortant et exfiltré dans une jolie ville d'Italie. Sous une nouvelle identité, le Clandestin découvre l'art subtil d'être heureux. Il est libre, mais transformé en appât. Car, si la CIA a obtenu sa grâce, c'est pour mieux savoir qui va le tuer : les Israéliens ? les Saoudiens ? les Chinois ? La chasse à l'homme a commencé. Quelques descriptions de violence et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2006, c2005. Titre uniforme: The broker.Fool's Gold (Camp X ; #3)
By Eric Walters. 2006
It's been months since brothers Jack and George's adventure in Camp 30, where they'd been sent to spy on the…
high-ranking German prisoners of war. Now they're hoping that life will return to normal, but they're proved terribly wrong when their mother is kidnapped by three thugs who seem to know all about the boys' pasts. Before they know it they're on a terrifying new adventure back to Camp X to unearth a buried stash of gold, without which they'll never see their mother again. Sequel to "Camp 30" (DC25492), followed by "Shell shocked" (DC38286). Grades 4-7. 2007, c2006. (Camp X ; 3)Expo 58
By Jonathan Coe. 2013
London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent…
on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century. 2013.Deliver us from evil
By David Baldacci. 2010
Agent Shaw, from "The Whole Truth", stalks human trafficker and nuclear-arms smuggler Evan Waller. Regina "Reggie" Campion also targets Waller,…
a.k.a. ex-KGB mass murderer Fedir Kuchin, for her own clandestine vigilante agency. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010.Légendes
By Robert Littell, Natalie Zimmermann. 2005
Un sentiment plus fort que la peur: roman
By Marc Levy. 2013
C'est dans l'épave d'un avion que Suzie Baker retrouve le document qui pourrait lui permettre de rendre justice à sa…
famille, accusée de haute trahison. Mais cette découverte met Suzie en danger, traquée par les services secrets américains. Dans la poursuite de ses investigations, elle sera épaulée par Andrew Stilman, un grand reporter, avec lequel elle devra déjouer pièges et illusions. 2013.The matchmaker of Kenmare: a novel of Ireland
By Frank Delaney. 2011
1943. Searching for purpose after his wife disappears, Ben MacCarthy works for the Irish Folklore Commission, and goes to profile…
Kate Begley, the Matchmaker of Kenmare. Then Charles Miller, an American military intelligence officer, arrives, asking for a dangerous favour. Under the cover of their neutrality as Irish citizens, Kate and Ben travel to London and effectively operate as spies, but as they are drawn more deeply and painfully into the conflict, both discover the perils of neutrality - in both love and war. Descriptions of violence. 2011.Robert Ludlum's The Bourne objective: a new Jason Bourne novel (Jason Bourne series #book 8)
By Robert Ludlum, Eric Lustbader. 2010
Amnesiac spy Jason Bourne and ruthless Leonid Arkadin, both trained in a clandestine and now defunct American Central Intelligence program,…
are manipulated to eliminate each other. Meanwhile, a secret cabal called Treadstone seeks Bourne's Balinese ring, which might lead to King Solomon's gold. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c2010. (New Jason Bourne novel)The spy (Isaac Bell Adventure. #3)
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2010
1908. Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency investigates the supposed suicide of battleship engineer Arthur Langner. After more…
deaths among naval research staff, Bell hunts for a foreign spy hobbling American military advances during a buildup to war. Some violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Isaac Bell adventure)Spandau Phoenix
By Greg Iles. 1993
On May 10, 1941, Rudolf Hess flew to England for a meeting with the Duke of Hamilton. But was it…
Hess who met with the Duke, or was it his pilot? Now in 1987, Spandau Prison is being demolished. The last prisoner--number seven--has committed suicide. Or has he been murdered? And was he really Hess? Hans Apfel finds some papers at Spandau that may answer those questions, but now he and his wife are in great danger. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. c1993.The mulberry bush: a novel
By Charles McCarry. 2015
In Buenos Aires, an American spy meets the beautiful daughter of an Argentinean revolutionary and is caught in a web…
of passion and revenge. Descriptions of sex. Some violence. Strong languageAn honorable man: a novel
By Paul Vidich. 2016
Washington, DC; 1953. As the Cold War ramps up, the CIA reels from a double agent in its midst, selling…
secrets to the Soviets and compromising agents around the globe. George Mueller, a dedicated agent, is entrusted with finding the mole. But Mueller has secrets of his own. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2016The Polish officer: a novel
By Alan Furst. 2001
Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited to Polish underground intelligence, even as Warsaw falls to Hitler. His first mission is…
to transport the national gold reserve to safety via a refugee train bound for Bucharest. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1995Europe in Autumn (The Fractured Europe Sequence Ser. #1)
By Dave Hutchinson, David Hutchinson. 2014
Europe has fractured after an economic crisis and flu pandemic. When Rudi's boss at a Krakow restaurant asks for help…
smuggling someone across the border, Rudi becomes a spy and smuggler. One day, however, he finds a severed head instead of his expected client. Violence and strong language. 2014The discarded: a Jonathan Quinn novel (A Jonathan Quinn Novel Ser.)
By Brett Battles. 2014
Seven years ago, Orlando's mentor, Abraham, accepted an assignment to courier a package out of Japan--not realizing it was a…
four-year-old girl. After reluctantly relinquishing her, Abraham has been trying ever since to ascertain that she is safe. When he gets close, Quinn and Orlando assist. Violence and strong language. 2014The enraged: a Jonathan Quinn novel (A Jonathan Quinn Novel Ser.)
By Brett Battles. 2013
After the shootout in The Collected (DB 76082) that left Quinn's lover and partner Orlando clinging to life and their…
fellow operative Peter dead, a mysterious note from Peter turns up. It instructs Quinn to finish Peter's last job. Violence and strong language. 2013