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Minute Zero
By Todd Moss. 2015
An extraordinary international thriller by the former deputy assistant secretary of state and author of the national bestseller The Golden…
Hour. In the life of every country, at a moment of extreme national disruption, there is a brief period of breakdown, when everything is uncertain, events can turn on a dime. That is the moment to act, to shape events how you want them to go. That is Minute Zero.Fresh off the harrowing events of The Golden Hour, State Department crisis manager Judd Ryker is suddenly thrown into a quickly developing emergency in Zimbabwe, where a longtime strongman is being challenged for the presidency. Rumors are flying furiously: armed gangs, military crackdowns, shady outside money pouring in, and, most disturbing for the United States, reports of highly enriched uranium leaking into the market.And that's all before Ryker even lands in the country. It gets much worse after that. If he can't get control, shape his Minute Zero, a lot of people are going to die--not least of all himself.A Parcel for Prudence, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #4
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2014
The exciting Virtues and Valor serialized story continues with book 4. MURIEL TOLSON grew up with all of the luxuries…
life could offer. As the daughter of a duke, she married the second son of an earl and lived in style on his family's estate. When her husband ships off to fight the Nazis in Africa, Muriel heeds his request to use her intelligence and language skills to help with the war effort. She approaches the British secret services and soon finds herself recruited into an experimental all female cohort dubbed the Virtues, a collection of seven extraordinary women with highly specialized skills. Assigned the code name of PRUDENCE, her natural French allows her to infiltrate Occupied France where she works as a courier; carrying messages, money, and sometimes people through the secret resistance network aiding the allies to accomplish very dangerous missions behind enemy lines. When Nazis capture the agent code named TEMPERANCE, the team shucks previously laid plans and fast-forwards operational timelines. Is the team ready for this daring mission, or will the Third Reich thwart their plans before they can even get started? A PARCEL FOR PRUDENCE is part four of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.The Washington Stratagem
By Adam Lebor. 2014
In this new international thriller from the author of The Geneva Option, UN covert negotiator Yael Azoulay is drawn into…
a web of betrayal and intrigue that leads from deep within America's military-industrial complex to the Middle East and beyond.Yael Azoulay went rogue in Geneva and nearly lost her life; although her physical wounds are healed, she will never be able to forget what happened. Now back in New York, when the secretary-general asks her to meet with the CEO of the Prometheus Group, a lobbying and asset management firm with extensive links to the Pentagon and dubious business interests in the volatile Middle East, she cannot refuse his request.Working under Prometheus's radar, Yael uncovers a chilling conspiracy with ties to Iran . . . and to a shocking source from her past. The end game is nothing less than a devastating--and very lucrative--new war in the Middle East. But the closer she comes to the truth, the more Yael begins to expose herself, revealing a life riddled with secrets. As she confronts the ghosts of her past, the few certainties of her life begin to crumble around her, laying bare a terrifying truth: that she has enormously powerful enemies who neither forgive, nor forget.The Children's War
By J. N. Stroyar. 2002
Peter has had more identities than he can remember and suffered pains and humiliations he longs to forget. But, whether…
spy or prisoner, slave or propaganda tool, none of his roles has brought the one thing he wants above all: freedom. THE CHILDREN'S WAR Bad papers. That's how Peter's nightmare began. Living in contemporary Europe under Nazi domination -- more than fifty years after the truce among the North American Union, the Third Reich, and the Soviet Union -- Peter has struggled to make sense of the reign of terror that governs his world. Now, arrested for bearing a false identity, he is pulled full-force into a battle against Nazi oppression. The crusade for freedom that belonged to generations past is now Peter's legacy -- and his future depends not on running away, but on fighting back. Escaping a Nazi prison camp and joining the Underground Home Army, Peter dedicates himself to breaking down the system that betrayed him. But by facing the evil at the heart of the Nazi political machine, Peter falls deeper into a web of intrigue and adventure that risks everything he holds dear -- in this life and for the sake of future generations. A disturbingly real vision of what could have been, The Children's War is a page-turning epic thriller with a mesmerizing premise and an unforgettable cast of characters. J.N. Stroyar's searingly authentic, impassioned vision of human triumph over the forces of corruption and cruelty stands as a powerful tribute to the millions who have sacrificed and died in the name of freedom.Matt Helm - The Infiltrators (Matt Helm)
By Donald Hamilton. 2015
Beautiful, intelligent, fresh out of prison- Madeleine Ellershaw is Matt Helm's latest case. Madeleine may have been imprisoned as a…
spy, but Helm soon realizes that her story isn't so simple. He's got to figure out why she took the rap for her husband nine years ago, what secrets are hiding in her past, and, most difficult of all: keep her alive.Finder's Fee
By Alton L. Gansky. 2007
Judith Find, a powerful business executive, finds herself helpless in the face of a kidnapper's demands. Luke Becker is her…
reluctant ally in rescuing the victim. And eight-year-old Abel, the victim, is about to become their remarkable guide to freedom from the secrets that have dogged them both.Nick of Time: A Nick Donahue Adventure
By Cathi Stoler. 2013
Nick Donahue, an American gambler living in London, is playing Blackjack in Venice when he meets a beautiful woman in…
desperate need of help. Nick obliges and is soon embroiled in a whirlwind of adventure, mystery, and intrigue. He is kidnapped by jewel thieves then released and dumped in the woods outside Prague. Calling on his brother Alex - a banker at a Zurich bank - for assistance, Nick finds himself juggling Alex's problem: the murder of his boss and a world-wide money laundering scheme the bank has been running. When Nick blows the whistle on the bank's main client, the New York mob is none too happy with his interference and their loss of revenue. They demand revenge and restitution, which only Nick, with all of his gambling savvy, can provide. From a Derringer Award winning author, this contemporary short mystery novel provides plot twists, terror, and just the right touch of humor.The Argentine Triangle (A Craig Page Thriller)
By Allan Topol. 2014
Former CIA director Craig Page is enjoying a new, exhilarating life racing cars across Europe. But when new dangers threaten…
America and an old friend goes missing in Argentina, will Craig be ready to step up to the plate?The Italian Divide: A Craig Page Thriller
By Allan Topol. 2016
Former CIA Director Craig Page is enjoying his new life as Italian race car driver Enrico Marino-but when he hears…
that his friend and sponsor, prominent Italian banker Frederico Castiglione, has been found dead, he suspects foul play.The Dark Chronicles: A Spy Trilogy
By Jeremy Duns. 2012
It's 1969, and MI6 agent Paul Dark has spent the last twenty-five years betraying his country. When a would-be Russian…
defector turns up with information about a high-level British double agent, Dark goes on the run—only to discover that everything he believes is a lie. Bringing together three novels featuring double agent Paul Dark, The Dark Chronicles journeys from London to Nigeria and from Rome to Moscow in a heart-pounding saga of dubious loyalties, deadly conspiracies, and ruthless acts of revenge at the height of the Cold War. .Red Joan
By Jennie Rooney. 2013
Joan's voice is almost a whisper. 'Nobody talked about what they did during the war. We all knew we weren't…
allowed to.'Joan Stanley has a secret. For fifty years she has been a loving mother, a doting grandmother and an occasional visitor to ballroom dancing and watercolour classes. Then one sunlit spring morning there is a knock on the door.Master of Ceremonies
By Donald B. Cozzens. 2014
Critically-acclaimed author Donald Cozzens that takes us behind the scenes of the Roman Catholic Church for an unflinching look at…
clergy sexual abuse and its very personal consequences. Cozzens weaves an intricate story of scholars and trained killers, bishops and priests, church ladies and clandestine operatives struggling--each in their own way--to protect the institution they venerate or to blow the lid off the oldest boys' club in the world.Defection of A. J. Lewinter
By Robert Littell. 2006
This first novel by Robert Littell, bestselling author of The Company, immediately elevated him to the ranks of John le…
Carre, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. A.J. LeWinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America’s complex defense machinery. While at an academic conference in Tokyo, LeWinter contacts the KGB station chief and says he wants to defect. He tantalizes the Russians with U.S. military secrets he claims to possess, but is his defection genuine? Neither the Russians nor the Americans are sure, and LeWinter is swept up in a terrifying political chess match of deceit and treachery. Deft and dazzlingly plotted, this is the book that introduced Robert Littell—the opening shot of a brilliant career.Stettin Station (John Russell #3)
By David Downing. 2009
In the fall of 1941, Anglo-American journalist John Russell is still living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city…
by his love for two Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son, Paul, and his longtime girlfriend, Effi. Forced to work for both German and American Intelligence, he's searching for a way out of Germany. Can he escape and take Effi with him? From the Trade Paperback edition.Holiday Affair
By Lisa Plumley. 2010
Single mom Karina Barrett is thrilled to treat her kids to a fairytale Christmas vacation. . . but will a…
sexy innkeeper make her own holiday dreams come true?For Karina, its the chance of a lifetime: a free cocoa and gingerbread-filled holiday at a quaint Michigan B&B called The Christmas House. In return, Karina will play spy and report back to the company hoping to buy out the popular hotel. Its all too good to be true. . . especially when Karina meets innkeeper Reid Sullivan. The man is a walking talking Christmas miracle--and shes hoping to meet him under the mistletoe. . . Single dad turned globe-trotting adventurer, Reid isnt quite sure how he and his daughters got roped into helping out this year at his familys B&B. But once he arrives, it doesnt take long for a certain guest to catch his eye. Fun-loving California girl Karina is hard to miss, and Reid senses the attraction is mutual. As Christmas approaches and the weather grows colder, things between Reid and Karina heat up. But when the true reason behind Karinas visit is revealed, will the holiday magic disappear before the ball drops on New Years Eve'. . .The World at Night: A Novel
By Alan Furst. 1996
Paris, 1940. The civilized, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson is derailed by the German occupation of Paris, but…
Casson learns that with enough money, compromise, and connections, one need not deny oneself the pleasures of Parisian life. Somewhere inside Casson, though, is a stubborn romantic streak. When he's offered the chance to take part in an operation of the British secret service, this idealism gives him the courage to say yes. A simple mission, but it goes wrong, and Casson realizes he must gamble everything--his career, the woman he loves, life itself. Here is a brilliant re-creation of France--its spirit in the moment of defeat, its valor in the moment of rebirth.From the Trade Paperback edition.Topaz
By Leon Uris. 1967
On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis, American and French intelligence agents are plunged into a maze of Cold…
War intrigue In Paris, 1962, French intelligence chief André Devereaux and NATO intelligence chief Michael Nordstrom have uncovered Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms to Cuba. But when Devereaux reports his findings and nobody acts--and he is targeted in an assassination attempt--he soon realizes he's tangled in a plot far greater than he first understood. The two agents, along with a small band of Cuban exiles and Soviet defectors, chase leads around the globe in a quest to save NATO, themselves, and perhaps the world itself. Topaz is a fast-paced but deeply informed thriller. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate.The Pursuit of Pearls
By Jane Thynne. 2016
In the enthralling sequel to The Scent of Secrets, British actress/spy Clara Vine returns, moving gracefully through the treacherous upper…
echelons of Nazi high society. Rife with political intrigue and authentic period details, this novel is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Eva Stachniak.Clara Vine, a half-Jewish Anglo-German, uses her unique access to the wealthy elite of pre-war Nazi society to spy for her native Britain. In this second installment of her story, Clara, an ambitious young actress, insinuates herself into the lives of the Nazi wives through her association with the famous Ufa Studios. Her close friendship with Magda Goebbels makes her an attractive asset to the British intelligence service. Richly weaving the historical record with lush fictional details and a tantalizing love story, a cast of real Nazis and their British admirers--such as the Mitford sisters and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor--comes to life in this series.From the Trade Paperback edition.Potsdam Station (John Russell #4)
By David Downing. 2010
In April 1945, Hitler's Reich is on the verge of extinction. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by…
Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth. John Russell's son Paul is stationed on the Eastern Front with the German Army, awaiting the Soviets' final onslaught. In Berlin, Russell's girlfriend Effi has been living in disguise, helping fugitives to escape from Germany. With a Jewish orphan to care for, she's trying to outlast the Nazis. Russell hasn't heard from either of them since fleeing Germany in 1941. He is desperate to find out if they're alive and to protect them from the advancing Red Army. He flies to Moscow, seeking permission to enter Berlin with the Red Army as a journalist, but when the Soviet's arrest him as a spy, things look bleak-until they find a use for him that has him parachuting into Berlin behind German lines. From the Hardcover edition.Lord of the Swallows
By Gérard De Villiers. 2016
A high-tension, sexy, political thriller in which freelance CIA agent Malko Linge brings a project to his bosses that could…
blow open a ring of Russian spies operating in the United States. First English-language publication.At a benefit dinner, Austrian playboy and CIA freelancer Malko Linge meets an intriguing woman, Zhanna Khrenkov, who has an unusual proposal. She will disclose everything she knows about her husband Alexei's business if Malko will get rid of Alexei's younger, British mistress. Appalled, Malko refuses--until Zhanna reveals her husband's real job: head of a ring of Russian spies operating undercover inside the U.S. For Malko's CIA contacts, this is a highly necessary job; for Malko, it is a highly sensitive one. He will move cautiously from Vienna to London to Moscow, trying to find the right balance of winning Zhanna's trust without compromising his moral integrity.From the Trade Paperback edition.