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By order of the President (A presidential Agent Novel Ser. #1)
By W. E. B. Griffin. 2004
Seeking answers after an airplane hijacking in Angola, the U.S. president sends to Africa special forces major Charley Castillo, currently…
executive assistant to the secretary of homeland security. Castillo makes allies and enemies while uncovering the attackers' diabolical intentions. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2004.Agent of influence: a true story
By Ian Adams. 1999
A fictionalized account of the interrogation of John Watkins, a former Canadian ambassador to Moscow, in 1964. As a result…
of the cold war he was taken to a hotel room in Montreal to be debriefed by the RCMP upon his return to Canada. Three days later he was dead. Now Adams presents a fictionalized account of the last days of his life, and of the possible cause of his death. c1999.Absolute friends
By John Le Carré. 2003
Unassuming Bavarian tour guide Ted Mundy is actually a retired British double agent. After September 11, 2001, old friend and…
former colleague Sasha contacts him with a new mission: to stop an impending war in Iraq and become very rich in the process. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2003.The real deal
By Fern Michaels. 2004
Self-sufficient FBI agent Quinn Star left the bureau after a thwarted affair with her boss. When the same man asks…
her to return and guard the first lady, Quinn uncovers a plot to undermine the president. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.Honour among thieves (Charnwood Large Print Ser.)
By Jeffrey Archer. 1993
Scott Bradley is sent by the CIA to discover why a beautiful young Mossad agent has been dropped into the…
Jordanian Embassy in Paris. Unexpectedly, Bradley begins to unravel an extraordinary plot by Saddam Hussein: with the connivance of one of the American President's Special Assistants, Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will have to retaliate. 1993.The key to Rebecca
By Ken Follett. 1980
German spy Alex Wolff steals the British army's secret plans and sends them to Rommel. British major William Vandam picks…
up Wolff's elusive trail and seeks to destroy him. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1980.The untouchable
By John Banville. 1997
Victor Maskell almost got away with it. Intelligent, respected, even knighted, Maskell must re-examine his values when his lifetime of…
treachery as a double agent becomes public knowledge. Through writing his memoirs, Maskell sorts through all the lies he has created, and lived, to find out who he really is and if his life has been worth living. 1997.The tiger claw: a novel
By Shauna Singh Baldwin. 2004
A story of love and espionage, cultural tension and displacement, inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan - code…
name "Madeleine" - who worked against the Occupation after the Nazi invasion of France. The novel opens in 1943; Noor traces the events that led to her capture, and exploring the consequences of her love for a Jewish man. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2004.Firewall
By Andrew McNab. 2000
An ex-SAS officer now working for British Intelligence finds himself to be a disposable pawn in a deadly game of…
cat-and-mouse between the superpowers. Being a deniable operative, he is in deadly danger, but he needs the money.The legacy
By Evelyn Anthony. 1997
After the suicide of his drug-addicted wife, Richard Farrington leaves his sons and goes on a cruise around Scandinavia. There…
he meets and marries Christina Nordohl and they return to England. Twelve years later Richard dies, leaving everything to Christina and her daughter, including a priceless Hebrew manuscript. Lawyer Rolf Wallberg is engaged to defend Christina against her stepson's battle to contest the will.The apocalypse watch
By Robert Ludlum. 1995
Harry Latham, aka Alexander Lassiter, has infiltrated the headquarters of the neo-Nazi organization Brotherhood of the Watch. They know he…
is an imposter, though, so his list of Nazi supporters in the United States and allied countries may be false. His brother Drew suspects the list is fake, and when Harry is killed, Drew assumes his identity in hopes of learning the truth. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 1995.The book of Daniel: a novel
By E. L Doctorow. 1996
Paralleling the real-life story of the Rosenberg espionage case, this novel tells of a young man whose parents are executed…
during the cold war for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. It portrays the Isaacson family before, during, and after the parents' arrest, trial, and execution. Some strong language. 1996.Eagle strike (Alex Rider adventure. #4.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2005
Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts…
plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery - and this time, MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers, even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret - and a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. Sequel to "Skeleton key", followed by "Scorpia". Junior High. 2003. (Alex Rider adventure ; 4)A gathering of spies
By John Altman. 2001
It is 1943 and America thought it had rounded up all the German spies on its soil. But it was…
wrong. In this story, a female Nazi agent bearing the secrets of Los Alamos is pitted against an MI5 agent bearing secrets of his own.April 1903. Young Charlie Webb is a professional racing yacht skipper, a working-class hero with a reputation for winning at…
all costs, and with lack of respect for his betters. But when the Duke of Leominister invites him to a secret meeting in London with a mysterious gentleman yatchsman calling himself Carruthers, Charlie's life is about to become a good deal more complicated and a lot more dangerous.Burn barrel (The Sundown Fiction Collection)
By Charles Larocca. 1990
Harry is a Vietnam War vet and an ex-con. When he finds a dead body in a men's room at…
work, he wonders if it really happened, or if his old hallucinations are coming back. Soon, Harry comes face to face with the killer and a choice - betray his country or sacrifice the woman he loves. Some violence.Golden Buddha (The oregon Files Ser. #1)
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
Only Cabrillo could convert the interior of a nondescript lumber hauler into a state of the art spy ship -…
and only he could take the helm on the dangerous covert missions it carries out for whatever U.S. agency pays the price. It's up to Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and naval men to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese. His gambling chip is a golden Buddha containing records of vast oil reserves in the disputed land. But first, he'll have to locate - and steal - the all-important artifact. 2003.Red rabbit (Jack Ryan ; #3)
By Tom Clancy. 2002
Long before he was President, before he fought terrorist attacks, Jack Ryan was temporarily living in England while researching a…
book. When CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer asked him if he wanted to come aboard as a freelance analyst, Jack was quick to accept. One of his first assignments turns up an amazing tale: Top Soviet officials were planning to assassinate the Pope, John Paul II. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. 2003, c2002. (Jack Ryan ; 3)Trickster's queen (Daughter Of The Lioness Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Tamora Pierce. 2004
Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dova and her younger siblings,…
despite knowing that her thirteen-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Trickster's Choice" (EB73170). c2004.Trickster's choice (Daughter of the lioness. #1.)
By Tamora Pierce. 2003
When pirates capture sixteen-year-old Aly (Alianne), she becomes a slave to the Balitangs, a noble family in the Copper Isles.…
Aly relies on her wit and courage to survive conspiracy and intrigue involving the Trickster, the patron god of the Isles. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003. (Daughter of the lioness ; 1)