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1) The ascent
Author
Publisher
GCP, Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can't let injustice go-and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he's brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Marketing: As a spy prepared to give away America's biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced to catch her. U.S. government officials knew they had a spy. But it never occurred to them it was a woman--and certainly not a superstar Defense Intelligence Agency employee known as "the Queen of Cuba. Ana Montes had spent seventeen years spying for the Cubans. She had been raised in a patriotic Puerto Rican household: Her father,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this workplace comedy reminiscent of Office Space and "Severance," misfit Orson finds himself trapped in the absurdities of corporate life. As The Authority's newest employee, Orson finds it difficult to connect with his enigmatic desk mate, Rakesh, or any of his other colleagues. His alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist, a place that unleashes his true potential, leading to an ascent up the corporate ladder. Buoyed...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She's the 'invisible girl,' compelled to poke into her wealthy clients' closely guarded lives. It's a harmless hobby until Kit sees something she can't unsee in the home of her brand-new clients: a secret so dark it could destroy the privileged couple expecting their first child. This makes Kit dangerous to the couple. In turn, it makes the couple--who might kill to keep their secret--dangerous to Kit....
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain off the coast of Saudi Arabia for his final tour, he's anxious to dispense with his mission, uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency against the monarchy. But then he meets Almaisa, a beautiful and enigmatic artist, and his eyes are opened to a side of Bahrain most expats never experience. When his trusted informant becomes involved with a murder, Collins...
Author
Series
Martini Club volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a body turns up in her driveway, former spy Maggie Bird, forced into retirement after a mission went tragically wrong, turns to her "Martini Club" of former spies to help her uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why.
8) Next in line
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess". Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team. Maverick operative Ross Hogan is charged with a very sensitive and unique responsibility. But it soon becomes clear the problems in...
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