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CIA agent Sophie Marx, working for a new intelligence unit disguised as a Los Angeles record company, Hit Parade, uncovers a shocking conspiracy when she sets out to investigate the assassinations of four agents who were killed while trying to control a Pakistani terrorist cell through bribery.
2) The deceiver
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
McCready, chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, offered his choice of two positions--an obscure administrative job or early retirement, is not afraid to press the CIA to the explosion point to convince them their prize defector is a double agent.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Mathilde escapes war-torn Sofarende and reunites with Megs and the other children who are working for the army to retake Sofarende from the enemy, but Mathilde must come to terms with her past treasonous actions and determine what she must do in order to prove her friendship to Megs.
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Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"An agent goes undercover in a militant group in this wild action-adventure tale from an Edgar Award finalist. Freelance operative Joe Gall has been asked to infiltrate the Republic of New Africa, a black militant group--not an easy assignment for a white guy. Using pills to change his skin tone, he goes undercover and joins the organization--with some unexpected results... "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." --Raymond Chandler "[Philip...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"An undercover operative heads to the island paradise of Tahiti to prevent a nuclear nightmare in this novel by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). Freelance agent Joe Gall is supposedly monitoring French atomic testing near the Pacific island of Tahiti. But that's just a cover. His real assignment: disrupt the budding relationship between De Gaulle and the Red Chinese. The plan is to kidnap one of...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the Edgar Award--nominated author: An agent for hire plays bodyguard to a titled beauty in Tenerife--and mixes partying with peril... Joe Gall, freelance operative, is assigned to protect a beautiful baroness under threat--and solve the mystery of who is after her. That means heading to the Canary Islands--and playing the part of a rich, hard-drinking American in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it... "[Philip...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An operative heads to the steamy Caribbean and brings some heat of his own: "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." --Raymond Chandler Joe Gall is the kind of guy who gets called in when no one else can get the job done--a freelance operative with a CIA background who knows how to track down intel, hide in the shadows, find his quarry, and eliminate the threat. Now, a Caribbean island is having a problem with snakes--the kind only someone...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"From the Edgar Award finalist: An operative tries to provide a shield between a target for murder and the madman who's left behind a trail of corpses... There have been multiple murder victims so far--and though the methods have varied, all the bodies were found with a small figure of a wolverine, carved from ivory, attached to their earlobes with baling wire. The true motive of the killer--or killers--may be a mystery, but freelance agent Joe Gall's...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A wild plot leads a covert operative around the globe--and into deadly trouble: "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." --Raymond Chandler Joe Gall's current assignment involves escorting a sexy folk singer on an international journey--but as always for the ex--CIA operative, there's more going on behind the scenes. Before this job is through, Gall will find himself untangling a mystery involving a toy manufacturer, an assassination plot,...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"With trouble brewing in Burma, it's time to call in the agent of last resort, in this thriller by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). In Washington, they call him the Nullifier--the man to hire when every diplomatic option has failed. Joe Gall is now on his way to Burma, where the government is at its wits' end trying to expel a nationalist Chinese general and his army. And if he needs backup, he...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A taut collection of razor-sharp stories of men at society's edge Although best known as an author of westerns and espionage fiction, Brian Garfield is at heart an observer of human behavior. While traveling, he sometimes writes short fiction, usually setting the story in whatever city or country he just left. The eight stories in this slim volume are fine examples of Garfield's keen eye. Mostly tales of crime and criminals, they star men like...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"One man must stop separatists targeting a tourist destination on the US border in this thriller by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times ). A movement is afoot in Canada's majority French--speaking province, Quebec, to separate from the rest of the country, and the FLQ is the organization leading the way. But some supporters of the cause are impatient--and want to take the fight to another level. Now ex--CIA...
18) The Russia house
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, c1990
Language
English
Description
A Soviet book editor sends a manuscript to a British publisher, unwittingly drawing them both into a game of international espionage.
19) Vienna Spies
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English
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A new and terrifying enemy rears its head at last...
With the end of the Second World War in sight, the Allies begin to divide up the spoils and it proves to be a dangerous game.
The British have become aware that, contrary to prior agreements, the Soviet Union is intent on controlling Austria once the war ends. Major Edgar is tasked with the job of establishing an espionage unit in Vienna to monitor the situation.
He sends in two agents - Rolf...
20) Pagoda
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A moneymaking scheme in Burma proves more dangerous than the jungle itself in the first action novel featuring Joe Gall by the Edgar Award finalist. Down on his luck in Rangoon, Joe Gall agrees to partner up with an old acquaintance named Varley for a chance to make millions in the jungles of war-torn Burma. Gall expected the scheme to involve fists and guns--but when he discovers Varley's working both sides, it's every man for himself... Originally...
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