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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
'Five stars. One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time' James O'Brien, LBC 'This is first class' The Times 'A highly accomplished novel from a new writer of great promise' Financial Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously confident debut, sharply observed and exceptionally well written’ Charles Cumming, author of Box 88 Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified and broken...
Author
Publisher
RedDoor Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Set in an incredibly exciting period of history, a pacy debut, brimming with adventure and romance.England, 1771: Recently orphaned Daisy Salter moves from quiet Suffolk society to the hustle and bustle of London. A talented botanical illustrator and amateur scientist, frustrated Daisy finds herself governess to the daughter of her sister and brutish noble brother-in-law.However, a chance encounter with pre-eminent scientist Joseph Banks changes everything...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Historical romance takes to the high seas. Famed spy Lady Lisbeth Medford is on a ship bound for the West Indies, and the only thing more dangerous than her mission is the elusive Duke she's trying to capture.
Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. She's determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies while on a covert mission as a ship's...
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Series
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair-now with exclusive bonus content!
"Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."
-Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
My body is made of scars,
some were done to me,
but most I did to myself.
Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is...
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
6 great stories -- 3 brand new releases and 3 bonus stories! This month, Harlequin Intrigue brings you not only three new edge-of-your-seat romances for one great price, but three additional fan-favorite stories in one convenient bundle! This Harlequin Intrigue bundle includes Trap, Secure coupled with reader favorite Navy SEAL Security by Carol Ericson, The Reunion paired with reader favorite The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Six American spies with unusual talents embark on a dangerous mission behind enemy lies in this classic Cold War espionage thriller. Lt. Cmdr. Charles Rone, a young naval intelligence officer with a sterling record, finds himself abruptly discharged from the service. Without his consent, Rone has been recruited to join a top-secret network of agents who operate independently of the US government. Led by a cynical spymaster known only as the Highwayman,...
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Language
English
Description
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times called it a perfect little gem, the best Cold War thriller I've read in years," and the praise kept coming with critics hailing Littell as "the American Le Carré" (New York Times) and raving that his books were "as good as thriller writing gets" (The Washington Post). For his fourteenth novel, Robert Littell creates an engrossing, multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic yet utterly candid saga, bringing...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Full of intrigue and peril, this gripping WWII spy series will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. Includes all four books in The Richard Prince Thrillers series; Prince of Spies, Sea of Spies, Ring of Spies and End of Spies.
Prince of Spies: 1942. A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. He is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services need a man like him...In occupied Europe, Denmark...
11) False Flag
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Series
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young, female CIA officer under non-official cover has been snatched off of the streets of Beirut by Hezbollah.
This is the kind of situation that CIA's legendary Deputy Director of Operations Edwin Rothmann needs solved fast-but he can't involve the agency. Instead, he enlists the renegade Ft. Lauderdale outfit he refers to as "CIA, Inc." headed by former CIA case officer Mac MacMurphy.
As the kidnapped officer faces a battle of wits with her...
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English
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When Herbert Terrell falls off a mountain during his annual climbing holiday in in Czechoslovakia, accidental death seems the inevitable verdict, but Terrell's young stepdaughter Theodosia is not convinced Theodosia Barber had been planning to spend her summer vacation in Europe in any case, so what could be simpler than persuading her travel companions to make a minor detour to the scene of the crime? Bewitched by Theodosia's beautiful brown eyes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS
NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLER
One of NPR's Best Books of the Year!
One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!
Reese Witherspoon
...14) Tanner On Ice
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cold War superspy Evan Tanner lost the ability to sleep on a battlefield in Korea. So where the heck has he been since the '70s? Frozen. Cryogenically. A Tanner-sicle. Which he never thought would happen when he walked into a basement in Union City, New Jersey, more than a quarter century ago. Now he's unthawed and ready to rumble, and his somewhat addled, former super-secret boss, "the Chief," is glad his favorite operative's active again. Tanner...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Every year thousands of God's servants leave the ministry convinced they are failures. Years ago, in the midst of a crisis of faith, Kent Hughes almost became one of them. But instead he and his wife Barbara turned to God's Word, determined to learn what God had to say about success and to evaluate their ministry from a biblical point of view. This book describes their journey and their liberation from the "success syndrome"-the misguided belief...
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English
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A stuntman searches for a colleague whom he thought he killed long ago Two pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti....
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Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A doomed journalist travels to Iceland to destroy a Soviet superweapon Halfway between the United States and the Soviet Union, Iceland is one of the most strategic points in the Cold War. And home to a NATO squadron that could wipe Moscow off the map in an instant, it's is about to become the unwitting host for the most daring operation in military history. On the remote coast of this frost-bound island, the Soviets are building a laser powerful enough...
18) The Swiss Spy
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English
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A thrilling tale based on top-secret Nazi plans to invade the Soviet Union...
All spies have secrets, but Henry Hunter has more than most. After he is stopped by British Intelligence at Croydon airport on the eve of the Second World War, he discovers one more devastating than any before.
From Switzerland he embarks on a series of increasingly perilous missions into Nazi Germany, all while having to cope with various identities and competing spymasters.
In...
Author
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A police detective is drawn into intrigue while investigating a mathematical genius's murder: "A combination of P.D. James and John le Carr ." -- Austin American-Statesman When Simon Bowles commits suicide, no one is surprised. A graduate student in mathematics at Cambridge University, Bowles had a long, well-documented history of depression. But as Detective Sergeant Derek Smailes soon discovers, he also had a passion for investigating historical...
20) Pay Any Price
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sure to add to Allbeury's already large readership.-- Time Out. As the world still reels from the Kennedy assassinations, an English intelligence operative uncovers a sinister conspiracy: the CIA has joined with the Mafia and communist Cuba to create sleeper agents, unwitting pawns hypnotized to kill on command. Now London wants in, setting its sights on the IRA and other enemies of the British Empire. In this spine-tingling suspense about one of...
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