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81) The conspirator
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
82) Rosa: a novel
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Series
Language
English
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November 1918. A socialist revolution is sweeping across Germany, wreaking havoc on war-torn Berlin. Amid the ruin of the city's slums, four women are found dead-all with identical scars on their backs. Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his assistant, Hans Fichte, are baffled by the killings, and when another body is discovered, the case takes an ominous and unexpected turn. The fifth victim is none other than Rosa Luxemburg-a leader of the...
84) The interpreter
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
At the United Nations, a translator overhears discussion of an assassination plan. But when an Fbi agent investigates and digs into the translator's past, he begins to wonder if she is a victim or a suspect.
85) Wetwork Repair
Author
Publisher
Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling and troubling tale of murder, espionage, shadowy schemes, and a looming threat to America... First, a highly respected expert on Iran and Saudi Arabia is killed in his home in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. -- with a warning note left at the crime scene by the highly professional killers. Shortly thereafter, an up-and-coming NSA official who has worked on FISA cases and Middle East issues is murdered. A second warning note is left. How...
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Language
English
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On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was murdered in front of hundreds of onlookers. Everything was over in mere seconds, but the events of that day have been the subject of heated debate for five decades. The presidential commission tasked with finding the truth, headed by then-Chief Justice Earl Warren, published its findings the following year--Oswald had acted alone--but the report did little to quell conspiracy theorists. Many seized...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Few events have been the subject of more conspiracy theories than the assassinations of the two Kennedy brothers. Indeed, a great many people consider that there were other individuals than Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan involved in both murders. Was a shot fired from Dealey Plaza’s grassy knoll? Why did Jack Ruby shoot Oswald? Was it the CIA, the Soviets, Cuban nationalists or the Mafia that arranged John Kennedy’s assassination? Was Robert...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Five of the most credible theories surrounding the murder of President John F. Kennedy on that fateful day in Dallas. Examine the evidence of one of the most famous murder cases in American History, with new interviews from expert investigators, researchers, and doctors, combined with the accounts of former FBI Agents, CIA operatives and KGB members. This program will allow you to review the possibilities of suspects responsible for the murder of...
91) Royal flush
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Penniless heiress and thirty-fourth in line for the throne Lady Georgiana is sent to Castle Rannoch, where she is asked to help Scotland Yard protect the Prince of Wales from a hunting companion who may be looking to shoot more than quail.
92) Scimitar
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A sleeper agent travels cross-country to assassinate the president in this terrifying political thriller from the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. Sonny Hemkar is a doctor in a rough part of Los Angeles, a resident whose days and nights are an endless parade of bullet wounds, cracked skulls, knife-wielding addicts, and innocent victims who don't understand what's happening to their neighborhood. Sonny is just as frightened as they...
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Publisher
Kent State University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Most Americans are aware that their sixteenth president was mortally wounded by a man named Booth at a Washington theater in April 1865. These are facts that nobody can dispute. However, a closer look at this history-changing catastrophe raises questions that have still not been fully answered. The passing of the 150th anniversary of the United States' first presidential assassination is an ideal time for students and scholars to consider these questions....
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of the only assassination of a British prime ministerIn a story of suspense, revenge, and personal tragedy, this history tells the interwoven stories of Perceval and Bellingham, detailing not just the events of May 1812, but also the two men's histories, and what led one to take the other's life. The name Spencer Perceval is not as well known as Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy, but he is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated...
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Language
English
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Former Justice Department operative Cotton Mather foils an attempt to assassinate President Danny Daniels in Manhattan, and finds himself at odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates dating back to the American Revolution that wields unstoppable power thanks to a clause written into the U.S. Constitution.
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A would-be assassin wounds the president-and throws the country into chaos The gunman crouches in his crawl space, dreaming of revenge. The United States has turned his homeland into a combat zone, killing his family and ruining his life. Today, vengeance will be had. President Henry Hampton is visiting Gettysburg, and the band has just struck up "Hail to the Chief" when the first shots ring out. Blood stains the old battleground once more. The president...
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