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61) Typhoon
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
Joe Lennox, an operative for MI6 is back in China after losing both his girlfriend and a prominent defector who disappeared from a safe house ten years earlier, in order to thwart the CIA's plot to use an Islamic group to destabilize China during the 2008 Olympics.
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...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this intricate and propulsive thriller--from National Geographic's founder of Special Investigations--Tom Klay an investigative reporter leading a double life as a CIA spy, discovers that he has been weaponized in a global game of espionage pitting him against one of the world's most ruthless men"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Peter Ashton and the rest of the SIS team are called in to investigate when a British secret service operative is killed in a restaurant shoot-out, and uncover a covert terrorist operation that threatens the entire world.
67) Absolute friends
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ted Mundy, former student radical and Cold War spy for the British, is living a quiet life as co-principal of an English-language school and tour guide in Germany when he is contacted by an old friend and colleague who tries to persuade Ted to accept a too-good-to-be-true offer from a mysterious philanthropist who is putting up $500,000 to turn the school into a vehicle for promoting international peace and understanding in the post-9/11 world.
Author
Series
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...
72) A broken blade
Author
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
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Harry Pendel, tailor to royalty, presidents, politicians, and crooks, is recruited by British Intelligence to provide information on the state of affairs in Panama as the time approaches for the country to gain control of the Panama Canal, and Harry, who prefers that his past remain unknown, is only too willing to cooperate.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a tennis vacation in Antigua, a young English couple are charmed by Dima, a Russian money launderer who has set his sights on the couple's fortune, and find themselves in a danger game with the British Secret Service, the Russian mafia, and others who want them dead.
77) 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
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of such prestigious honors as the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award, Ian McEwan is justifiably regarded as a modern master. Set in 1972, Sweet Tooth follows Cambridge student Serena Frome, whose intelligence and beauty land her a job with England's intelligence agency, MI5. In an attempt to monitor writers' politics, MI5 tasks Serena with infiltrating the literary circle of author Tom Healy. But soon matters of trust and identity subvert the...
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