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The ministry of fear: an entertainment
Par Graham Greene. 1973
In the early phase of World War II British widower Arthur Rowe, after having euthanatized his sick wife, unwittingly becomes…
embroiled with a band of fifth columnists. And then he falls in love. Some violence. 1943American spy
Par Lauren Wilkinson. 2019
Because of her skin color, Cold War-era FBI agent Marie Mitchell is recruited to join a task force aimed at…
undermining the president of Burkina Faso. Over the next year, her work challenges her beliefs about her identity as a spy, lover, sister, and an American. Some violence and some strong language. 2019Cromartie v. the god Shiva acting through the government of India
Par Rumer Godden. 1997
When a Canadian art dealer tries to sell an eleventh-century bronze statue of a Hindu god in London, the Indian…
government demands its return. Michael Dean is sent to India by his law firm to determine the statue's provenance. Tracing a replica of the statue leads to a murder and romantic complicationsWithout lawful authority
Par Manning Coles. 1943
Tommy Hambledon, a British foreign intelligence agent, is searching for German spies in his homeland. Warnford, a disgraced British army…
officer who was framed and forced to resign, enlists the help of a professional burglar, Marden, to help him expose his enemies. Together the three uncover a Nazi cell on the eve of World War IILa jeunesse de James Bond: 2, La mort est contagieuse (La jeunesse de James Bond. #2.)
Par Charles Higson. 2006
"Un élève d'Eton dont la famille disparaît en mer. Une société clandestine au coeur de l'école. Une région de Sardaigne…
infestée de bandits. Un inquiétant comte italien. Sous le soleil brûlant de la Méditerranée, James Bond va découvrir le lien entre tous ces éléments, mais à quel prix ?" -- 4e de couvFor your eyes only
Par Rebecca York. 1997
Jenny Larkin lost her sight in a car accident in high school. She blames herself, though no one else does.…
Ben Brisco has always loved Jenny, yet never expressed it. Their feelings come to the surface when Jenny becomes a possible witness in her best friend's murder. Some descriptions of sexThe four adventures of Richard Hannay
Par John Buchan. 1988
First published between 1915 and 1924. In The Thirty-Nine Steps, an engineer attempts to foil a conspiracy. Greenmantle pits a…
secret agent against Germans trying to start an eastern holy war. Mr. Standfast deals with British Intelligence in World War I. An agent uses hypnotism to search for missing persons in The Three HostagesCrossing by night: a novel
Par David Aaron. 1993
Fictionalized account of the exploits of World War II spy Elizabeth Pack. Pack was an American debutante who married the…
British diplomat who impregnated her. When he gave up their baby to avoid embarrassment, Elizabeth was devastated. Her attempt to be a demure diplomatic spouse was quickly put aside when she was given the chance to save the ambassador to Spain. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexThe burden
Par Mary Westmacott. 1956
In 1929, after her brother has died, Laura sees her chance to become her parents' favorite vanish when they have…
another baby, Shirley. Laura's jealousy changes to protective love when she saves the baby's life. From that point on, Laura devotes herself to raising her sister. When nineteen-year-old Shirley is swept off her feet by a playboy, Laura is torn between protecting her sister and letting the girl choose her own lifeThe Doll's House
Par Evelyn Anthony. 1992
As her marriage disintegrates, the Foreign Office's Rosa Bennett accepts a temporary assignment with British Intelligence. Her mission is to…
investigate Harry Oakham, a retired British spy suspected of going bad. Sure enough, Oakham has collected a global group of spies to sell terrorist activities out of posh hotel headquarters. Unfortunately, Rosa is wildly attracted to Oakham. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sexInto the darkness
Par Barbara Michaels. 1990
At his death, Daniel Mignot, the founder of a majestic jewelry empire, leaves half ownership in his Connecticut antique jewelry…
store to his granddaughter Meg. The other half is left to A.L. Riley, an employee, who is an extremely talented designer and goldsmith. But there are rumors that Riley may have been responsible for Dan's death. Is Riley the one from whom Meg is receiving Victorian rings with scary messages?Redeye: a novel
Par Richard Aellen. 1988
Paul Stafford and Karl Alexander are twin brothers but do not know of each other's existence. Paul, a writer, is…
suffering from nightmares in which he is constantly killing people. When he publishes his dreams as stories, the CIA shows up on his doorstep. It seems that Karl, an assassin for East German intelligence, communicates telepathically with his twin in dreams. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexWin, lose, or die
Par John Gardner. 1989
James Bond is back. This time he is protecting the leaders of Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States…
as they meet aboard HMS "Invincible." BAST (Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terror) is up to no good and Bond must foil "the Cat," a mysterious female terrorist, and "the Viper," the head of BAST. Never a dull moment for the intrepid Bond. Some violence and strong language. Bestseller 1989The Russia house
Par John Carré. 1989
Is Russia's defense system as good as they say it is? Documents have been smuggled out of Russia indicating that…
the Soviet defense system is in utter shambles, but England and the United States are uncertain about the validity of the information. London publisher "Barley" Blair is recruited to go to Russia and uncover the facts, but no one plans on his falling in love with Katya. Some strong language. BestsellerDragon's claw
Par Peter O'Donnell. 1978
A thousand miles from land, alone on a little sloop in the Tasman Sea, Modesty Blaise finds a man on…
a sinking raft--a man with a strange gap in his memory. When he claims to be Luke Fletcher, a renowned artist who disappeared while swimming in the Mediterranean weeks before, it becomes clear that Modesty has stumbled upon a bewildering mystery. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexGrandmaster
Par Warren Murphy. 1984
Set in the world of international espionage, the novel focuses on two chess prodigies, Justin Gilead, the latest incarnation of…
the Hindu God Brahma, and Alexander Zharkov, his eternal nemesis, the Prince of Death. Justin works with the CIA to help thwart Zharkov's Russian dirty tricks--notably his plan to assassinate Fidel Castro and blame it on the Americans. Descriptions of sexDiamonds are forever
Par Ian Fleming. 1956
James Bond infiltrates the Spangled Mob, the world's largest group of diamond smugglers, and meets Tiffany Case, a woman as…
hard and beautiful as a diamond. The scene moves from London to Manhattan to Las Vegas, and also to the race track at SaratogaThe spy who came in from the cold
Par John Carré. 1964
After the last British agent behind the Iron Curtain has been killed by an East German agent, the British send…
a secret agent, posing as a defector, to trap the East German and destroy himThe India fan
Par Victoria Holt. 1988
A Gothic romance that moves from Victorian England to India. The daughter of a village vicar, Drusilla Delany has always…
acquiesced to the demands of the powerful Framlings. She must act as a reluctant friend to the arrogant daughter Lavinia and must also keep her head about her when Sir Fabian Framling shows more than a passing interest in her life. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe Defector (The Apollo Murders Series #2)
Par Chris Hadfield. 2023
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!"—Jack…
Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series"Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters—what more could you want from a thriller?"—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone seriesFrom the author of the #1 bestselling thriller The Apollo Murders comes the supersonic hunt for a shadowy Soviet defector.Israel, October 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.NASA Flight Controller and former top US test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground—and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets’ mythical “Foxbat” MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz needs to tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse—bringing the defector into the heart of the United States’ most secret test site—and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.For Chris Hadfield’s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris’s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's top fighter pilots.