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A line in the sand  by Kevin Powers

A line in the sand

Kevin Powers

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"One early morning on a Norfolk beach in Virginia, a dead body is discovered by a man taking his daily swim - Arman Bajalan, formerly an interpreter in Iraq. After narrowly surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given...

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Tom Clancy  by Don Bentley

Tom Clancy

Don Bentley

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"Jack Ryan Jr. is in a world of trouble. When a benign surveillance operation takes a deadly turn, Jack finds himself locked in a struggle with an unseen enemy bent on destroying the Campus. The chase leads Jack to the South China Sea where a midair collision...

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Napoleon's spy  by Ben Kane

Napoleon's spy

Ben Kane

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"On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armee will...

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Maidens in the vale  by Patrick Robinson

Maidens in the vale

Patrick Robinson

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"Can a young woman be so shockingly abused, that any action she subsequently takes is justified? She's beautiful, young, expensively educated in England, although Russian by birth and heritage. But her uncle, her mum's brother, is an ex-KGB assassin. He's a...

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The Führer's prophecy  by Brian Klein

The Führer's prophecy

Brian Klein

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"30 January 1939. Adolf Hitler makes an infamous speech at the Reichstag threatening 'The annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe'. This vile public proclamation is seized upon by his fanatical supporters who christen it 'The Führer's Prophecy'. November...

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Black gold  by Bobby Akart

Black gold

Bobby Akart

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"BLACK GOLD is the story of environmental terrorists waging war against the Texas oil industry through physical violence and cyber attacks. They will stop at nothing to end oil production, including shutting down the power grid. They soon learn not to mess...

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White sun war  by Mick Ryan

White sun war

Mick Ryan

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"After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the 21st century, the stakes could not be higher....

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Weapons of opportunity  by Dale Brown

Weapons of opportunity

Dale Brown

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"Nick Flynn finds himself once again facing a vicious enemy - one determined to destroy the United States. When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Directorate, he did so with the full knowledge that no one could ever know. This covert private...

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A thief's justice  by Douglas Skelton

A thief's justice

Douglas Skelton

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"The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for Jonas Flynt, thief, gambler, killer, the chilling elements are the least of his worries. Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul's...

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The cabinet of Dr. Leng  by Douglas J. Preston

The cabinet of Dr. Leng

Douglas J. Preston

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"FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance has found a way to travel back in time. Heading to New York City in the late 1800s, Constance returns to the century of her...

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No trace  by Michael Trant

No trace

Michael Trant

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"'Did you have to kill them all?' It's the question Gabe Ahern has been running from since he bust open a major criminal operation - and left a dozen men dead. He knows that one day the 'bad guys' will come for revenge. A skilled dog-trapper, Gabe has one...

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Rogue justice  by Stacey Abrams

Rogue justice

Stacey Abrams

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"Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took down the President of the United States. But as the sparks of impeachment hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal...

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Hidden cargo  by Robin Lloyd

Hidden cargo

Robin Lloyd

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"Five months after the end of the Civil War, Acting Navy Lieutenant Everett Townsend is awaiting discharge in Key West. The end of the war has left him uncertain about his future and full of regret about the end of his relationship with Emma, the Cuban...

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Sing her down  by Ivy Pochoda

Sing her down

Ivy Pochoda

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"Florence 'Florida' Baum is not the hapless innocent she claims to be when she arrives at the Arizona women's prison - or so her ex-cellmate, Diosmary Sandoval, keeps insinuating. Dios knows the truth about Florida's crimes, understands the truth that Florence...

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The white knight  by Scott Mariani

The white knight

Scott Mariani

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"When a devastating attack on billionaire Auguste Kaprisky leaves the old man clinging to life, a trail of bodies and no clues, his last surviving relative calls the only person she can trust to step up. With precious few leads, ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope must...

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Consent to kill  by Vince Flynn

Consent to kill

Vince Flynn

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"Having earned numerous enemies in his more than fifteen years on the front lines of the war on terror, CIA operative Mitch Rapp is targeted by the influential father of a terrorist who is demanding retribution for his son's death."--Publisher.

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Kolymsky Heights  by Lionel Davidson

Kolymsky Heights

Lionel Davidson

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"Canadian-Indian, brilliant linguist, physically courageous, Johnny Porter finds a summons on his desk in Oxford to embark upon a mission only he can accomplish - to infiltrate a research station hidden deep under the Siberian permafrost, and so secret that no...

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Full black  by Brad Thor

Full black

Brad Thor

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"When former American President Thomas Carver Banks is appointed secretary general of the United Nations, the final phase of an intricately laid plan to destroy America is set in motion. After a string of national emergencies are triggered, the government is...

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Foreign agent  by Brad Thor

Foreign agent

Brad Thor

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"Terrorism in Europe has spun out of control. The United States has decided on a dramatic response. Now, the CIA needs a very special kind of operative. Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former U.S. Navy SEAL with extensive...

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Foreign influence  by Brad Thor

Foreign influence

Brad Thor

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"Buried within the black ops budgets of the Department of Defense, a new spy agency has been created. Unfettered by the oversight of self-serving politicians, it reports only to a secret panel of military insiders. Its job is to target America's enemies - both...

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Masters of Rome  by Robert Fabbri

Masters of Rome

Robert Fabbri

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"Britannia, AD 45. In the shadow of Stonehenge, Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they...

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Those in peril  by Wilbur A. Smith

Those in peril

Wilbur A. Smith

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"Some debts can only be paid in blood. When Hazel Bannock, billionaire oil tycoon, discovers her daughter has been kidnapped by Al Qaeda pirates just off the coast of Somalia, she uses all the power at her disposal to rescue her daughter - but politics and...

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The Lazarus solution  by Kjell Ola Dahl

The Lazarus solution

Kjell Ola Dahl

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"Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkak works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Stockholm. On his last cross-border mission to Norway, he carries a rucksack full of coded documents and newspapers, but before he has a chance to deliver anything he is shot...

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Only the dead  by Jack (Joint pseudonym) Carr

Only the dead

Jack (Joint pseudonym) Carr

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"1978, Rhode Island: A freshman senator is gunned down, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later. Now: In a world on the brink of war, facing rampant inflation, political division and shocking assassinations, a...

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All he has left  by Chad Zunker

All he has left

Chad Zunker

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"After Jake Slater's wife dies in a tragic hit-and-run, all he has left is his daughter, Piper - nearly lost, too, in a brutal custody battle with his wealthy in-laws. A year later, Jake reluctantly agrees to a reunion with the estranged family for Piper's...

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Cold fire  by Matt Hilton

Cold fire

Matt Hilton

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"Hunted and reviled, ex-nanny Joanne Mason turns to her sister, Detective Karen Ratcliffe. Torn between duty and family, Ratcliffe asks Tess Grey and her partner Nicolas 'Po' Villere to bring Joanne in safely. A winter cyclone forces Joanne into hiding on the...

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Empire's edge  by Damion Hunter

Empire's edge

Damion Hunter

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"Centurion Faustus Valerianus marched with Julius Agricola on his six-year campaign to conquer the north of Britain. With Agricola now returned to Rome, Faustus is sent to Hibernia with exiled Irish prince Tuathal Techtmar to reclaim his throne, to crown a new...

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Usurper  by Paul (Crime fiction writer) Finch

Usurper

Paul (Crime fiction writer) Finch

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"The throne of England is under threat, but one lad's battle is much closer to home.Storm clouds gathering at England's shores...Autumn, 1066. Saxon England, a realm at peace for fifty years, unknowingly enjoys its last peaceful harvest. For a Viking horde,...

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Forgotten war  by Don Bentley

Forgotten war

Don Bentley

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"A brotherhood born in battle is endangered by a deadly secret ... As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other's backs through some very dark days. But one thing they've never doubted was their commitment to each other...until now....

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Stone cold  by David Baldacci

Stone cold

David Baldacci

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"Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back. Set on exposing the real story behind the closed doors of America's leaders, they draw upon their vast experience to seek justice and the truth. Now they must face their most dangerous adventure yet - a war on two...

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Red team blues  by Cory Doctorow

Red team blues

Cory Doctorow

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"Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading...

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Breakneck  by Marc Cameron

Breakneck

Marc Cameron

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"In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge - by livestreaming her death to the world. In Anchorage, Alaska, Deputy US Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki...

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A good night to kill  by Amen Alonge

A good night to kill

Amen Alonge

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"Born and raised in London, Pretty Boy has spent the last ten years in exile after being forced out of his hometown. He's learned patience, and how to disappear. Now Pretty Boy is ready to get his revenge on those who need to pay for his lost years. Meanwhile,...

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The quantum solution  by Eric Lustbader

The quantum solution

Eric Lustbader

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"Evan Ryder is an extraordinary intelligence field agent now working for the security arm of Parachute, a private company and the world's leader in the application of quantum technology. In the past, Ryder has done lethal battle in the modern global wars of...

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Broker of lies  by Steven James

Broker of lies

Steven James

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"The man who knows all our secrets has a secret of his own. When Travis Brock, a high-level Pentagon redactor with an eidetic memory, finds a clue to solving the tragic arson that took his wife from him, he risks everything to find the truth - and chances...

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Hard fire  by J. B. Turner

Hard fire

J. B. Turner

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"Jon Reznick is not a man to cross. A brutally effective black-ops veteran, Reznick has a history of taking the law into his own hands. So when a group of masked men murders his closest friend, he swears to exact vengeance. The now-deceased Bill Eastland had...

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A season in hell  by Jack Higgins

A season in hell

Jack Higgins

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"As a high-powered Wall Street lawyer, Sarah Talbot believed her world was comfortable and secure - until her beloved stepson was found dead of a drug overdose in Paris. Her initial grief is compounded when she learns that his body was used to transport heroin...

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The sword and scimitar  by Simon Scarrow

The sword and scimitar

Simon Scarrow

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"1565; In its hour of greatest need, Malta must rely upon the ancient Knights of the Order of St John for survival. Bound by the strongest ties: of valour, of courage and of passion, the Knights must defend their island against ferocious and deadly Ottoman...

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The empire of night  by Robert Olen Butler

The empire of night

Robert Olen Butler

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"It is 1915, and 'Kit' Cobb is working undercover in a castle on the Kent coast owned by a suspected British government mole, Sir Albert Stockman. Kit is working with his mother, the beautiful and mercurial spy, Isabel Cobb, who also happens to be a...

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The silenced  by Brett Battles

The silenced

Brett Battles

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"Professional 'cleaner' Jonathan Quinn has a new client and an odd job: find and remove the remains of a body hidden twenty years ago inside the walls of a London building, before the building is demolished. But Quinn and his team are being watched. Suddenly...

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Crackdown  by Bernard Cornwell

Crackdown

Bernard Cornwell

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"Drug pirates stalk their victims in the treacherous waters of the Bahamas, then return to their fortress island of Murder Cay like primal sharks after a kill. Then along comes skipper Nicholas Breakspear with the son and daughter of a U.S. Senator. What...

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#panic  by Luke Jennings

#panic

Luke Jennings

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"Jaleesa, Kai, Ilya and Dani are online best friends, and superfans of the hit TV show City Of Night. Fantasising about the show in their chatroom, they find an escape from their troubled small-town lives. Everything changes when Chloe, make-up artist to the...

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The translator  by Harriet Crawley

The translator

Harriet Crawley

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"Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after more than a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina...

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The Treadstone rendition  by Joshua Hood

The Treadstone rendition

Joshua Hood

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"Adam Hayes has stepped away from the field for the last time. He's promised his wife that he won't put his life on the line any more, and there's nothing that will make him break a promise to his wife. Well... almost nothing. With America withdrawing from...

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Trevayne  by Robert Ludlum

Trevayne

Robert Ludlum

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"Trevayne was a self-made millionaire by the time he was thirty. Then he went into government, carving out a brilliant and honourable career. Now he is head of one of the biggest foundations in the USA. Fearless, intelligent and incorruptible, he thought no...

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Stormchild  by Bernard Cornwell

Stormchild

Bernard Cornwell

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"Tim Blackburn's wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist attack. And his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joing an outlawed...

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Protector  by Rob (Thriller writer) Sinclair

Protector

Rob (Thriller writer) Sinclair

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"James Ryker and his protege, Henrik Svenson, travel to the small alpine town of St Vincent, recently rocked by the triple murder of a prominent family. The sole survivor of the horrific crime, teenager Sophie Thibaud, has since been cared for by her aunt....

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Nemesis  by Wilbur A. Smith

Nemesis

Wilbur A. Smith

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"Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution,...

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The instructor  by T. R. Hendricks

The instructor

T. R. Hendricks

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"Derek Harrington, retired Marine Force Recon and SERE instructor, is barely scraping by teaching the basics of wilderness survival. His fledgling bushcraft school is on the cusp of going out of business and expenses are piling up fast. His only true mission...

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The eye of God  by James Rollins

The eye of God

James Rollins

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"In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy--and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter...

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Battle song  by Ian Ross

Battle song

Ian Ross

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"1264. Storm clouds are gathering as Simon de Montfort and the barons of the realm challenge the power of Henry III. The barons demand reform; the crown demands obedience. England is on the brink of civil war. Adam de Norton, a young squire devoted to the...

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Wild dogs  by Michael Trant

Wild dogs

Michael Trant

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"In the drought-ridden rangelands of Western Australia, Gabe Ahern makes his living trapping wild dogs for local station owners. Still coming to terms with his wife's death - and the part he played in it - the old bushman leads a solitary life. Until one...

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Tomás Nevinson  by Javier Marías

Tomás Nevinson

Javier Marías

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"Tomas Nevinson has left the secret service and returned to his old job working in the British Embassy in Madrid. Assumed dead by his wife Berta, Tomas attempts to resume his old life and heal from his psychological wounds. But when he is contacted by his old...

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Moscow exile  by John Lawton

Moscow exile

John Lawton

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"Charlotte is a British expatriate who has recently settled in the nation's capital with her second husband, a man who looks intriguingly like Clark Gable, but her enviable dinner parties and soirées aren't the only things she is planning. Meanwhile, Charlie...

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Wolf trap  by Connor Sullivan

Wolf trap

Connor Sullivan

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"Under the direction of the Special Activities Center in the Operations Directorate of the CIA, over three hundred highly trained agents operate in the darkest shadows of the country's covert wars. Plucked from the highest echelons of America's special mission...

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Deep fake  by Ward Larsen

Deep fake

Ward Larsen

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"Sarah Ridgeway is living the life she's always envisioned. She has a devoted husband, a loving daughter, and a comfortable home. The path to reach it, however, has not always been smooth. For twelve years her husband, Bryce, served in the Army, deployed to...

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Going zero  by Anthony McCarten

Going zero

Anthony McCarten

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"Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' - to go...

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Saving Faith  by David Baldacci

Saving Faith

David Baldacci

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"In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had: a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and will tell too much. Feared by some of the most...

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The great unmaking  by Brian A. (Brian Andrew) Nelson

The great unmaking

Brian A. (Brian Andrew) Nelson

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"After usurping control of the world's most powerful military technology, General Chip Walden knows the endgame is near and tasks scientist Eric Hill with one final assignment. Helped by the love of his life, Jane Hunter, Hill is haunted by premonitions of a...

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76 hours  by Larry Alexander

76 hours

Larry Alexander

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"The island of Tarawa, a tiny spit of sand out in the middle of the Pacific, teemed with five hundred pillboxes filled with artillery pieces and highly motivated Japanese soldiers. Their commanding officer encouraged his troops, saying, It would take one...

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Downfall  by Mark Rubinstein

Downfall

Mark Rubinstein

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"When Rick Shepherd, a physician, approaches his office on a busy Manhattan street, he finds police cars, an ambulance, and crime scene technicians. He soon learns a passerby was shot three times in the back, murdered at the front door to Rick's office. Later...

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Tenkill  by Shannon Kirk

Tenkill

Shannon Kirk

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"Greta Vinet Seville, E-Discovery Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at the international law firm of Coarse & Cotton, finds herself on the run from her own firm after absconding with firm data to conduct her investigation, and enlists a diverse cast of...

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Mirage  by Clive Cussler

Mirage

Clive Cussler

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In October 1943 a US destroyer vanished out of Philadelphia, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't convinced. Now, a new weapon is for sale - one...

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Locked on  by Mark Greaney

Locked on

Mark Greaney

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"Although his father had been reluctant to become a field operative, Jack Ryan Jr. wants nothing more. Privately training with a seasoned Special Forces drill instructor, he's honing his skills to transition his work within The Campus from intelligence...

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The elephant conspiracy  by Peter Hain

The elephant conspiracy

Peter Hain

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"In the South African veld wild elephants are being callously killed for their valuable tusks by vicious poaching gangs as part of a high-level political conspiracy. The stakes are high: rescuing a young democracy, bringing the poiachers to justice and saving...

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The Mozart conspiracy  by Scott Mariani

The Mozart conspiracy

Scott Mariani

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"Enlisted by the beautiful Leigh Llewellyn - world famous opera star and Ben's first love - to investigate her brother's mysterious death, Ben finds himself caught up in a centuries-old puzzle. The official line states that Oliver died whilst investigating...

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Night flight to Paris  by Cara Black

Night flight to Paris

Cara Black

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"October 1942: it's been two years since Kate Rees was sent to Paris on a British Secret Service mission to assassinate Hitler. Since then, she has left spycraft behind to take a training job as a sharpshooting instructor in the Scottish Highlands. But her...

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Countdown  by James Patterson

Countdown

James Patterson

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"An undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country from the world's most dangerous double-agent. The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field...

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Blood eagle  by Tim Hodkinson

Blood eagle

Tim Hodkinson

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"936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many Breton nobles have sought refuge in King Aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at Aethelstan's court. When Louis...

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Simply lies  by David Baldacci

Simply lies

David Baldacci

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"Following a disastrous divorce, former New Jersey detective Mickey Gibson is now employed by a global investigation company, ProEye, to track down some of the extremely wealthy who seem bent on not paying their debts. Mickey misses police work but it has no...

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The spy across the water  by James Naughtie

The spy across the water

James Naughtie

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"Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten everything he holds dear. From Washington, he's pitched back into the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an...

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Land of fire  by Derek Birks

Land of fire

Derek Birks

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"Late Spring, 455 AD. After a brutal winter struggle against the High King Vortigern, outcast imperial officer Ambrosius Aurelianus has led his weary followers to south-west Britannia in search of his mother's kinfolk. But Vortigern, thirsting for revenge is...

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The investigators  by Anthony Hill

The investigators

Anthony Hill

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"'Our discoveries have been great, but the risks and misfortunes many.' John Franklin always wanted to be a sailor. As a volunteer in the Royal Navy at age fourteen, he found himself in the Battle of Copenhagan, but nothing could prepare him for the adventure...

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White Fox  by Owen Matthews

White Fox

Owen Matthews

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"1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy... Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin's new post as director of a gulag camp in the middle of a frozen tundra is far from a promotion. This...

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Codename Faust  by Gustaf Skördeman

Codename Faust

Gustaf Skördeman

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"'What does Sara Nowak know?' This is the last question priest Jurgen Stiller is asked before he is executed by ex-terrorist Faust. Then the killer begins the hunt for Sara Nowak. Sara is fully occupied by the ongoing chaos in her personal life and she has no...

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Bloodline  by Sidney Sheldon

Bloodline

Sidney Sheldon

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"The daughter of a rich and powerful father, Elizabeth Roffe is young, beautiful - and sole heir to a billion dollar fortune. Then tragedy strikes. Her father is killed in a freak accident and Elizabeth must take command of his mighty global empire, the...

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Riding the Tempest  by Lee (Military writer) Jackson

Riding the Tempest

Lee (Military writer) Jackson

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"As the chaos of World War II spreads from Europe to Northern Africa and the Pacific, one family fights for their freedom against impossible odds... Led by the US and supported by Britain, the Allies invade North Africa. Promoted within the British...

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Dempsey  by Brian Andrews

Dempsey

Brian Andrews

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"After Task Force Ember's successful intervention in Ukraine, John Dempsey disappears without a trace - with no notice or explanation given to his teammates. Spotty intelligence eventually places him in Russia where he is rumored to have been captured by the...

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Red Tide  by Chris Kennedy

Red Tide

Chris Kennedy

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"Analysts have long forecast that China would go to war to reintegrate the province of Taiwan. It isn't a matter of 'if;' it's a matter of 'when.' For decades, the only thing that has restrained China from taking Taiwan by force of arms is the American promise...

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The lost Americans  by Christopher Bollen

The lost Americans

Christopher Bollen

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"When the lifeless body of Eric Castle, a weapons technician for a major American defense contractor, is found under his hotel balcony, both his employer and the Egyptian authorities quickly declare his death a suicide. But the dead man's sister, Cate, doesn't...

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Masters of war  by Chris Ryan

Masters of war

Chris Ryan

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"In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and...

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Long way home  by J. B. Turner

Long way home

J. B. Turner

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"Long Way Home is an action-packed new thriller from bestselling author J. B. Turner and the follow-up to the electric No Way Back. When Jack McNeal threw Henry Graff's body in the reservoir, he thought he had closed the book on Graff and his nefarious...

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Occupied Seattle  by Chris Kennedy

Occupied Seattle

Chris Kennedy

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"The Chinese Have Captured Seattle! In 1949, the government of the Republic of China fled to the island of Taiwan. For nearly 70 years, mainland China wanted to take the island back and unite the nation under one flag, the Communist flag. Their desire was...

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Start the Chase  by M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

Start the Chase

M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

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"Miranda Chase's Team - before they were one! ... Before they were the hottest, and most at-risk air-crash investigation team for the NTSB and the US military, the six members of Miranda Chase's team had each started along very unique paths. Courtesy of...

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Lightning  by M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

Lightning

M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

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"Revenge? A terrorist attack? Or a declaration of war? The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee lies dead. The murder weapon? An Air Force Learjet deliberately crashed into his DC hotel room. Half a world away in the South China Sea, an F-35C Lighting...

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Skibird  by M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

Skibird

M. L. (Matthew Lieber) Buchman

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"Those who work there call Antarctica 'The Ice.' A secret Russian cargo jet crashes into a crevasse near an Australian Station. The Aussies call in the top air-crash investigators on the planet. The best of them all, Miranda Chase, must face the Russians,...

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Storm of war  by Anthony Riches

Storm of war

Anthony Riches

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"Marcus Aquila and his allies spearhead a daring attack into enemy territory, as three generals claim to be the true Roman Emperor. A new civil war has begun, with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking...

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Net Force  by Jerome Preisler

Net Force

Jerome Preisler

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"To prevent global chaos, Net Force agent Kali Alcazar, a member of America's elite cyber-defense organization, leads a final strike against the world's most dangerous hacker, discovering too late that he has prepared a deadly trap for them all."--Publisher.

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