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Wo zum Kuckuck ist Harald von Friedwitz bloß abgeblieben? Nach einem feuchtfröhlichen Abend stehen am nächsten Morgen nur noch seine herrenlosen Schuhe am Strand der Nordseeinsel Langeoog. Ein Unglück? Oder könnte er sich etwas angetan haben? Vielleicht ist ihm auch lediglich der giftige Kugelfisch nicht bekommen, den der japanische Koch ihnen zum Abendessen servierte. Für Oberkommissarin Nina Moretti, die sich so auf ihren erholsamen Nordseeurlaub gefreut hatte, beginnt ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War and is a classic of spy fiction.

The plot involves the uncovering of secret German preparations for an invasion of the United Kingdom and is sited by Winston Churchill as one of the major reasons the Admiralty decided to establish naval bases at Invergordon, the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow.

Ten full-cast BBC Radio thrillers by Berkely Mather Berkely Mather (real name John Evan Weston-Davies) was a British author who wrote sixteen novels ranging from historical adventures to espionage fiction. A prolific writer for television and radio, he contributed scripts to TV series including...

In this omnibus edition of Basil Sands' Ice Hammer series, Brad Stone does whatever it takes to keep his family alive through a dangerous war set in frigid Alaska. Includes the books: Invasion, Insurgent, and Invincible.

Her boots slip with every step she takes along the snow-packed road. Frigid air burns her nose but does nothing to cool her anger. Her boyfriend just left her on the side of the road, all alone. When she fails to come home, her parents make a frantic call to the police. All they find are her footprints in the snow and her discarded purse in the ditch.

Barney Dwyer is a gentle giant who has yet to find a place in the world. Capturing two notorious outlaws has made a hero of him, so much so that rancher Robert Parmelee offers him a job on his ranch to put a stop to persistent rustling. Taking the job promises an income sufficient for Barney to marry his sweetheart. But this promise for the future falls into jeopardy when the outlaws escape, determined to kill Barney.

The mutilated body of C.I.A Section Chief Ned Bakke has been discovered in the car trunk of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Who put the body there? Was Bakke’s murder a warning? And if so, by whom? Jake Cleveland and Wolf Johannsen fear this may be the work of a powerful cabal of men who have infiltrated the United States government at the highest levels.

When a top A.C.T.I.O.N. agent goes missing in the arid wastelands of the Libyan Desert, the super-secret organization sends in their top field operative; Nicola Sinclair – Codename: Lady Action. An ancient power as old as the earth lies buried there and a wealthy Arab tycoon with ties to Islamic terrorist groups will do anything to claim it.

Rachel McAlister saves Joshua Todaro's life on an Afghanistan battlefield. Back home in Seattle, he asks her to marry him. But someone murders Joshua in his Pike Place apartment and frames Rachel. On trial, she holds on to the only two things in the world that she can trust: her love for Joshua, and the battlefield bullet he gave her. She has to hope she can figure out who set her up before it's too late.

A riveting story of family, foreign waters, and a fortune beyond your wildest dreams. Hours before undoing a complicated and family-busting competition for a vast treasure trove of Spanish gold, Richard Dennison dies—leaving his spoiled children to piece together the clues to track down their inheritance.