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Our agent, a man named Mr Verloc, minds his own business while he keeps his shop in London's Soho, alongside his wife, who attends to her aged mother and disabled brother. Their lives are turned upside down when Verloc is reluctantly employed to plant a bomb and destroy an observatory in London. What was once the perfect bomb plot inevitably turns awry and Verloc, his family and his associates are forced to face the consequences.

London, 1941: Miss Jane Treen is at her desk, strong black coffee in hand and fluffy ginger cat by her side, when her top-secret government work is interrupted by an urgent call to Devon. A woman has been found dead in a lake in a place where she shouldn’t have been. Jane needs to gather the clues and find the killer before someone else from the agency gets hurt… Shy and handsome code-breaker Arthur Cilento is bewildered by the arrival of the efficient Miss Treen and her cat Marmaduke.

Rogue agent Zoey Blackwood is having the time of her life traveling the world and evading the CIA’s capture. Her wisecracking humor keeps things light, but her mission is no joke: save millions of innocent lives that the US considers expendable in the wake of a deadly virus. Giving away the vaccine’s top-secret formula when the government plans to sell it lands her squarely on the CIA’s most-wanted list. CIA Agent Peyton North’s mission is simple: apprehend Zoey and return her to headquarters.

Ein gespaltenes Land und ein erbitterter Präsidentschaftswahlkampf haben die USA an den Rand des wirtschaftlichen Abgrunds gedrängt. Da entführen IS-Terroristen einen Mikrobiologen und zwingen ihn, Anthrax zu produzieren. Internet-Videos, die mit der Freisetzung des Kampfstoffs drohen, versetzen die Bevölkerung in Hysterie. Mithilfe eines mexikanischen Drogenkartells soll die biologische Waffe nach Amerika geschmuggelt werden.

Isabella Rose, der Engel, ist Überraschungen gewöhnt, aber entführt zu werden, ist ein unerfreuliches Novum. Sie verlässt sich darauf, dass Michael Pope, Leiter der streng geheimen Gruppe fünfzehn, sie befreit. Als dann zusätzlich ISIS ins Spiel kommt, wird die Lage noch düsterer. Isabellas Entführer werden nun ihrerseits entführt, und sie sitzt plötzlich in Raqqa fest, der Hauptstadt des selbsternannten Kalifats.

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple tale" proves to involve politicians, policemen, foreign diplomats, and London's fashionable society in the darkest and most surprising interrelations.

Lucy Heron is a mom with three kids, and a baker with a happy marriage in sunny Echo Park. She's also Silver Griffins Agent 485. The suburbs will never be the same. Fighting supernatural crime from a minivan while keeping the magical world a secret is a full time job. Then there's the PTA bake sale and the neighborhood barbecue.

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself. On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle—and...

The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents.

Moskau 1950. Geheimagent Leo Demidow soll dem schwarzen amerikanischen Sänger Jesse Austin ein perfektes kommunistisches Russland vorgaukeln...

An unprecedented and terrifying bioterrorism plot threatens to kill millions in the midst of a divisive presidential election in this “gut punch of a tale that exploits our greatest fears” (The Providence Journal) from the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series. A toxic presidential...

Step into the real world of the spy with this detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of espionage and covert operations. While most of us associate this top-secret subject with popular fiction and film, its true story is more fascinating, surprising, and important than you could possibly imagine. These 24 thrilling lectures survey how world powers have attempted to work in the shadows to gain secret information or subvert enemies behind the scenes.

After fleeing her abusive ex, New Jersey salon owner Natalie Hart is reclaiming her life and self-esteem. Her fragile recovery doesn’t need a player like former FBI agent Tully Gibson, no matter how tempting a fling sounds. Then Natalie starts receiving anonymous notes, each more frightening and threatening than the last. To help track her stalker, Natalie knows whom to call. Their explosive chemistry together is an emotional hazard she’s willing to risk.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon. First there was THE ENGLISH ASSASSIN. Then there was THE ENGLISH GIRL. Now comes THE ENGLISH SPY...

Ein teuflischer Plan soll ein ganzes Land in Not und Elend stürzen. Die unheimliche Drohung alarmiert den französischen Nachrichtendienst. Operation "Nebel" läuft an. In einem dramatischen Wettlauf mit der Zeit versucht der junge Geheimagent Lennet den todbringenden Vernichtungsschlag zu verhindern.

Hier funkt Fonk! Fonk, der tollste Brillenrettich, äh, Knallenschnittich, nein, Wellensittich des ganzen Universums, sieht aus zwar wie ein Wellensittich, ist aber ein Geheimagent aus dem All! Geschickt hat ihn die Intergalaktische Liga sanftmütiger Existenzen, kurz ILSE. Die will wissen, ob die Erde ein würdiges Liga-Mitglied sein kann. Bloß wie soll Fonk herausfinden, ob die Menschen gut sind? Da trifft er Flo und Karlotta, die ihren Garten vor einem Baulöwen retten wollen... Sprecher Oliver Rohrbeck singt wie ein Wellensittich und piepst wie das Intergalax-Faxgerät.

With her debut novel, At Risk, Stella Rimington introduced us to Liz Carlyle–a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In SECRET ASSET, we are plunged back into her high-stakes...

“The best thriller of the year...an exciting and entertaining read.” —The Washington Times “A top-notch thriller.” —Bill O’Reilly From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor—a brilliant thriller as “current as tomorrow’s headlines” (Dan...

My name is Ryan Kingston, and I’m a rule follower. I’ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don’t get drunk, and I definitely don’t pick up random women at bars. Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie. I got drunk. And picked up a stranger. Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I’m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place. Six weeks later I’m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is.

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