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1) Out of sight
Author
Series
Out of Sight volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, intelligence officer Amy Cornwall is eager to return home to her husband and their young daughter. But as soon as she steps into the house, she knows that something is terribly wrong. Her family is missing ... The kidnappers leave a message: if she wants to see her husband and daughter alive again, Amy must complete a near impossible task ... and she has 48 hours to do it. She'll do whatever it takes to bring...
2) Ghost
Author
Series
Marc Dane volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A terrible threat from the depths of the dark net. A devastating betrayal at the heart of a covert strike force. A deadly pursuit across a digital battlefield. A ruthless terrorist fuelled by revenge. As devastating attacks unfold across the globe, Marc Dane must call on all his skills and ingenuity to track down the mysterious figure behind it all - a faceless criminal known only as 'Madrigal'. Before they plunge the world into war ...
Author
Series
Pilgrim volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot. But some places don't play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane's experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place - a place...
4) Bad actors
Author
Series
Slough House volume 8
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelan - one-time head of MI5's Regent's Park - is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to the Park itself, with Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Diana overplayed her hand at last? What's her counterpart doing in London? And does Jackson Lamb know more than he's telling? Over at...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement, is handed a ticking time bomb of a case which will take him deep into Algeria's troubled past and its fraught relationship with France. To his dismay, he is assigned to work with Agent Hidouchi, an intimidating representative of the country's feared secret service, who makes it clear she intends to call the shots. They are instructed to pursue a former...
Author
Series
John Puller volume 4
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
John Puller's mother disappeared nearly 30 years ago. Despite an intensive search and investigation, she was never seen again. But new allegations have come to light suggesting that Puller's father - now suffering from dementia and living in a VA hospital - may have murdered his wife. Puller is officially barred from working on the case - and faces a potential court martial if he disobeys orders - but he knows he can't sit this investigation out....
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 26
Language
English
Description
TARGET: HEAD OF STATE A leader has fallen, and the procession route from Capitol Hill to the White House is lined with hundreds of thousands of mourners. None feel the loss of a President more keenly than Alex Cross, who has devoted his life to the public good. TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET A sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross's wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives, faces an ultimatum: solve the case,...
Author
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn?t science fiction. It?s astropolitics. We?re entering a new space race - and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation - and,...
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