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Author
Series
Jesse Stone novel volume 15
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife, Jenn, is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isn’t too sure his relationship with former FBI agent Diana Evans is built to last. But those concerns get put on the back burner when a major Boston crime boss is brutally murdered. Despite all evidence...
43) Edge of danger
Author
Series
Sean Dillon volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Blake Johnson, head of a clandestine White House operation, and his Irish colleague Sean Dillon work together to stop a murderous vendetta aimed at the president of the United States, who is blamed for a series of attacks on a ruthless Arab-British dynasty.
44) Everafter song
Author
Series
Evermore chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the heart-stopping conclusion to Emily R. King’s The Evermore Chronicles, the fate of the seven worlds lies in the courage of a girl on the run—and running out of time."--
45) Wild rain
Author
Series
Leopard volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
With a new identity, a staged death, and a chance to flee the treachery that stalks her, Rachel has escaped from a faceless assassin. Now, thousands of miles from home, under the lush canopy of the rainforest, she’s found sanctuary. But in this world teeming with unusual creatures walks the most exotic of them all. His name is Rio. A native of the forest imbued with a fierce prowess, he is something to be desired. Possessed of secrets of his own,...
47) Royal flush
Author
Series
Royal Spyness mystery volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Sent home to Castle Rannoch in the wake of an employment scandal, Lady Georgiana becomes a companion to a divorcée intent on seducing the Prince of Wales, an assignment that serves as a front during her secret mission to help Scotland Yard prevent an assassination attempt.
48) Second sight
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the last days of the Civil War, a teenage boy who performs in a mind reading act befriends a clairvoyant girl whose frightening visions foreshadow an assassination plot.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The first entry in a trilogy inspired by the unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme traces an investigation into an unknown American's death in Stockholm that reveals a complex web of espionage and intelligence failures.
50) The sixth day
Author
Series
Brit in the FBI volume 5
Language
English
Description
When several major political figures die mysteriously, officials declare the deaths are from natural causes. Then the German Vice-Chancellor dies on the steps of 10 Downing Street and a drone is spotted hovering over the scene. The truth becomes clear--these high-profile deaths are well-constructed assassinations, and the Covert Eyes team is tasked to investigate. With the help of Dr. Isabella Marin, a young expert in the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The story of a secret service agent who made the fateful decision to remove the security bubble from Kennedy's parade car follows his struggles with suicidal feelings of guilt until a young reporter endeavors to determine the day's outcome if the bubbletop had been in place.
52) Born of fury
Author
Series
League novel volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Counted among the fiercest Andarion warriors ever born, Hauk is one of the five founding members of the Sentella: an organization that has declared war on the League. They rule the Ichidian universe with an iron fist and terrify it with an army of well-trained assassins. Hauk's enemies are legion, but he fears nothing and no one. He will do whatever it takes to survive and protect his Sentella brethren. Sumi Antaxas is one of the best assassins the...
53) The lost codex
Author
Series
OPSIG Team Black volume 3
Publisher
Open Road
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In 930 CE, a revered group of scholars pen the first sanctioned Bible, planting the seed from which other major religions will grow. But in 1953, half the manuscript goes missing while being transported from Syria. Around the same time, in the foothills of the Dead Sea, an ancient scroll is discovered--and promptly stolen. Six decades later, both parchments stand at the heart of a geopolitical battle between foreign governments and radical extremists,...
54) Shoot 'em up
Author
Series
Maisie McGrane mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Meter maid turned undercover cop Maisie McGrane managed to survive her first sting operation with just a few minor stab wounds—and some lingering emotional scars. An assassination attempt on the mayor brings the ATF and DEA to Chicago, and they’re counting on Maisie’s underworld connections to help them infiltrate and cripple a cartel running guns and drugs into the city.
Author
Series
Sir Charles Sheridan volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb intended for the royal family, Kate and Charles Sheridan join the investigation to uncover who is threatening the British crown, a plot that may involve American author Jack London.
Author
Series
Marcus Ryker volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA...
Author
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A referendum on Scottish independence is only days away, and the campaign has been expertly orchestrated by First Minister Susan Ward. All signs point to victory for the nationalists. But when senior civil servant John Millar is shot in a Glasgow alley on a furiously rain-soaked night, his death triggers a chain of catastrophic events. An incriminating phone number and video are found in his possession. Into this chaos walks reporter Fulton Mackenzie....
58) Dead man's hand
Author
Series
Pike Logan thriller volume 18
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukrainian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO, by assassinating a deputy minister of...
59) High treason
Author
Series
FBI task force volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Saudi Prince Omar bin Talal visits Houston to seek cancer treatment for his mother, an attempt on his life puts all agencies on high alert. FBI Special Agent Kord Davidson is the lead on the prince's protective detail because of their long-standing friendship, but he's surprised--and none too happy--when the CIA brings one of their operatives, Monica Alden, in on the task force after the assassination attempt.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1950s, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination. Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the answer is "I wasn't born yet." In this epic novel, David Bowman makes the strong case that the shooting on November 22nd, 1963 was the major, defining turning point that catapulted the...
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