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Desert Eagle by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Five in the Sinatra series.Available for pre-order.Arriving late 2022...Categorized as:
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![Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison]()
Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series... -
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Killa City by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA storm is brewing in the heartlands of America and John Milton senses something in the air…John Milton has a nose for trouble. He can smell it a mile away. And when he witnesses a suspicious altercation between a young man and two thugs in a car auction parking lot, he can’t resist getting involved.Milton came to Kansas City hoping to find a way out of danger... -
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Pick Your Poison by Lauren Child
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMeet Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker… and thirteen-year-old girl, created by award-winning author Lauren Child.The penultimate book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series, by multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child...Categorized as:
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![Without Measure by Scott Blade]()
Without Measure by Scott Blade
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a long night trying to sleep in the cab of a truck—hauling bullets, of all things—Jack Widow gives up trying to catch some sleep. He gets out at the next stop, a small town in the northeast corner of California with two industries: a small arms manufacturer and a Marine base on the verge of being forgotten... -
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Redeemer by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJohn Milton is in Rio de Janeiro to strike a couple of things off his bucket list. He’s staying with an old army friend who runs a private security company with a contract to protect government officials. When one of the bodyguards doesn’t turn up for work, Milton offers to stand in. The job is routine: take the wife and daughter of an anti-corruption judge to a school recital...Categorized as:
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![The Man Who Never Was by Mark Dawson]()
The Man Who Never Was by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan the man who never was catch the criminals who never get caught?John Milton is used to operating in the shadows, weaving his way through dangerous places behind a fake identity. Now, to avenge the death of a close friend, he must wear his mask of deception once more.Beau Baxter was brutally murdered by a drugs cartel but that doesn’t stop Milton from blaming himself for his friend’s death... -
![Blood & Roses by Mark Dawson]()
Blood & Roses by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeatrix Rose has worked her way through her Kill List. Four are dead and just two remain. But now her enemies know she has them in her sights. The hunter becomes the hunted.In a thrilling conclusion to the breakneck trilogy, Beatrix and her daughter must fight them in North Africa, New York and finally in the swamps of North Carolina...Categorized as:
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Takedown by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree CIA operatives missing.Jack Noble is nowhere to be found.And Bear Logan is pulled right back in.When three CIA operatives vanish in London, an acquaintance reaches out to Bear Logan. But as he delves deeper into the disappearance, he quickly finds that the rules don’t apply, and nothing is as it seems. And to solve the mystery, Bear has to trust the one man he thought he’d never face again... -
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Noble Intentions: Season Four by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Kill them all."The command has been issued. A purging of the black ops community. And the clandestine agency SIS has been hit hardest. All current and former members marked for termination. Including Jack Noble and his known associates.But when the men behind the operation make it personal, Jack cares less about unraveling their plan, and more about exacting vengeance... -
![The Fix by Robert White, Nicholas Camm]()
The Fix by Robert White, Nicholas Camm
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the winter of 1996, on the orders of HM Government, the SAS stole the contents of a safe belonging to the Provisional IRA.Rick Fuller headed that team.Days later Fuller’s wife was brutally murdered at his home.Convinced he was betrayed from within, Fuller begins a relentless search for her murderers and the men who gave the order... -
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Feel the Fear by Lauren Child
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHow do you catch a thief who isn’t there?Ruby Redfort has a lot of reasons to feel confident. Undercover agent, code cracker, thirteen-year-old genius—she’s one fearless kid, buster. Unmasking an evil villain? Done. Honing her parkour skills by climbing skyscrapers and leaping across roofs? All in a day’s work. Heeding the warning signs? Well, not so much...Categorized as:
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![Lone Wolf by Robert Muchamore]()
Lone Wolf by Robert Muchamore
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFay has spent eighteen months locked up in a Secure Training Centre. Drug deals and rip-offs are the only things this teenager knows. Now she's back on the street, looking to settle old scores.CHERUB agents Ryan and Ning need Fay's knowledge to unearth a major drug importer...Categorized as:
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![The Tracker by Chad Zunker]()
The Tracker by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTrust no one.Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is moonlighting as a political tracker, paid to hide in crowds and shadow candidates, recording their missteps for use by their opponents... -
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![Blackout by Mark Dawson, David Thorpe]()
Blackout by Mark Dawson, David Thorpe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn offer he couldn't refuse. A murder he can’t remember…John Milton’s life is about to change. The former government assassin follows a lead to Manila that he hopes will change his life. But he never expected to wake up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a murder victim. And, unfortunately for him, Milton doesn’t remember a thing about the night before...Categorized as:
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![The Supremacy License by Alan Lee]()
The Supremacy License by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Manny, also known as Agent Sinatra. A US Marshal renowned for his bravura in collaring fugitives. The only thing he loves more than America is a well-tailored sports jacket. An international terrorist slips through the East Coast and takes up residence inside an impregnable mountain chateau—within American borders but beyond legal reach... -
![Origami Man by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Origami Man by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo stop a terrorist threat, Gibson Vaughn must trust a man who can’t be trusted.Former Marine, brilliant hacker, and wanted fugitive Gibson Vaughn is off the grid in the Caymans. Until the ice-cold assassin Tinsley draws him out of the shadows. Complying with the man who murdered his father and left Gibson for dead? In the war against terror, never say never...Categorized as:
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![The Final Hour by Tom Wood]()
The Final Hour by Tom Wood
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe enigmatic assassin Victor returns in an explosive thriller from the international bestselling author of A Time to Die and The Darkest Day. SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE... Victor is the ultimate predator. He surfaces to kill, then disappears into thin air. But he's a disposable commodity for the powerful people he works for--both the good guys and the bad. And no one has his back...Categorized as:
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![Hit For Hire by David Archer]()
Hit For Hire by David Archer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter recovering from the shock of Neverland's recent attack, Noah and the team are sent back into the field to identify and eliminate a power player who uses his position as a legitimate arms dealer to manipulate terror groups and nations alike. Unfortunately, this means infiltrating the man's organization, and the only opening he's got is for an assassin of his own...Categorized as:
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The Russian's Pride: Avenging Angel - Seven Deadly Sins by Cap Daniels
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen former Russian SVR Captain Anastasia “Anya” Burinkova defected to the United States, the life she imagined was far from the one she discovered. As the freedom she’s longed for turns to little more than imprisonment, her deadly skill set, forged and honed behind the Iron Curtain, is the only key that can possibly unshackle her... -
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Dead Men by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBelfast 1994. Five masked men brutally murder an RUC Special Branch officer. Days later, the IRA announces it is laying down its arms. 2007. The men who killed the RUC officer have been released from prison under the Good Friday agreement and one by one someone is killing them, in exactly the same way that the RUC officer died... -
![The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell]()
The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSabre Brown’s phone rings at 2 a.m. It’s her brother Ron. After seven years in the Witness Protection Program, someone has discovered his whereabouts, and has tried to kill him. He’s called to warn Sabre that she is in imminent danger. Sabre and her private investigator, J.P., leave sunny San Diego to search for her brother in the cold, wintry Northwest... -
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Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"While investigating a crew of people-traffickers…Dan Shepherd discovers a cross-Channel currency-smuggling operation. Posing as a low-level criminal, Shepherd infiltrates the gang, befriending its London soldiers and establishing contact with the Albanian gangster who masterminds the business from his swank Paris flat... -
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Debris Line by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe stakes are higher than ever as the Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues.Lying low on the sun-kissed coast of Portugal is a far cry from twenty-four-hour lockdown in a CIA black-site prison. But even in paradise, Gibson Vaughn is a long way from being home free. With the feds hot on his heels, he and his crew of fellow fugitives know they can’t hide in a sunny beach town forever... -
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![Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver]()
Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling master of suspense is back with a riveting thriller, as reward seeker Colter Shaw plunges into the woods and races the clock in a case where nothing is quite what it seems. THERE ARE TWO FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF SURVIVAL. #1: NEVER BE WITHOUT A MEANS OF ESCAPE...Categorized as:
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![Night Deception by Tamsen Schultz]()
Night Deception by Tamsen Schultz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of The Windsor Series comes the second Tildas Island mystery:When treason isn’t enoughIsiah Clarke may be a former Navy SEAL, but now that he’s retired, he’s more than happy to be passing his time tending to the bar he owns on Tildas Island. That is, until a former teammate sends him a message asking for help in finding and protecting an elusive CIA asset... -
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Rising Storm by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiles from the laid-back lifestyle of No Name Key, and just shy of the raucous nightlife of Miami and South Beach, lies Coconut Grove, a tropical oasis with a distinct Bohemian flair. Lately, a seedy underside has emerged along the Grove’s waterfront, preying on adventurous young women. Somewhere amid all the glitz and glamour, hides a thief who stole a fortune in Aztec emeralds...Categorized as:
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Rising Force by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsParadise has a price. For Jesse McDermitt, that price is his moral compass and a bullet. The retired Marine and charter skipper takes on a passenger in Nassau, a young woman who is a breath of fresh air. She introduces him to the laid-back cruising crowd on an idyllic small cay in the Berry Islands. Jesse takes to the relaxing lifestyle like a fish to water... -
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Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlina Maschik was one of the best. She never missed. Yet, two years ago in Cairo, she missed her shot at one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Now, he’s back. This time, he’s on US soil.Given the opportunity to redeem herself, Alina’s objective is simple: find the terrorist and complete her mission... -
![Dirty War by Stephen Leather]()
Dirty War by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE NEW MUST-READ SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLERThe target - the Prime Minister. The assassins - hard-bitten jihadists with nothing to lose.The only man who can stop them? Dan "Spider" Shepherd.But Shepherd's reputation is also on the line - he helped get one of the jihadists into the UK during the final days of the War in Afghanistan.Now he has to track down the man whose life he once saved... -
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Alex Rider: Secret Weapon by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn essential collection of seven explosive Alex Rider stories by number one bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz.Ever since MI6 recognized his potential, Alex Rider has constantly been thrust into the line of danger...Categorized as:
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![Once a Thief by Christopher Reich]()
Once a Thief by Christopher Reich
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFacing enemies at every turn, private spy Simon Riske dashes across Europe to find the truth behind a mysterious investor in this high-stakes international espionage series: "comparison to the Bond novels is apt in many ways." (Booklist)Simon Riske sits in sun-dappled Napa Valley, toasting the record hundred-million-dollar sale of a rare 1963 Ferrari which he restored himself... -
![The Time to Kill by Mason Cross]()
The Time to Kill by Mason Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's been five years since Carter Blake parted ways with top-secret government operation Winterlong. They brokered a deal at the time: he'd keep quiet about what they were doing, and in return he'd be left alone.But news that one of Blake's old allies, a man who agreed the same deal, is dead means only one thing - something has changed and Winterlong is coming for him...Categorized as:
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![Hot Blood by Stephen Leather]()
Hot Blood by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. It goes with the turf when you're an undercover cop. Now working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Shepherd is pitting his wits against the toughest criminals in the country... -
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![Gray Retribution by Alan McDermott]()
Gray Retribution by Alan McDermott
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTom Gray is enjoying time with his family after the birth of his daughter, now three months old, and just wants an easy home life. However, trouble has a way of finding him. While he is visiting his uncle's new grocery store, thugs arrive demanding protection money, and in the ensuing fight, Gray is hurt... -
![Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan]()
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsArmy veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness after her husband’s death—only to find herself a pawn in a deadly game with Russia.After her young husband’s untimely death, Army veteran Cassie Gale decides to take a few days of solitude in the Alaska wilderness before she starts her new job... -
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Obsession by Stuart Woods
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeddy Fay finds his skills put to the test in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Picture’s business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire... -
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The Driver by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn alternate cover edition of ASIN B00HD93V1G can be found here: < a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...hereJohn Milton had started to hope that he might have a future. He has a job driving a taxi around the streets of San Francisco. He has his anonymity and his solitude. Being invisible has become a comfortable habit. He doesn't want to be found...Categorized as:
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![Cold Harbor by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Cold Harbor by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.After a period of brutal isolation in a CIA black-site prison, former Marine and gifted hacker Gibson Vaughn is free—but with no idea where he was or how much time he’s lost. Struggling to maintain his grip on reality, he races to return to the life he left behind... -
![Thin Line by L.T. Ryan]()
Thin Line by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDo what you're told?Or do what's right?The decision will forever change Noble's life.The addictive USA Today bestselling thriller series is back as former government assassin Jack Noble races from New York, to Paris, to Washington D.C. on the trail of a rogue agent marked for termination...Categorized as:
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![The Detachment by Barry Eisler]()
The Detachment by Barry Eisler
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJohn Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy...Categorized as:
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The Bannerman Solution by John R. Maxim
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaul Bannerman was once his nation's deadliest weapon--a top covert operative heading up the most lethal group of contract agents and network specialists in all of Europe. Now Bannerman is a liability--an unpredictable loose cannon that could irreparably damage America's shaky intelligence structure, if he chose to... -
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Enemy Exposure by Meghan Rogers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spy and action thriller featuring a teenage girl who kicks butt and outsmarts with the best of them. To accomplish her mission, though, she'll need to team up with those she trusts the least in this latest Raven File case.Jocelyn Steely (code name: Raven) may have escaped the clutches of KATO and won the trust of the IDA, but she isn’t out of danger yet...Categorized as:
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Weapons by Matt Rogers
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAN ARMY OF TWO FOR THE AGES... Jason King and Will Slater, the two most lethal operatives in government history, are out on their own. They’ve been through their personal journeys into hell, but they unite in New York City as brothers in arms. So begins a vigilante crusade against the city’s morally bankrupt inhabitants. But their private war doesn’t last long.. -
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![Color Of Blood by Keith Yocum]()
Color Of Blood by Keith Yocum
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDennis is glad to be back at work. His wife’s death left him devastated but he’ll do anything to lose himself into work at the Inspector General’s office of the CIA. A brilliant, if prickly investigator, he’s spent his career chasing down the Agency’s thieves and liars... -
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Presumed Dead by Mason Cross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Mason Cross is a fast-paced, high octane thriller writer.' Simon KernickTHENFifteen years ago, an unidentified killer terrorised northern Georgia, killing hikers with two shots from a pistol, before disposing of the bodies along the remote trails and in the rivers in the vicinity of Blood Mountain.The killer was never brought to justice...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth title in a thrilling series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie... -
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I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a race against time, it's Ray Luck against the world! When Ray Luck - a top cyber security expert - accidentally stumbles upon a devastating secret while surfing the web, he knows immediately he is in way above his head and soon he is being hunted by both Mossad and the British Security Services...Categorized as:
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Gray Redemption by Alan McDermott
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter a year living under an assumed name, Tom Gray wants his life back. The only thing standing in his way is James Farrar, a man whose sole aim is to kill Gray and his loyal friends before they can expose the governments deadly secret. In the tense conclusion to the trilogy, Tom Gray’s only hope is to seek the help of an old adversary and pray he still believes in justice... -
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Saint Death by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJohn Milton has been off the grid for six months. He surfaces in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately finds himself drawn into a vicious battle with the narco-gangs that control the borderlands.He saves the life of an idealistic young journalist who has been targeted for execution. The only way to keep her safe is to smuggle her into Texas...Categorized as:
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