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The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Amazon Charts, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.An American operative in Russia is on the run for his life in a thriller of heart-stopping betrayal and international intrigue by the New York Times bestselling author of The Eighth Sister.Betrayed by his own country and tried for treason, former spy Charles Jenkins survived an undercover Russian operation gone wrong...Categorized as:
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Relentless by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Gray Man's search for missing intelligence agents plunges him deep into a maelstrom of trouble in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.The first agent disappearance was a puzzleThe second was a mysteryThe third was a conspiracyIntelligence operatives around the world are disappearing...Categorized as:
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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
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...Categorized as:
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Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGregg Hurwitz's New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever in Dark Horse.Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program...Categorized as:
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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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Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsForced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed.As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X... -
The Avenger by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsabella Rose and Michael Pope return for the next book in the million-selling series.Please note that the book will be released in Spring 2022, and not the date you'll see in the details below... -
Headhunters by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBury your enemies, and bury them deep. John Milton thought he was done with Avi Bachman. The most dangerous man he's ever known has been incarcerated in Angola, the brutal Louisiana prison. Inmates rarely leave Angola. Once you go in, the only way out is in a box. But Bachman is no ordinary prisoner. He was an assassin for the Mossad, and he has favours to call in...Categorized as:
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Sleepers by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world...Categorized as:
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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 Last Assassin by Barry Eisler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBarry Eisler has been compared to Forsyth, Ludlum, le Carré, Ian Fleming, and Graham Greene. But his latest thriller brings Eisler into a league of his own. Even for an average citizen, a love triangle is dangerous business. For assassin John Rain--"one of the most compelling lead characters in the genre" (USA Today)--it's going to be downright deadly...Categorized as:
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The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carre Summary Study Guide by BookRags
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Odd Couple Study Guide consists of approx. 37 pages of summaries and analysis on The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carre.br/br/This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion... -
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... -
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Look Twice by Eva Hudson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA double agent. A double cross. This time, Ingrid is in double trouble.When Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg discovers an undeveloped roll of film left behind by her predecessor in the FBI, she isn’t sure what to make of the strange photos he took... -
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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Coercion by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver been forced to do something despicable? Would you betray your family to save your child? Undermine your employer? Commit treason? Bin Laden gave terrorism a Middle-Eastern face. Now another misguided mastermind is giving it yours. But don’t feel bad, you’re not alone…...Categorized as:
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Blood Moon Rising by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTen years ago, Beatrix Rose headed an off-the-books hit squad to carry out the dirty work of the British government. When she discovered that the commander of the squad was corrupt, he sent five of his assassins to rub her out. But they failed. Bad mistake.There were six names on Beatrix’s Kill List. Two have been accounted for, and she has number three in her sights...Categorized as:
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Fast Track by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers... -
Live Fire by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe sixth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Mickey and Mark Moore are Ordinary Decent Criminals - hard men who live by their own code and leaders of a gang that has made millions at the point of a gun. But when Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is sent to infiltrate the tightly-knit team of bank robbers, he discovers that he has more in common with them then he first thought...Categorized as:
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Better Off Dead by Tom Wood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition can be found hereA hitman must be anonymous, amoral... and alone Victor is the face in the crowd you don't see, a perfect assassin with nothing to live for.But when an old friend turns to him for help, he finds he can't refuse. For once his objective isn't to kill, but to protect...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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In Sheep's Clothing by David Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeam Camelot has recovered from the devastation of their last mission, and it's time to go back to work. This time, they find themselves working right here in the good ol' US of A, taking out the top echelons of an entire drug cartel, and Noah gets the chance to use some of Wally's supergadgets. The mission comes off better than anyone could have hoped, and the team heads for home...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Decoy Zero by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDECOY ZERO is book #8 in the #1 bestselling AGENT ZERO series, which begins with AGENT ZERO (Book #1), a free download with nearly 200 five-star reviews. A new, high-tech railgun is invented, with a capability of firing an indefensible missile, seven times the speed of sound—and the fate of America is at risk... -
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... -
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
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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The GirI Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by David Donaldson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNB: This is NOT the novel by Stieg... -
The Destroyed by Brett Battles
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Barry Award winning author Brett Battles comes the fifth thriller in the Jonathan Quinn series... Mila Voss is dead. That's what the team hired to terminate her had reported, and that's how her file had been marked. Dead. Six years now. So why did she suddenly show up on a hotel's security camera in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania? Those who'd paid for her elimination are more than a little curious...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Lone Wolf by David Archer, Adam Verner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLength: 7 hrs and 36 mins Noah Wolf is one of the world's most deadly assassins, completely devoid of emotion and conscience. These factors, which others would consider to be handicaps, allow him to evaluate situation instantly, and from a purely logical standpoint. His decisions and actions are never tainted by emotion or feelings, which frees him from any risk of fear or guilt...Categorized as:
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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 Effect by John R. Maxim
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A team of once-deadly government assassins led by Paul Bannerman has "retired" in the quiet, affluent town of Westport, Connecticut.All Bannerman and his people want is a normal life--but there are those who refuse to live and let live...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...Categorized as:
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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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Flood Tide & Cyclops (Dirk Pitt, #14, #8) by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first omnibus ever of novels by the New York Times bestselling author. Cussler has had 15 consecutive New York Times bestsellers, and has sold over 75 million copies of his books. In Dirk Pitt, Cussler has created a franchise character...Categorized as:
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Dark Vector by Ward Larsen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first book in a blockbuster new series from USA Today bestseller, Ward Larsen! In the wilds of Siberia, a top-secret Russian fighter goes missing on a test flight. The Russian Air Force begins a search, oblivious to their they are looking in the wrong spot. The pilot, Colonel Maxim Primakov, has crash landed during an attempted defection...Categorized as:
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Dragon Head by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeatrix Rose has been betrayed. Her husband has been murdered and her daughter, Isabella, abducted. She flees to the Hong Kong underworld to plot her revenge. Those who wronged her will pay. Beatrix is the most dangerous woman you’ve ever met. She was an assassin for The Firm, the beyond top secret agency that did the dirty work for the British Secret Services. Se is lethal. Ethically flexible...Categorized as:
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The Deceived by Brett Battles
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Unputdownable.” “Brilliant and heart-pounding.” “A tightly written pageturner.” Brett Battles won rave reviews for his debut novel, The Cleaner, which introduced hero Jonathan Quinn. A freelance operative and professional “cleaner”, Quinn knows better than to get emotionally involved in any of his jobs. But in this superb powerhouse of suspense, Quinn’s latest job is different...Categorized as:
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The Fraternity of the Stone by David Morrell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDrew Maclane was a star agent--until the day the killing had to stop. He withdrew and for six years lived the life of a hermit in a monastery. But someone has tracked him down, leaving a trail of corpses. Someone who knows all about him, who knows how to draw him back into that electrifying world where no one is as he seems, and where life's most horrifying and harrowing game is played...Categorized as:
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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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J'irai tuer pour vous by Henri Lœvenbruck
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1985, Paris est frappé par des attentats comme le pays en a rarement connu.Dans ce contexte, Marc Masson, un déserteur parti à l’aventure en Amérique du Sud, est soudain rattrapé par la France. Recruté par la DGSE, il est officiellement agent externe mais, officieusement, il va devenir assassin pour le compte de l’État... -
The Contract: Kill Jessica White by Remington Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter Jessica's husband learns that a relentless hit man named Tanner was offered the contract to kill his wife, he goes in search of Tanner, which leads to a showdown between the two deadly men... -
Gut Decision by Jeff Carson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter six tours in the Army special forces, David Wolf is finally back home in Rocky Points, Colorado, where he's in his third week of training for the Rocky Points PD...Categorized as:
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Moscow X by David McCloskey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center?CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin’s moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max’s family business in Mexico—a CIA front since the 1960s—is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses...Categorized as:
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Grandmaster by Warren Murphy, Molly Cochran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo men, born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, driven to oppose each other, for only one man may be the Grandmaster. Justin Gilead and Alexander Zharkov, two men driven by powerful forces they can neither understand nor deny--driven to fight each other in a battle for power that only one of them may win. Gilead is a magnificent athlete, an American, a genius, and a spy... -
On The Black by Theo Cage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA CIA MYSTERY BLACK OPS THRILLER. One of the most decorated covert agents in U.S. history, Burroughs Rice, has been “on the black” for ten years, deep under cover and running for his life from some of the world's most dangerous power brokers. When a mysterious government agency stumbles onto the ex-agent in the wilds of Washington State, they force Rice to deal with a terrible secret...
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