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The Final Reckoning by Robert Bailey, ロバート・ベイリー
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHis last challenge: live long enough to save the lives of those he loves.Cold-blooded killer JimBone Wheeler blames Tom McMurtrie for putting him on death row. He once vowed that he’d bring “a reckoning” on Tom and everyone the southern lawyer holds dear. When Wheeler escapes from prison, he aims to fulfill his promise. Victim by victim, he’s getting closer to his ultimate target...Categorized as:
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![Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt]()
Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s bestselling Joe Dillard Series, Dillard is hired to represent the man driving the pick-up. As Dillard delves into the case, he comes to believe his client is not guilty... -
![Hard Way by J.B. Turner]()
Hard Way by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJon Reznick has never played by the rules, a trait that has brought him into conflict with FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein in the past. But now Meyerstein has been taken by a shadowy gang, and the renegade black-ops specialist may be her only hope for rescue...Categorized as:
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Flash Point by Jack Slater
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFans of Ryan, Reacher and Bourne will love betrayed CIA operative Jason Trapp, who stars in a pulse-pounding revenge thriller that threatens to be 2019's breakout hit." A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system takes down a passenger jetliner in the skies over Belarus, showering the fields below in burning scrap... -
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![Imminent Harm by Robin James]()
Imminent Harm by Robin James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSmall-town lawyer Cass Leary's latest case could rock the Delphi justice system to its very core. Cass’s last trial badly bruised her reputation with the local bar. Good thing Cass doesn’t care what people think. Nonetheless, her client list is drying up... -
![Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt]()
Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTwo years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, accused of murder.Jalen Jordan retained Street for what seemed to be a minor traffic violation, but when evidence turned up linking Jordan to the death of two boys, Street wanted out of the case...Categorized as:
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![The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove]()
The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLaw professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead...Categorized as:
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![Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni]()
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROBERT DUGONI RETURNS WITH HIS MOST EXHILARATING THRILLER TO DATE, A PULSE-POUNDING STORY OF CORPORATE GREED, ESPIONAGE, AND THE LENGTHS ONE MAN IS WILLING TO GO FOR JUSTICE.Bodily Harm opens with a big win for David Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a malpractice case centered on the death of a young child... -
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The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries...Categorized as:
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![Defending Turquoise by John Ellsworth]()
Defending Turquoise by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJoin Thaddeus Murfee in his new career in Flagstaff, where he is called on to defend the wife of the District Attorney. She has shot her husband to death and admitted it—but what about the mysterious bite marks in all the wrong places? Watch as sixteen-year-old Turquoise Begay comes on the scene, the beautiful, abandoned Navajo girl living reservation style—with all the wrong people...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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Falling Stars by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTWO DISTRESSED HEROES.THREE DASTARDLY CRIMES.AND THE SLICKEST HEISTS OF ALL TIME.Imagine Bin Laden meets Bernie Madoff—and hold on for the ride._______________________________________A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion.Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap...Categorized as:
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Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTen years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way...Categorized as:
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The Client List by Robin James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Cass inherits the practice of an old legal mentor, his client list is more than she bargained for... -
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![The Uccello Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Uccello Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCoded paintings. Missing planes. Dirty bombs. After a foiled attempt on the lives of world leaders, criminal mastermind Ivan Fradkov successfully eludes world-renowned nonverbal expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team for months. But things heat up quickly when a stranger is assassinated in the chair next to Genevieve while she’s having lunch with her friend...Categorized as:
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![Kill for Me by Tom Wood]()
Kill for Me by Tom Wood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLethal assassin Victor lands in the middle of a Guatemalan cartel war in the latest nonstop thriller from the international bestselling author of The Final Hour.Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Espinosa, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition--her sister...Categorized as:
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![The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurdered criminals. Flawless forgeries. Encrypted operas.The murder of an opera house director forces world-renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team into an impossible position: protecting notorious criminals--from what appears to be a serial killer...Categorized as:
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![Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth]()
Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe sued & took away the mob's casino. Now they want it back. Imagine meeting a sister you didn't know you had - only to find out that she's been charged with murder and needs an attorney. Already exhausted from trying to raise his young family, and emotionally drained from his own legal troubles, Thaddeus Murfee knows he's about to be overwhelmed...Categorized as:
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![Misjudged by James Chandler]()
Misjudged by James Chandler
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen a disabled veteran takes a new job as an attorney in a small Wyoming town, he is thrust into a mysterious murder case.Sam Johnstone was hoping for renewal when he took a job at a boutique law firm in rustic Wyoming. The mountains and streams of the west would be a refreshing, quiet place to start over after years of war and turmoil in his personal life... -
![Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni]()
Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni tackles hot-button issues in this riveting legal thriller featuring attorney David Sloane. When a widow asks Sloane to take her case against the military, Sloane knows it's a lost cause but can't turn her down, even if it puts his own life--and the lives of his family--in dire jeopardy.Just minutes after winning a $1...Categorized as:
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![The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison]()
The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts...Categorized as:
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![The Polaris Protocol by Brad Taylor]()
The Polaris Protocol by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTaskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it’s Jennifer’s brother and countless more innocents who face unfathomable violence and bloodshed.Pike and Jennifer are in Turkmenistan with the Taskforce—a top-secret antiterrorist unit that operates outside US law—when Jennifer gets a call from her brother, Jack...Categorized as:
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![Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman]()
Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly prophecy must be stopped before all is lost. Trust none, sacrifice words to live (or die) by in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller of deceit and intrigue... -
![The Contract Lawyer by John Ellsworth]()
The Contract Lawyer by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lawyer with a contract on his life, the contract lawyer.Thaddeus Murfee is an attorney in San Diego, when he learns from the FBI there is a contract on his life. The FBI can help him discover who wants him dead only so far. The rest is up to him. So Thaddeus gathers his legal team, consisting of investigators Turquoise Murfee and Marcel Rainford...Categorized as:
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![The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney]()
The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom…Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son—Charleston, South Carolina... -
![Conviction by Larry A. Winters]()
Conviction by Larry A. Winters
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA power-hungry District Attorney seizes office, a beloved family friend is charged with murder, and prosecutor Jessie Black faces the toughest decision of her life.For ten years, Jessie's career as a prosecutor at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has given her a mission in life, enabled her to fight for victims and their families, and deeply fulfilled her... -
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Betrayal by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwenty-eight year old Jet, the former Mossad operative from the eponymous novel JET, must battle insurmountable odds to protect those she loves in a deadly race that stretches from the heartland of Nebraska to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., from the lurid streets of Bangkok to the deadly jungles of Laos and Myanmar... -
![Justice in Time by John Ellsworth]()
Justice in Time by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Legal Thriller With Romance by USA TODAY Bestseller John EllsworthAssistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a U.S. Senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window. Suicide? Maybe, except the detectives learn the wife's fingerprints are nowhere on the hose... -
![Situation Room by Jack Mars, K.C. Kelly]()
Situation Room by Jack Mars, K.C. Kelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSITUATION ROOM is book #3 in the bestselling Luke Stone thriller series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1), a free download with over 60 five star reviews! A cyberattack on an obscure U.S. dam leaves thousands dead and the government wondering who attacked it, and why...Categorized as:
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Mirror, Mirror by Deborah Hawkins
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the day that Jeff Ryder learns he is going to be made a partner at Warrick, Thompson, and Hayes, his past catches up with him... -
![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... -
![The Mental Case by John Ellsworth]()
The Mental Case by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Mental Case is a novel about law firm money and a law firm death. And about a missing child and a parent's frantic search. Join Thaddeus Murfee, back in Chicago and around the world, in his strangest case yet—a man whose plastic character changes, comes and goes, like the proverbial will-o-the-wisp...Categorized as:
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![Nighthawk by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown]()
Nighthawk by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world’s most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind’s last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure...Categorized as:
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![Debris Line by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
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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![Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker]()
Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a former political tracker with a brand-new law degree, Sam Callahan has turned his life around, leaving behind a childhood ravaged by abuse and a fatally dangerous job shadowing political candidates. Now a lawyer, Sam hopes for a risk-free future, but harm’s way has a much longer reach than he could ever expect...Categorized as:
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![The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker]()
The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVicente Garza and Ravenshadow are still at large. Entire village populations in Peru have gone missing...Ben and Julie and the rest of the CSO crew want to find out why.Science, religion, and history collide... in a terrifying finale.The Harvey Bennett Thrillers begins a new chapter with The Cain Conspiracy. If you've enjoyed the series so far, this is one book you will not want to miss... -
![Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter]()
Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes... -
![The Station by Saul Herzog]()
The Station by Saul Herzog
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Station by Saul Herzog is the stunning next instalment in the series that has taken the publishing industry, and Hollywood rights departments, by storm. This dazzling tour de force is a full standalone novel. From the mind of one of the most creative and versatile writers working in America today, this book will surely go down as a classic of the spy thriller genre... -
![Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning]()
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... -
![Dark Dive by Andrew Mayne]()
Dark Dive by Andrew Mayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series. Searching for a missing diver takes a Florida detective on a deep-diving adventure in a gripping thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Sea Castle . After the Underwater Investigation Unit’s disbandment, public outcry ushers Sloan McPherson and her partner, former navy diver Scott Hughes, back into the depths of crime solving... -
![The Namatjira Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Namatjira Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLooted artworks. Italian Mafia. Deepfakes.The weekend in Italy is supposed to be a family event—a celebration as well as a break for the whole team to enjoy everything Naples has to offer. As it is, Doctor Genevieve Lenard is hard-pushed to keep an autistic shutdown at bay while surrounded by boisterous relatives and friends...Categorized as:
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![The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci, Zachary Webber]()
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci, Zachary Webber
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratings11 hours, 48 minutes Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan, where he works as an entry-level analyst at the city’s most prestigious investment firm. In the mornings, he gazes out the train window at the lavish homes of the uberwealthy, dreaming about joining their ranks...Categorized as:
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![The Assassin's List by Scott Matthews]()
The Assassin's List by Scott Matthews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE ASSASSIN'S LIST is book one in the Adam Drake series - a headline-current thriller about homegrown jihadist assassins and a timid, too-PC government. The assassination of the Secretary of Homeland Security is planned at a decommissioning ceremony at an Army Chemical Depot...Categorized as:
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![The Perk by Mark Gimenez]()
The Perk by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out... -
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![Executive Order by Max Allan Collins]()
Executive Order by Max Allan Collins
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA riveting novel by MWA Grand Master Award winner Max Allan Collins. In Eastern Europe four CIA agents are dead—geopolitical pawns caught in border dispute cross fire. Why were they there? Who sent them? Not even the President knows.Back in Washington, the Secretary of the Interior dies from an apparent allergic shock. As details emerge, so do suspicions that she was murdered...Categorized as:
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![Cold Fire by Dustin Stevens]()
Cold Fire by Dustin Stevens
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs a DEA agent, Jeremiah “Hawk” Tate was one of the best at taking down drug traffickers. Then the cartels struck back—and destroyed everything he held dear.Five years later, Hawk has retreated from society and is living a quiet life as a Montana wilderness guide. He’s done with the DEA, done with the criminals, and done with the pain left over from his past. But his past isn’t done with him...Categorized as:
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![Fate of the Union by Max Allan Collins, Dan John Miller]()
Fate of the Union by Max Allan Collins, Dan John Miller
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLength: 8 hrs and 21 mins When a retired colleague dies of an apparent suicide, ex–Secret Service agent Joe Reeder knows there must be far more to the story...Categorized as:
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![Twenty by James Grippando, Jonathan Davis]()
Twenty by James Grippando, Jonathan Davis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings10 hours, 15 minutes Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims twenty casualties—Florida’s fifth mass shooting in as many years—in this provocative and timely thriller from Harper Lee Prize–winner James Grippando that touches on some of the most contentious issues roiling America today...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... -
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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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