Titoli in Spionaggio e politica

Die deutsche Studentin Wera ist fasziniert von den Cambridge 5: einer Gruppe von fünf Studenten, die in den 1930er-Jahren für den russischen Geheimdienst spionierte. Aber auch Weras neue Freunde in Cambridge scheinen ein Doppelleben zu führen. Als ein Mord geschieht, steht ihr Doktorvater Professor Hunt unter Verdacht. Ein Vorfall aus den 1970er-Jahren holt ihn ein. Was haben die Ereignisse der 30er-Jahre und 70er-Jahre mit dem Mord zu tun?

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, a tale of mystery and intrigue stretching back over four centuries. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called to Sweden when the younger sister of King Wilhelm I is...

Paris, 1986. Un expert-comptable tombe de la fenêtre de son appartement. Tout laisse à penser à un suicide, l'homme était nerveux et agité, mais sa fille refuse obstinément d'y croire. Une amie lui donne le contact de son oncle, Wouters, un pilier de la PJ, commissaire désabusé proche de la retraite, qui décide de l'aider. Rapidement, il décèle des coïncidences troublantes : une série de cambriolages dans le sillage du mort, un " accident " sur le chantier en face de son immeuble, mais surtout, sa proximité avec certains membres du parti socialiste...

Eine Söldnertruppe radiert ein Dorf in Derbyshire aus. Kurz darauf wird ein Pinguingehege im Londoner Zoo in die Luft gesprengt – beim Inlandsgeheimdienst MI5 herrscht Alarmstufe Rot. In Slough House dagegen gähnende Langeweile, bis Roderick Ho, Ober-Nerd der abservierten Agententruppe, nur knapp einem stümperhaft ausgeführten Attentat entgeht. Seine Kollegen eilen ihm (widerwillig) zu Hilfe und machen aus einer schwierigen Situation – das Schlimmste.

Two decades into the twenty-first century, the world’s nations are becoming irrelevant. Corporations are the true global powers, with information the most valuable currency, while the smaller island nations have become sanctuaries for data pirates and terrorists. A globe-trotting PR executive for the large corporate economic democracy Rizome Industries Group, Laura Webster is present when a foreign representative is assassinated on Rizome soil during a conference for offshore data havens.

Los Angeles, veille de Pearl Harbour : la découverte des cadavres d'une famille d'origine japonaise, les Watanabe, incite le LAPD à fabriquer un coupable pour se débarrasser du problème. Dudley Smith, l'inoubliable "méchant" du quatuor de Los Angeles, est sur l'affaire. Une affaire qui s'annonce lucrative, tant l'hystérie du climat de guerre se prête aux machinations au détriment des citoyens américains d'origine japonaise.

La carrière de Gérard Fulmard n'a pas assez retenu l'attention du public. Peut-être était-il temps qu'on en dresse les grandes lignes. Après des expériences diverses et peu couronnées de succès, Fulmard s'est retrouvé enrôlé au titre d'homme de main dans un parti politique mineur où s'aiguisent, comme partout, les complots et les passions.

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detachment 2702 - commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe - is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. In the present, Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia....

Il primo attentato di matrice islamica mai realizzato in Italia sconvolge Milano, durante una gara podistica di fine estate. Il paese si paralizza, piange e sopporta gli strilli di politici, giornalisti e sciacalli. La nazione si distrae così dall'ultimo trauma: Paolo Bonomelli, politico stimato e in grande ascesa, è appena stato travolto da uno scandalo sessuale.

Den amerikanske arkitekt Noel Holcroft får pludselig at vide, at hans biologiske far, der var medlem af Den tyske Overkommando mod slutningen af 2. Verdenskrig, har efterladt ham en tredjedel af en skjult formue på 780 millioner dollars bundet til en hemmelig og - viser det sig djaevelsk pagt. Ifølge det dokument, de tre arvinger skal underskrive, skal formuen anvendes til at hjaelpe de overlevende og efterkommere af krigens ofre.

1586: Female espionage agent, Kit Scarlett is stationed at Chartley Castle, where Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is under house arrest for plotting against the English Queen Elizabeth. Kit helps Sir Francis Walsingham's top code-breaker, Thomas Phelippes, as they intercept Mary Stuart's communications with her conspiring supporters. And when they have the proof that Mary Stuart has sanctioned Queen Elizabeth's assassination, Kit races to deliver the message to Walsingham. But before they can persuade Queen Elizabeth to sign Mary Stuart's death warrant, the Scottish queen escapes.

Med "Under bordet" vender Dennis Lehane tilbage til gaderne fra New York Times-bestselleren "Mystic River". Marv bestyrer en bar, der fungerer som bank for mafiaen. I baren arbejder Bob, som redder en sølle hundehvalp og møder en arret kvinde. Kun en tåbe ville finde på at røve den bar, hvor New Englands hårdeste gangstere kanaliserer penge - under bordet - i den underverden, som hersker i Bostons barmiljø. Historien skydes i gang med høj kaliber, da to tåber røver Marv's Bar, og den skrider med stor hast over isen i Bostons grå, urbane snelandskab.

Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, “a true master at the pinnacle of his craft” (Jack Carr), returns with a classic Western—gunfights, horses, saloons, and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroad—about a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous...

A finales de la década de los 80, el sentimiento antinorteamericano afloraba en las calles del Teherán revolucionario de Jomeini, y los estadounidenses residentes eran forzados a abandonar el país. Algunos, sin embargo, fueron detenidos sin acusaciones concretas y ante la impasividad de las autoridades.

Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.

This collection includes the first three books of the Matt Helm Series: Death of a Citizen, The Wrecking Crew, and The Removers.

Nacidos el mismo día del siglo en partes opuestas del mundo, el destino y la búsqueda de un sueño acaba por hacer que estos dos hombres se crucen. Ambiciosos, poderosos, implacables, ambos se enzarzan en una incansable lucha por construir un imperio, azuzados por el incombustible odio que sienten el uno hacia el otro. Durante más de sesenta años y tres generaciones, entre guerras, matrimonios, golpes de suerte y desastres, Kane y Aben batallan para conseguir un éxito y un triunfo que solo uno de los dos podrá alcanzar.

Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions. Then comes the lightning rod: a school shooting just outside of Salt Lake City. His client: the devastated mother of one of the victims. What she wants is understandable—just not simple: to sue the manufacturers of the automatic weapon used in the mass killing.

Christina MacKinnon is secretly relieved to be a widow. She is equally desperate to distance herself from the clan of her dead husband, but as the heir to his estate—one she needs in order to support her siblings—she must first stave off both the advances and threats of the man next in line to inherit. It seems the only person she can turn to is a nearby stranger who seems inclined to help her. But he has a request….

While on official UNESCO business in The Vatican Museum, Dr Max Hunter finds himself pulled into a dark conspiracy of Biblical proportions! Summoned to the inner sanctum of the Vatican in the middle of the night, Hunter discovers his friend and colleague, Professor Marco Vitali, has been brutally murdered, using his dying moments to draw a message on the floor in his own blood – a clue for Max to follow!