Political Conspiracy Thriller

Having been an elite CIA operative for twenty-five years, the last twenty spent in the Middle East, Michael Lott has left the Company and is teaching in a small New England college where he has written a novel that tells the story of a group of wealthy businessmen who are coerced by a Senior White House official into funding a terrorist attack that would allow the United States to declare war on a Middle Eastern country. Lott submits his manuscript to an old college friend who owns a publishing house. It is August of 2001. Three weeks later 9/11 happens.Philip Drake of Drake Publishing ...

Enjoy this compelling spy thriller series with loveable guy and girl next door characters. A madman seizes power in China ...and only America can stop him. In this blockbuster novel of first love and last resorts, the CIA must assemble an unlikely team of young scientists and pilots to infiltrate the Middle Kingdom and take down the ruthless megalomaniac who has set his sights on America. Join forces with America’s next hero as he uses his powers of deduction and iron will to overcome all odds, save his girl, and rescue a grateful nation. Termed “iconoclastic” and “an epic adventure...

Presidential Power…One man has it, another is scheming to get it, a third is doing all he can to avoid it. Democrat Mitch McCoy was elected President of the United States in a bizarre 2016 election. When no candidate garnered the requisite 270 electoral votes, the decision was left to the House of Representatives who saw McCoy as the best of three options. In over his head, McCoy is now struggling to find his bearings in the Oval Office. Most realize he doesn’t have what it takes. Meanwhile, in a jail cell in rural Wyoming, Victor Youngblood, head of the world’s most dangerous ...

"A tense, gripping thriller... not for the faint of heart!" 5 Stars: "I loved this book. I had trouble putting it down... I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery."- Goodreads Review "4 of 5 for sheer brilliance of writing and execution" - Amazon Review 5 Stars: "...draws you in from the first page..." Bookplex review Description: Brainwashed. Programmed to kill. She was supposed to be the perfect patsy, until something went wrong: When Sara Murphy wakes up on the roof of a department store with a sniper rifle in her arms and the body of a political activist in the street ...

In Trial of the Century - Book 1 of The Bradley Trials, the shadows of power, one woman’s quiet resolve will determine the fate of a nation. Samantha Bradley, a seasoned Nevada attorney, is plucked from the dusty battles of the American West and thrust into the maelstrom of Washington, D.C. Tasked with uncovering a scandal that could shatter the foundations of government itself, Samantha becomes Special Counsel—a role that demands not only legal brilliance but also the courage to stand against the city’s oldest and most ruthless alliances. As she navigates the marble halls of power, ...

Tracie Tanner works in the world's most dangerous hot-spots. On the most high-stakes assignments. And she works alone. When U.S. Secretary of State J. Robert Humphries is kidnapped out of his Washington, D.C. home at gunpoint, all evidence points directly to the Soviet Union as the responsible party. Still recovering from her injuries suffered earlier in the summer, covert ops specialist Tracie Tanner is tasked by CIA Director Aaron Stallings to follow the evidence and recover Humphries safely from the Soviets. There's only one problem - Tanner's not convinced the Soviets are involved. Soon...

A compelling mix of reportage and personal experience, The Coming Storm gets under the skin of these conspiracy theories to show us a radical new kind of politics emerging, a movement that has coalesced around a loose alliance of white supremacists, men's rights activists, tech bros, and radically disenchanted leftists. As we approach the 2024 US presidential election, and perhaps the most perilous moment in the history of American democracy, Gatehouse's book tells us some dark truths about our present, and provides clues about our future.

"What I love about Steven F. Freeman’s writing is that he keeps you guessing; just when you think you’ve figured it all out, he throws another curveball at you. This clever style of writing keeps the reader on their toes throughout. The action in When the Killing Starts begins on page one and never lets up. This novel can be read as a stand-alone story. Action/thriller readers will love this book as much as I did." - Readers' Favorite The Winter Olympics: the perfect time for competition, sportsmanship…and mayhem Days before the Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin, host country ...

The Xander Cross Rebellion Some Memories Ignite Revolutions In a fractured society built on silence and synthetic obedience, Xander Cross is a man out of step with the future—emotionally disconnected, tactically brilliant, and haunted by a war his father died fighting... on the wrong side. But when Xander stumbles upon a buried archive—a relic pulsing with forgotten truth—he triggers more than a conspiracy. He awakens a resonance buried in the bones of the world. Memories long suppressed begin surfacing across the colonies. People start to feel what they weren’t meant to remember. ...

Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot’s headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites, and justice seekers into one of the city’s most mesmerizing mysteries.

It is 1943 and Sweden’s neutrality in the war is under pressure. Laura Dahlgren, the bright, young right-hand of the chief negotiator to Germany, is privy to these tensions, even as she tries to keep her head down in the mounting fray. However, when Laura’s best friend from university, Britta, is discovered murdered in cold blood, Laura is determined to find the killer.

Best-selling author De'nesha Diamond brings her dynamic storytelling talent to DC's treacherous corridors of power - where scandal is merely the first move in a high-stakes game that makes its own rules. It's an offer too tempting to refuse: One night as an elite escort will give Abrianna Parker the fresh start she's been searching for and put the pain and costly missteps of the past behind her for good. But getting framed for a high-profile murder isn't what the coolheaded beauty signed up for.

An obscure, ramshackle ranch on the southern bank of the Rio Grande turns out to be the secret gateway for major terrorist attacks suddenly breaking out throughout the United States. Pete Cortez, an on-the-outs FBI special agent with the Houston Field Office, is temporarily sent to the border on a make-or-break assignment to salvage his precarious career. Set amid the gritty landscape of south Texas, RANCHO BUENA FORTUNA is the first book in Bill King's Pete Cortez FBI Thriller series. If you enjoy quirky characters from authors like John Sandford, Robert B. Parker, and Elmore Leonard, ...

In 2007, a short blogpost by Gawker Media outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay. Thiel's sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn't consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. This post would be the casus belli for a meticulously plotted conspiracy that would end nearly a decade later with a $140 million dollar judgment against Gawker and its bankruptcy. Only later would the world learn that Gawker's demise was not incidental - it had been masterminded by Thiel.

A jailed financial terrorist. Two high-profile bankers assassinated… The most brutal international scandal is about to explode and bring the world to the brink. With the suspicious suicide of two high-profile City bankers, former QC Nancy Wu and Inspector Jonathan Pole uncover a lethal scandal that implicates UK government, Bank of England, and London’s top banking executives. Only one man can help them solve the case: Henry Crowne. Once a brilliant financier now a guilt-ridden prisoner, Henry lies imprisoned in the obscure High Security wing of Belmarsh amongst spies, and terrorists. ...

A fully-loaded supertanker anchored sixty miles off the Texas coast suddenly begins hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, and FBI Special Agents Pete Cortez and Teri Barnhart quickly determine the vessel has been deliberately sabotaged. There are strong indications that whoever was behind the first attack is planning another—and soon—as Cortez and Barnhart navigate the treacherous world of oil, politics and environmentalism in hopes of unraveling the mystery of who sabotaged the supertanker, why they put the marine habitat of the entire Gulf ...

In the South African veld poaching gangs are resorting to extreme levels of violence to hunt down valuable rhino horns. Battling to defend the dwindling rhino population, a veteran anti-apartheid freedom fighter is forced to break his lifetime loyalty to the ANC as he confronts corruption at the very highest level.

Ivan Lazar was one of Russia's greatest generals until he was set up and ruined by his enemies. What followed was an epic plan for vengeance to not only destroy his enemies, but the world as we know it. Ex-assassin, Chuck Brandt, had tracked the General to Cusco, Peru. After a violent cliffside confrontation Brandt watched as the madman’s body fell hundreds of feet into the raging Apurimac River. Now, Chuck is living a quiet, peaceful life of service in a soup kitchen in Seattle when he gets a phone call from Maria Lazar. She tells a harrowing tale of survival at the hands of a Black ...

When the love of his life is left in a life-threatening coma after a home invasion, Ben Johnson, one of the most successful black entrepreneurs in the country, is accidentally drawn into a sinister plot to shift the balance of power on the United States Supreme Court. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists his longtime friend and former homicide detective, Dimase Augustin, to find who is responsible... and why. After a similar attack results in the death of an elite Washington DC escort, Augustin uncovers a widespread conspiracy within the highest levels of government and law enforcement. ...

Selah Award finalist and Kops Fetherling International Book Award recipient, this political conspiracy suspense thriller, weaves the headlines of today with the Scriptures of old. A recent law school graduate, Eliana lands her dream job but finds it saturated with malicious corruption. Her boss, a powerful Supreme Court Justice, is part of a nefarious plan that will dismantle America as we know it. If she keeps quiet, she might survive, but far too much is at stake for that. With her life in peril, a prophecy about Eliana becomes reality. She lives out a parallel story to that of her ...