Political Conspiracy Thriller

Motorcycle mechanic and biker Scott Thompson isn’t the laid-back loner he makes everybody believe. Three years ago he was known as Ace, and belonged to an elite group of agents in a top secret CIA program. However, the preternatural ability that made him an invaluable asset to the government could now become his downfall, for he has to resist acting upon his premonitions, or risk exposing himself to the enemies responsible for the destruction of the Stargate program and the murder of his mentor. When his skill alerts him to a looming disaster bound to kill dozens of innocents, he is ...

David Webber is a man of prodigious musical talent - and prodigious alcohol consumption - who makes a meager living playing piano in a hotel bar. He's sure he's hit rock bottom. David doesn't realize, however, his boring, depressing life is about to get complicated - and dangerous. When David's college mentor is murdered and his music agent disappears, he becomes the prime suspect. David is hurled into a treacherous world of international assassins, underground crime, and shadowy figures in the US government.

Former Special Forces soldier Jeff Bradley is meeting with the mafia in Bari, Italy, to discover the whereabouts of his nemesis - criminal overlord Avni Leka - when he receives a message from an old friend. Barry is on board a tourist bus that has been hijacked by terrorists near Istanbul. Strapped with explosives, it is racing across Turkey to the northern borders of Syria, Iraq and Iran. The Turkish president will not negotiate. The Turkish military will not allow the bus to cross the border. The hijackers will kill themselves and their hostages if they cannot escape.

Mathew Nelson is struggling mightily after his father is gunned down in a brutal Mexican cartel gunfight and their company craters. Desperate for work, Matt is hired to supervise apartment construction for a city-county housing partnership headed by Dwight Lamar, a master manipulator who scams millions into his pocket and vanishes without a trace. No one is ever brought to justice. There is public outrage as elections approach. Local politicians demand the conniving DA find a scapegoat. Matt Nelson fits the bill. In short order Matt is indicted on several trumped-up charges. Stuck with land...

Our country has lost its moral compass. Cities are burning, extensive looting is occurring, crimes are skyrocketing, and hatred between the races, religions, and ethnicities is growing. Investigative reporter Madilyne Hurley believes either a foreign country or someone within our own country is causing this chaos, and she intends to find out who is destroying our safety and security, even if it kills her.

Deception: A WWII novel of double agents and star-crossed lovers ”The world is balanced on a precipice; the slippery slope leading right into Hell, and all it will take for the world to topple is for Hitler to sneeze.” Ian Richardson, an operative for MI5, before and during WWII, must turn captured German agents to work for the British. And Ian is married to a German, Elsbet von Rippenhof. Soon after they are married, Elsbet returns to Germany to work for the new government, the Third Reich, and to become a propagandist. Elsbet’s all-consuming ambition and her position in the Reich, ...

Nicholas “Fox” Young, brilliant computer programmer and ex-Stargate Program operative in hiding, is close to his goal of accessing information, which could bring him one step closer to finding his fellow Stargate agents and shedding light on the recurring nightmarish premonition that haunts his dreams. But the online cat-and-mouse game he’s been playing with ex-hacker and now CIA-contractor, Michelle Andrews, gets elevated to a new level when circumstances thrust them together. Suddenly, passion ignites the blood of the cool computer genius, and he has to balance the risk of letting ...

Publisher's Note: This story contains vignettes of abuse against a minor. Reader discretion is advised. For the vast majority—their dreams will prove to be elusive. Regardless of how hard they work to keep them alive. Which brings us to the curious case of Emma Avancena. A woman, who for all intents and purposes, has never believed in the power of her dreams; having had hers cut short by personal tragedy during her adolescence. That tragedy turning her from a precocious Texas cowgirl with a fondness for all things "ladybugs" into a detached killing machine, whose entire existence could ...

Annabelle is a beautiful stranger with a mysterious past, planning the heist of the century - two short cons to fund a long con, then a life of unashamed luxury, incognito in a foreign land. Jonathan DeHaven, the shy head of the Rare Books Division at the Library of Congress, is planning nothing more than an uneventful day amongst his cherished collection. But when Jonathan is found dead by Caleb Shaw, a member of the Camel Club, two conspiracies are destined to meet....

चीनी पंतप्रधानांची मुलगी सान लोकशाहीवादी आंदोलकांच्या तावडीत सापडते आणि त्याचवेळी भारतीय हेर चौधरीही भलत्याच त्रांगड्यात सापडतो. मग सुरू होतो एक थरार... काय आहे यांची रहस्यकथा...

The fast-paced, exciting follow up to GUILTY?, BENEFICIARY moves Dean and Steph into the realms of high politics. Their task is to ensure the survival of a young girl, beneficiary to a multi-million dollar fortune left to her by the mother she never knew. A simple task, but one that brings them to the attention of clandestine agencies whose sole aim is to ensure that nothing thwarts the plans of those who hold the real power. Unfortunately their charge can do so simply by her existence and it because a race to get her to safety before the killers can wipe her name out of history..

Vienna, Austria, a city of palaces, music, and cafés. But behind the cold, grey stone lies a dark secret. Against this backdrop of culture and shadows, the fates of three unforgettable people will be drawn into a common peril. Perry Farmon is an American photographer on sabbatical in Vienna, searching for his lost creative spark. A strange friendship and a mysterious love alter Perry’s quiet world, drawing him into a shared secret. The powers threatened by that secret force Perry into a deadly flight from danger. He must learn trickery and cunning to survive. His life and love hang in ...

Lorsque des substances nucléaires sont dérobées en pleine nuit par des djihadistes dans un hôpital non surveillé de New York, la police, dans une course effrénée contre la montre, fait appel au FBI. Luke Stone, chef d'un département secret d'élite au sein du FBI, est le seul homme vers qui ils peuvent se tourner. Luke se rend compte tout de suite que le but des terroristes est de créer une bombe sale, qu'ils cherchent à toucher une cible de grande valeur et qu'ils vont frapper dans les quarante-huit heures.

Set at the heart of political power in Washington, DC, Absolute Power was the novel which launched David Baldacci's career as a worldwide best seller of thrilling fiction. The movie, starring Clint Eastwood, was a major box office success across the world. In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginian countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a one-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith in not only justice but all he holds dear.

How far would you go to serve your country? Take a woman, whose physical abilities have been enhanced by the latest genetic technology. Train her to use them to kill enemies of the state. Put her out in the field and let her do her job. And when she’s done your bidding and she’s no more use to you, decommission her with extreme prejudice. If you can Nick Severance has a new assignment. When his wedding celebrations in Japan are interrupted by news of a local killing in unusual circumstances, he is ordered to find the person responsible. His first clue takes him to London, and from there...

Having thwarted murderous poachers, the Veteran, Thandi and Mkhize are back in a new fight—battling to save elephant herds form being callously killed for their ivory, whilst trying to block wholesale political corruption and money laundering in contemporary South Africa. Will dwindling elephant numbers be reversed? Will the forces of good triumph over the vicious looters? Can the annual trillion-dollar money laundering trade be brought to heel by a brave whistleblower?

A Western terrorist organization targets Muslims around the world, and FBI agent John Savas must put aside the loss of his son and work with a man who symbolizes all he has come to hate. Both are drawn into a race against time to stop the plot of an American bin Laden and prevent a global catastrophe.

Nach Überzeugung des Vatikans kann und darf es sie nicht geben: die sterblichen Überreste Jesu Christi. Doch genau danach sucht die Paläographin Ottavia Salina gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann Farag Boswell und ihrem alten Freund Kaspar Glauser-Röist. Die Spur führt das Trio von der Mongolei über Istanbul bis nach Israel. In den Katakomben des Berges Meron erwarten sie neun mörderische Prüfungen, alle mit Bezug auf die Seligpreisungen der Bergpredigt.

Marci Simon lives a double life: conservative professor of English by day, and controversial blogger of aliens by night. But when a classified document lands in her lap, her two worlds collide in an explosive revelation of shocking and deadly secrets. Despite imminent danger at every twist, Marci embarks on an unstoppable quest to expose the terrifying truth. Only she never anticipated the entangled nebula of dark lies, nor the never-ending wormhole the government would spiral through to silence her forever.

Mord und Verrat im Vatikan – und Gabriel Allon mittendrin! Der Papst ist tot! Gabriel Allon, legendärer Agent und inzwischen Direktor des israelischen Geheimdienstes, hält sich gerade in Venedig auf, als ihn die Nachricht erreicht. Kurze Zeit später kontaktiert ihn ein alter Freund, Luigi Donati, der Privatsekretär des verstorbenen Pontifex. Donati hegt Zweifel an der offiziellen Darstellung vom Herzinfarkt in der päpstlichen Privatkapelle.