Russian Spy Thriller

Russia has learned that the theft of two Pakistani tactical nuclear missiles will be used to spark a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. And that’s a problem. Because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left it with just two friends among the world’s leading countries: China and India.

If China uses enough firepower to overwhelm Taiwan’s defenses, will what is left be worth having? China’s leader has now decided the answer is - yes. But Taiwan will only be the beginning. Once its absorption is complete, China has other ambitions. Like the return of about one million square kilometers seized from China by Russia in the 1860s.

Shanghai - 1940's - World War II - a great port and international city occupied by the Japanese Army - a fabled mecca steeped in its vast complex history and overflowing with colorful exiles and conspirators and native Chinese and foreign patriots and traitors. An exciting metropolis teeming with lethal intrigue and overrun by danger; where double-dealing and treachery was the given and taken for granted... yet where a small group of brave and courageous men and women still dared to put their lives and fortunes at risk for the cause of freedom and liberty by defying their Japanese ...

A Russian conspiracy targeting the White House and only one man can save it from falling… Henry Crowne, former rebel financier, now British Intelligence agent, infiltrates a network of ruthless international oligarchs seeking to control the White House. Their plan? To run a string of systematic cyber-attacks and blackmail high-profile political figures. The intelligence operation to defeat them takes Henry from Washington to London and Moscow. There, he navigates the perilous corridors of power, always watched by the beautiful, yet dangerous, Tatiana. When Tatiana defects to the West to ...

MI6 operative Elliot Kane has spent 15 years managing events overseas that never make the papers. He is a ghost in his own life, assuming and shedding personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when the woman he loves, another operative named Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced center stage in his own life.

Life after the State Department was supposed to be a peaceful respite for Mike Lacondeguy, but an unlikely friend and the Russian mob surfaced with other plans. In FISHING WITH TOLSTOY, the exhilarating introduction to The New Americans trilogy, ex-diplomat Mike Lacondeguy snaps out of his retirement blues and into a world of deception and betrayal. This time, the fight is on his turf. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine draws two Cold War adversaries back into the game to stop the hostilities from escalating. Mike worked with the State Department for three decades in and around Russia, while ...

“Carefully plotted…an abundance of cunning political themes…invigorating until the last page.” –The BookLife Prize Cold War espionage is raging. A Russian bomber crashes on a frozen Alaska lake. The lone survivor, Anton, has flown the mission to free his wife from a political gulag, even though he knows in his heart that she is already dead. Ellen, the widow of a falsely discredited US Intelligence officer rescues him. Their common story of betrayal sparks a passion that each felt was forever lost. THE OPPOSITE OF TRUST is the perfect title for a cold war thriller that pits east ...

It's an election, like any other... Except that to lose means death. The Games have been destroyed, but lurking in the shadows is a movement even more sinister. A new power is rising, outside the reach of even the Kremlin. Enter the world of The Machine.. MI6's Alex and Anissa are getting closer, but their unsolved case list is growing. Tensions start to rise for the British agents who have got so far in their pursuit of the oligarchs behind it all. The upcoming Russian vote is proving to be the tightest contest in modern history — only one man can win, yet no one is backing down. For ...

The Friends. The Foes. The Threats. All worlds collide in this gripping series finale! Russia stands on the brink of a new era—their President riding high in popularity, and this no longer merely in her own nation. As political and economic worlds zone in on Rome, host of a significant conference, so do the Russian President’s enemies. Her first international trip makes her more vulnerable than ever. Yet she’s ready for them. Even British MI6 have been tasked with keeping her alive, for now. Will they see this through? Can the President trust anyone? From the International Bestselling...

When a justice of the Supreme Court is killed by the police officer assigned to protect him, the country is shocked. Hayley Chill’s superiors suspect the assassination is part of a major conspiracy. In Maui, where one member of the Supreme Court owns a vacation home, a busload of children is taken hostage with the justice’s death as ransom. Together with a deputy US marshal, Hayley embarks on the monumental task of rescuing the children while also protecting the justice.

China’s President faces many problems. Some, like conflict at the Indian border and in the South China Sea he created for himself. Others, like pending disasters at the Three Gorges Dam and China’s oldest nuclear plant, just happened. But the biggest threat to Communist rule is revolutionaries with Internet access through American satellites. Access that lets them spread propaganda, organize free of government surveillance, and launch cyberattacks. Four deniable Russian agents will travel to America to stop that threat.

This book is a timely reminder of the importance of telling our own story. This book highlights how important it is to tell our own stories. Starting during WWII on ships to Russia, it tells a story about war and faith that turns into a promise to serve God in the cold North Sea. "Above and Beyond" is a biographical tale that encourages regular people to value and write about their lives. The tales from the past can influence the future, but it makes us think: What is the real truth behind these stories?

Alexandra LaDuca is smart, tough, and cool under fire. But when she travels to Cairo to investigate a former mentor who was believed to be dead, Alex is caught in a bizarre game of double cross, and her life is more perilously on the line than ever.

From the winner of THE ARNOLD BENNETT INTERNATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2022 A death in the family and an unremarkable house burglary suddenly catapult Taylor and Harding outside their comfort zone and into the murky world of the Security Services. The interest of MI5 and connections to a horrible death thirteen years earlier take the two detectives on a bizarre journey to an unknown destination with a frightful history. A risk-taking journalist uses criminal methods to try to get to the big story first, but has no idea exactly what he is getting into or of the dreadful consequences of his actions. ...

Would you kill in order to win? The Games reach their climax—for some it's a way to stay in power, for others it's just one more thing to be destroyed. With the Russian Presidential vote just a year away, the challengers need to make their move. The world will soon know who they are, as will the President—secrecy can only hide them for a little while longer. An international lender calls in a huge bailout loan, destroying an entire Banking Union in the process. A man is gunned down in the streets of St Petersburg, his crime being he spoke to the wrong people. And a high-ranking ...

Life isn't fair... and neither is death. Billionaires don't easily fall — and they'll do whatever it takes to hold on to their power. With the Games nearing their ten-year celebration, things are in place for one massive Hunt. To win means millions in prize money... ...But to lose means death. For fans of spy novels and thrillers, Alex and Anissa are back in another nonstop fast-paced adventure thriller, perfect for the armchair traveler.#1 International Crime Thriller author. What readers are saying: "Clever. Fun and enlightening, this tale continues deeper into the machinations of ...

One prison, one agent, one ultimate test of determination. Trapped in the depths of Russia's most impenetrable fortress, Alex, a captured MI6 agent, clings to hope amidst the despair of his forgotten existence. As the clock ticks down on his survival, MI6 races against time to uncover his location and mount a daring rescue mission. But he's an inmate who doesn't officially exist. And no one's ever escaped the Black Dolphin. With the threat of discovery looming, will they reach him before it's too late? Can they succeed in rescuing him, or will the Russian President's wrath seal his fate ...

Assigned to the CIA's survivalist school in the Appalachians, Sasha Kopytina intercepts a short wave radio transmission from a long-dormant Russian sleeper agent, a spy ring headed up by her father. They went off the grid after the Berlin Wall fell twenty-five years ago. A quick phone call to her half-brother, Sam Mulchay, in the CIA's Black Ops, and he appears on the scene under the guise of FBI Special Agent Adam Brookfield. Sam arrives in the dusty, hot small town of Brownville, Alabama, to investigate and quickly finds himself caught up in the spiraling mystery of the disappearance of ...

“So believable it could be a journalistic exposé.” A new leader. Many old dangers. One true Menace. The dust settles on an election result. A new era beckons. Many want to stop him, but is anyone foolish enough to try? The deadliest sniper in modern Russian history, an IRA monster long thought dead, is playing games. Three MI6 agents are taking matters into their own hands, but will it be enough? The Russian President has his fingers everywhere—building, planning, waiting. ...But what becomes of the ousted President—leave him alone, or make sure he can never return? From the Best-...

“High-paced, riveting and incredibly satisfying.” An uncontrollable president. Three unflinching agents. One epic finale. The threat is not the foreign invader, but the danger within. Now they need silencing. Who dares stop him? Nations, governments and individuals. The president has a secret which he'll use to threaten meltdown on all fronts. And what of the British and MI6? Operating within the law is no longer their only option. Yet, a greater threat remains; watching, waiting—ready to pounce! From the bestselling author of twenty-four titles, including The Tablet, comes the sixth ...