Spy Fiction Literary

En rysk KGB-agent vill smugglas in till Sverige från Sovjet finska gränsen. Killen måste över till varje pris, säger överstebefälhavaren. Det är ett uppdrag av högsta prioritet. En väl beprövad svensk agent blir satt på uppdraget, men allt fortlöper inte riktigt som någon har tänkt sig. Flera år senare, när krutröken har lagt sig och saker har återgått till det normala, börjar det misslyckade uppdraget att spöka i den nu mycket rutinerade agentens liv.

Abel återvänder till Chicago, fortfarande ursinnig efter det ödesdigra mötet med Kane, bara för att mötas av ytterligare motgångar vid sin ankomst. Trots att han gjort sitt bästa för att förbereda sig för det oväntade är hans ansträngningar otillräckliga och han finner sig snart i en mycket prekär situation. Kane å sin sida kämpar på med sina egna problem. Företaget har gått med stora förluster och han överväger att säga upp sig. Han lär känna Kate och ber henne följa med honom till England, trots att de nyligen träffas.

Tjugoettåriga Valter Nordin vet precis vad det är han vill med sitt liv. Han ska bli polis, skydda sina medmänniskor och göra en insats för sitt land. Militärtjänsten gav honom helt enkelt mersmak. Kanske skulle han till och med kunna jobba för SÄPO? Men efter tre avslag blir Valter villrådig. Polisen vill tydligen inte ha honom, fastän han är en tvättäkta patriot. Ska han verkligen behöva lägga golv resten av livet? På jakt efter nya vägar framåt hamnar Valter i situationer som inte alls blir som han tänkt sig.

Tvillingbröderna Nat och Fletcher skiljs åt vid födseln och växer upp i två helt olika familjer, ovetandes om varandras existens. Nat växer upp med deras biologiska föräldrar under blygsamma förhållanden. Fletcher däremot växer upp som den enda sonen till en mångmiljonär och hans hustru. Fletcher och Nat möts när de båda kandiderar för rollen som guvernör i Connecticut, den ena som demokrat och den andra som republikan.

Paris Metro is the gripping story of an American journalist compelled to reexamine her convictions as terrorism threatens to engulf her family. It's 2015, and Kit is living in Paris, estranged from her Iraqi diplomat husband and raising their teenage son, Ahmed. When Charlie Hebdo is attacked and a cartoonist friend of hers is killed, and then terrorists storm the Bataclan, Kit's Parisian world is shattered. As she is drawn back into reporting, she begins to suspect that Ahmed may be running with the terrorists.

An actual event, a bomb attack on Greenwich Observatory in 1894, provided the inspiration for The Secret Agent. But Conrad offers more than a simple account of a bungled attempt at revolution. He provides an absorbing study of characters who disturb us as much as they enlist our sympathies.

A vicious murder at sea begins a series of deadly events stretching from Europe to the Middle East and Africa. International conspirators plot to send a shipment of goods to an undisclosed destination, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. A concealed world of deceit and lies is populated by an international assassin, a brutal ship's captain, criminal businessmen, rogue scientists, and ruthless government representatives.

With speculative fiction, the book focuses on the stories the writer conveys to help us understand and make a meaning out of our daily human experiences. The narrative criticism is used as a means of fundamental communication, to also provide a structure for human experience and serve as an influence for people to share common explanations. The book is addressed to people looking for a contemporary literary genre with elements of satire, along with genre fiction staples, provocative, though in order to create subversive and entertaining works.

The United States is on the brink of war. It's August, 2023, and political unrest is sweeping the nation. Banking giant Citi-Chase-Capitol-Morgan has bought out the government, the Internet is censored, and hardcore conservatives have joined the New Secession Coalition. It is a dark time for America. However, somewhere in the Mojave Desert, once voice has dared to stand up to corruption. His name is John Herald.

In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The nurse, Helen, is pregnant; she escapes, but Paris is left behind, imprisoned by rebels as war rages. A narrative of brutal power about parental bonds, forgiveness, and identity, The Colonial Hotel recasts for the 21st century the ancient story of Paris, Helen, and Oenone.

Yunus Turabi, a bus driver in Tehran, leads an unremarkable life. A solitary man, he is decidedly apolitical - even during the driver’s strike and its bloody end. But everyone has their breaking point, and Yunus has reached his. Handcuffed and blindfolded, he is taken to the infamous Evin prison for political dissidents. Inside this stark, strangely ordered world, his fate becomes entwined with Hajj Saeed, his personal interrogator. The two develop a disturbing yet interdependent relationship, with each playing his assigned role in a high stakes psychological game of cat and mouse.

The guys in the Regiment know they face their fiercest enemies when they fight the Taliban. No-one is tougher, more deadly – or more cunning. And if they enter the Taliban’s kill zone, they know just what to expect...When three deadly Stinger missiles go missing in Helmand Province, the Regiment is tasked to retrieve the weapons at all costs. SAS legend Jack Harker has to lead an eight-man mission into a suspected Taliban facility.

A young, handsome, charismatic Southern governor is elected president of the United States in a landslide. He was so popular that world leaders were scrambling to attend his inauguration. Among the attendees were the pope, the queen of England, and other royalties. He had, however, an Achilles' heel-he was a philanderer. It will not take long for his misdeeds to leak out to the media and the opposition party. While he was being investigated, the noose was getting tighter around his neck. Pressured by his wife to save his power, he decided to do the unthinkable.

Nell'esistenza di un individuo assolutamente normale irrompe l'imprevisto: uno sconosciuto sceso da una Jaguar suona alla porta di casa, chiede di fare una telefonata e viene colpito da infarto appena composto il numero. Un segno del destino? Un complotto? Una sfida? Baptiste Bordave non sta a porsi troppe domande e, ispirato anche da una vaga somiglianza con il defunto, si impadronisce dei documenti, dei soldi, della macchina e cambia vita per sempre. Romanzo d'amore? Storia di spionaggio? Manuale per estremisti dello champagne?

Mais qui guette qui ? Lorsque le narrateur découvre dans l'appartement de sa mère le manuscrit d'un polar qu'elle avait entamé, "Le guetteur", il est intrigué. Elle qui aimait le frisson, pourquoi s'est-elle coupée du monde, mise à espionner ses voisins et à tenir le compte des cigarettes fumées et des verres de vins bus ? Comment vivait cette femme fantasque et insaisissable ? Elle a vécu à Paris avec pour seul compagnon son chien Chips. Maintenant qu'elle est morte, le mystère autour d'elle s'épaissit.

When the President's mistress reveals the existence of a sex tape and demands money for her silence, it falls to the long suffering First Lady to deal with it. Unwilling to trust the Secret Service or any other federal agency, she calls on childhood friend and former lover, Dan Powers, to negotiate the deal. But with bodies quickly falling Powers soon learns nothing is as it appears and that he's been marked for death.

A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans’ mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within hours of JFK’s murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead. Suspecting he’s next, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas. When he spots a beautiful housewife and her two young daughters stranded on the side of the road, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his trail. The two strangers share the open road west - and find each other on the way.

A dazzling, compassionate and deeply moving audiobook from one of world literature's rising stars. A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Around these two superbly drawn characters, a double narrative assembles an enthralling array of people, places and stories.

Valérie Barot, spécialiste de l'art médiéval, est chargée d'acquérir un manuscrit du XVe siècle au cours d'une vente aux enchères à New York. Une transaction qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel. Et pourtant... Sur la route de Valérie s'accumulent les obstacles et les événements dramatiques, faisant planer autour de cet objet une aura de mystère. Ce livre semble être l'objet de toutes les convoitises et sème le désordre sur son passage.

Maire Anne McCartney is recruited for a one-off IRA mission as a honey trap. She is told there will be no violence. But she has been lied to. To save herself, 18-year-old Maire must flee across the border alone and start a new life. Human rights lawyer Anne-Marie Gallagher is appointed Minister of State for Security and Immigration. At the same time, the police in Belfast receive an anonymous tip-off. The password is verified from the Troubles - and the coordinates lead DCI Jon Carne to a field. And a body.