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There’s nothing surprising about the body. The wounds are precise, their meaning clear. The Washington, DC, cops have seen enough like them to know that they mean a mob hit. And when mobsters kill their own, there’s not much the police can do about it. They’re prepared to dismiss the case when someone looks at the dead man’s ID. He was Russian - and a diplomat. William Cowley, the head of the FBI’s Russian office, takes on the case.

After a trumped-up trial, Charlie Muffin lands in jail for treason - ready to learn the secrets of his fellow inmate, a convicted British traitor. Nobody expected KGB agents to stage a prison break to free their man. Charlie faces another choice: go to Moscow to complete his assignment or face 40 long years in prison. It doesn’t take him long to decide. Charlie doesn’t have the full picture, of course, which is the way of espionage. But Charlie doesn’t regret his Iron Curtain escape, as it leads him to Natalia Fedova, the KGB interrogator assigned to determine if his defection is genuine or staged.

Adrian Dodds is a man without hobbies, friends, or family, who works a very peculiar job. Though he looks like a pencil pusher, he is a British counter-intelligence agent. In his own quiet, bureaucratic way, Dodds is vital to the security of the United Kingdom. His latest assignment is debriefing Viktor Pavel, a Soviet aeronautics genius who escapes his handlers to become the Cold War’s most high-profile defector.

Tief in der sibirischen Wildnis. Eine Frau ist auf der Flucht. Gejagt von einem Irren, davon besessen, sie zu töten. Eine halbe Welt entfernt in Montana erholt sich der frühere Navy-SEAL James Reece von seiner Gehirnoperation. Zusammen mit der Enthüllungsjournalistin Katie Buranek und seinem früheren Teamkollegen Raife Hastings gerät er zwischen die Fronten eines tödlichen Katz-und-Maus-Spiels.

James Bond recibe la orden de investigar el oscuro pasado de Dexter Smithe, un comandante de la Marina Británica retirado, que vive en Jamaica entregado a su pasión: la pesca submarina. Algo dramático y cuyas consecuencias aún permanecen vivas ocurrió durante la segunda guerra mundial. 007 tendrá que ingeniárselas para extraerle toda la información y no perder su propia vida.

Charlie Muffin is back at rock bottom. The ex-spy has had a rough few years since British intelligence first turned on him and forced him to go into hiding. He’s drinking again, forgetting things - getting soft. He hasn’t even noticed the tap on his phone. Though Charlie doesn’t know it yet, the walls are closing in again. He takes a job for his only friend, Rupert Willoughby, who sends Charlie to Rome to check the security system for some valuable jewels. Charlie has chosen the wrong time to visit the Eternal City. There’s a mole in the British embassy there, and the agents of the East and West are homing in fast.

9/11 war erst der Anfang! 20 Jahre nach dem Attentat auf das World Trade Center bereiten sich die Feinde Amerikas auf ihren nächsten Vernichtungsschlag vor: Eine heimtückische Biowaffe soll den kompletten Kontinent entvölkern. Das Perfide an dem Plan: Der unerfahrene neue Präsident der USA soll persönlich den Befehl für die Tötung seiner Landsleute geben. Die Gegner lauern nicht irgendwo auf der Welt, sondern im eigenen Land. Der frühere Navy-SEAL James Reece muss sich ihnen in den Weg stellen.

Their mission was to kill bin Laden. They wound up saving the world. Assembled by mysterious superspy Bobby Murphy, trained by the best and ignoring the generals and the politicians, the Superhawks become America's ruthless answer to the post-9/11 reality.

While recuperating on the tranquil island of St. Lucia, Bear's world is turned upside down when he is framed for murder. A nemesis returns offering immunity...so long as Bear does a job. Get in. Get the package. Get out. Easy as that. But nothing is ever that simple for Bear, and he soon finds himself in the center of a web of corruption and deceit as the operation threatens to suffocate him.

The unthinkable has happened. A life has been extinguished - one belonging to someone Jonathan Quinn and his partner Nate care about more than almost anyone else in the world. Those responsible will pay. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far and wide the search, Quinn, Nate, and their colleagues will stop at nothing to exact the appropriate justice. Because if there is one thing those in the shadow world should know, you do not mess with Quinn's people.

Even those who make bodies disappear for a living need a vacation. To Quinn and Orlando, the offer of a private villa on a quiet island beach sounds like heaven, and they jump at the chance for some family time with their six-month-old daughter and Orlando's teenage son. At first it seems as though their holiday will be even better than they'd hoped. The water is warm, the house is beautiful, and the view is spectacular. But when revenge is in the air, things have a way of going sideways.

Auric Goldfinger: grausam, schlau, frustrierend vorsichtig. Er betrügt beim Canasta und ist ein Gauner im großen Stil, der auch im alltäglichen Leben ständig krumme Dinger dreht. Er ist die Art von Mann, die James Bond hasst. Daher ist es ein Glück für Bond, dass er im Auftrag der Bank von England und des MI5 herausfinden soll, was der reichste Mann des Landes mit seinem unrechtmäßig erworbenen Vermögen vorhat – und in welcher Verbindung er zu SMERSCH steht, dem gefürchteten sowjetischen Korps, das Jagd auf Spione macht.

Ex-CIA-Killer Court Gentry weiß, wie man unter dem Radar fliegt und zu einem Schatten wird. Den Gray Man erwischt keiner. Als Gentry sich an einem früheren Auftraggeber rächen will, ist ihm plötzlich ein Feind von unbekanntem Kaliber auf der Fährte. Ein Killer, der ihm sehr ähnlich ist. Der weiß, wie der Gray Man denkt, wohin er gehen wird und wie er tötet. Russell Whitlock alias Dead Eye arbeitet im Auftrag einer skrupellosen Institution mit mächtigen Verbündeten. Ihr Auftrag: den Gray Man endlich erledigen.

Penn Cage, der Bürgermeister von Natchez, und seine Verlobte, die Chefredakteurin Caitlin Masters, sind einem Anschlag entkommen, hinter dem die Doppeladler stecken, eine rassistische Organisation, die seit den sechziger Jahren ihr Unwesen treibt. Aber die Gefahr ist keineswegs gebannt: Ausgerechnet der Chef der State Police, Forrest Knox, ist der wahre Kopf der Doppeladler. Er will verhindern, dass Penn Beweise für die Morde vorbringt, die die Doppeladler begangen haben. Doch Penn hat eine Spur, um die Toten zu finden. Sie führt in die Sümpfe des Mississippi River, zu einem geheimnisvollen Ort, an dem der Knochenbaum steht.

A new thriller from the master of suspense - When stuntman Noah Flynn finds a strange medallion with what appear to be ancient cuneiform markings, little does he suspect there will be disastrous consequences for those around him. When the Arabic would-be assassin of aid agency diplomat Adeola Davis turns out to have been wearing a similar medallion, she and Noah join together to discover what this can all mean, as the death toll continues to rise...

It’s been nine years since Quinn last worked with Mariko. That fateful job left him with a permanent sense of guilt, and her with a life forever changed. Now, their paths have crossed again. Not in a way Quinn would have hoped for, but at least in one that might allow him to make partial amends. To accomplish this, he will have to risk his career by ignoring the strict orders he’s been given. But a cleaner’s got to do what a cleaner’s got to do.

Ananke thought her week couldn't get worse, but as she hunts for the man who screwed up her previous job, things really go sideways. Turns out, she's not the only one having problems. Rosario can acquire anything for anyone, but can she obtain freedom for herself when her latest assignment goes awry? Dylan's sure his new gig will be a walk in the park - or rather, a drive, given that he's a courier. Unfortunately, the road is a bit bumpier than he expected.

Jonathan Quinn is the best at what he does: making bodies disappear. Within the espionage world, his reputation is impeccable. There was a time, though, when that reputation was still being built under his mentor, Durrie. A time when the very man who had taught Quinn all he knew could have derailed the young cleaner’s future. Fifteen years ago, Quinn was offered a job. On the surface, a straightforward mission to stop a terrorist. But the client gave Quinn the additional task of taking on Durrie as his number two, as a last chance for the veteran agent to be rehabilitated.

The world thought Dmitri Melnikov was dead. Especially Quinn. Why would he have believed otherwise, since the bomb intended for Melnikov had nearly killed Quinn and several members of his team? But Melnikov is not dead. He has been taken by someone who wants to shut him up. And the former chess champion isn’t the only one who has been abducted.

Quand 007 se rend à Harlem, ce n'est pas seulement pour le jazz. C'est le royaume de M. Big, maître du crime, baron du vaudou et le partenaire de la sinistre compagnie de la mort SMERSH. Ceux que M. Big ne peut posséder, il les écrase—comme sa belle prisonnière, Solitaire, et ses sauveurs potentiels, James Bond et l'homme de l'Agence, Felix Leiter. Tous trois sont les victimes d'un parcours de terreur, de trahison et de torture qui emmène des bas-fonds de New York à l'île du soleil infestée de requins que M. Big appelle les siens.