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Charlie Cooper is tasked with a mission unlike any other: assess whether Kristof Dalrymple, a powerful British arms dealer, is secretly working for the Russians—and eliminate him if necessary. But when Dalrymple ends up dead and all the evidence points to Cooper, he finds himself framed for a crime he didn’t commit.

John Milton has a nose for trouble. He can smell it a mile away. And when he witnesses a suspicious altercation between a young man and two thugs in a car auction parking lot, he can’t resist getting involved. Milton came to Kansas City hoping to find a way out of danger. His recent vendetta against a cartel hitman who killed his friend has made him enemies in high places. Now he needs to find the only man who can get him out of this mess. 

On the run from his own demons, John Milton treks through the Michigan wilderness into the town of Truth. He’s not looking for trouble, but trouble's looking for him. He finds himself up against a small-town cop who has no idea with whom he is dealing, and no idea how dangerous he is. But Milton is double crossed and badly injured. Unarmed and alone, he flees into the remote Porcupine Mountains with a posse on his tail. His enemies thought they could hunt him down. That was a mistake and, where Milton is concerned, one mistake is all you get.

Is John Milton on the path to redemption or the road to revenge? John Milton has done some bad things in his life. Very bad things. Now he’s looking for ways to make amends. But trouble always seems to be looking for him. Heading from San Francisco to Las Vegas, Milton’s solo road trip takes an unexpected turn when he picks up Jessica Russo, a young woman in distress at the side of the road. She urgently needs a ride and he’s happy to help her out. But what starts out as a simple favour quickly becomes something more sinister....

John Milton's life is about to change. The former government assassin follows a lead to Manila that he hopes will transform everything. But things don't go to plan. He never expected to wake up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a dead body. And, unfortunately for him, Milton doesn't remember a thing about the night before.... Thrown into a gruesome Filipino prison, he puts together the clues of his betrayal. With no allies and even less hope, Milton must use his wits to escape and take revenge....

Nine months ago, Beatrix Rose had her family brutally taken from her. Now all that matters is getting her daughter back. And Beatrix is no ordinary mother - she’s a skilled assassin who will do whatever it takes to find her child. Danny Nakamura deserted his post in Vietnam and disappeared into Hong Kong’s Walled City, vowing never to go home again. Decades later, his health failing, he’s suddenly found a reason to return to LA: the discovery of a daughter he never knew he had. But getting home won’t be easy....

After escaping an assassination attempt in Iceland, former operative turned Russian asset NORTH STAR disappears without a trace. Burdened by guilt and driven by vengeance, Control orders Cooper to track him down and neutralise the threat. The hunt leads to Cyprus, where NORTH STAR has fortified his retreat into an impenetrable stronghold. With time running out, Cooper and Control resort to unconventional methods to breach his defences and exploit his vulnerabilities.

Group Fifteen operative and ex-MI6 officer Charlie Cooper is working undercover as a political negotiator. Attending a conference surrounded by diplomats, businessmen and lobbyists, nobody would suspect what he really does for a living. Also in their midst is Aisha, a Saudi activist whose protests against human rights abuses have made her an enemy of her country's regime.

An Underground carriage in London is destroyed by a suicide bomber. The injured and the dead litter the platform. But as a crowd forms at street level, Michael Pope knows that this is only the beginning. Pope, head of top-secret Group Fifteen, is tasked with finding the perpetrators of this atrocity and bringing them to justice, any way he can. He knows that the answers to many of his questions will lie at the end of the money trail, but he also knows that whoever funded and organised the attack will kill again for their freedom.

Charlie Cooper, a member of the covert Group Fifteen, travels to Israel to find his estranged half-brother, Freddy, who has mysteriously disappeared. Freddy's ties to NetGuardian, a cybersecurity firm implicated in dubious activities, propel Cooper into a dangerous web of corporate espionage, state-of-the-art surveillance technology, and the ruthless world of intelligence.

Things in Southwold get off to a bad start! Max has to do extra lessons while Charlie has been roped into helping with the decorating. Meanwhile Lucy loses an important race to a new girl in her school, Miranda Fitchwitherington, who seems to enjoy being as mean as possible to Lucy and the rest of the gang. And there is more bad news–when the gang meet Captain Tom, walking his own dog, Pugly, he tells them about an outbreak of pet thefts in the area.

When Group Fifteen assassin Charlie Cooper is ordered to eliminate a rogue Chinese scientist, he’s thrust into a deadly game that stretches from the backstreets of London to the glittering towers of Singapore. The target, Dr. Zhang, holds the key to a breakthrough in genetic engineering that could change the balance of global power. But Cooper isn’t the only one hunting him. Also in pursuit is Vanessa, a former agent and Cooper’s old flame, now working for a ruthless biotech corporation willing to kill for Zhang’s research.

Beatrix Rose is looking for her daughter, Isabella. The Triad overlord Michael Yeung knows where she is but he needs her to do a small job first. Beatrix is sent to the jungles of Venezuela and an illegal goldmine run by the loathsome Aurelio Rincon. The task seems easy enough – find a local bandit who has been wreaking havoc at the mine and kill him. But there is a sinister secret hidden deep within the jungle and Beatrix quickly finds herself at war with a private army as she is caught between corrupt government officials and local rebels who believe she has been sent to save them.

John Milton hasn't seen Elijah Warriner for three years. The last time they met, Milton's efforts to keep the boy safe didn't go exactly to plan. Now Elijah is a promising boxer, preparing for the bout that will take him to the big time. Milton decides that he will spend the week before Christmas in London so that he can watch the fight. But Elijah's burgeoning fame has brought him to the attention of old acquaintances with long memories and grudges to bear.

Beatrix has returned from Somalia with a fresh target in her sights. Bryan Duffy is in Iraq, surrounded by mercenaries, with no easy way to get to him and no easy way to get out. Will Duffy prove to be a challenge too far?

Delve into the clandestine world of Group 15, the covert organization also featured in the acclaimed John Milton series. Charlie Cooper, an elite Group Fifteen agent, faces a complex mission: eliminate Igor Sidorov, a security-obsessed Russian oligarch implicated in international subterfuge. The only avenue to reach the paranoid Sidorov? Through Crispin Fairweather, the owner of a small yet influential reputation management firm.

Isabella Rose lives a quiet life in Marrakech, hiding a dark secret: she pays the bills by accepting wet work for an unknown broker. Her one solace is the time she spends at a local orphanage that offers a haven to children who have lost everything. When a powerful and corrupt general sets his sights on acquiring the orphanage's land, Isabella finds her two worlds colliding. Brutal tactics escalate, culminating in a devastating fire that forces Isabella to risk everything to save the children she's grown to love.

Er hat einen Job als Taxifahrer in den Straßen von San Francisco. Er lebt anonym und zurückgezogen. Aber als ein Mädchen, das er zu einer Party fährt, verschwindet, macht Milton sich Sorgen, erst recht, als dann zwei Leichen gefunden werden und die Polizei ihn als ihren Hauptverdächtigen behandelt. Milton ist auf der Flucht vor dem britischen Geheimdienst, und ein Mann in seiner Lage kann zusätzliche Aufmerksamkeit nicht gebrauchen. Unerfreuliche Geheimnisse dringen an die Öffentlichkeit, und die Zahl der Leichen wächst.

When MI6 assassin Charlie Cooper is ordered to take a leave of absence, he uses the time to settle a personal score. A former ally sold him out to the Chinese in Singapore. In London, he tracks her routine, finds her weakness, and sets the trap. But the explosion that should have killed her...

Bryan Duffy ist Zeuge X, ein Agent der Regierung und in einen landesweiten Skandal verstrickt, weswegen er nach Spanien verbannt wurde, bis die Angelegenheit geregelt ist. Doch als nordkoreanische Attentäter eine augenscheinlich unschuldige Frau mitten in einer Londoner Straße angreifen, wird Duffy zurückbeordert. Er soll die Angreifer finden und zur Strecke bringen. Warum wurde die Frau das Opfer eines so grausigen Angriffs? Duffy ermittelt und wird bald in einen Strudel aus Action und Gewalt hineingezogen, in dem ihm seine ganz besonderen Fähigkeiten sehr zugute kommen.