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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
26 ratingsDan Brown's mega-bestseller is now available for a new generation of readers. This young adult adaptation takes readers from Paris to London on a breathless tour of famous landmarks and will remind fans everywhere why the New York Times calls The Da Vinci Code blockbuster perfection."The greatest conspiracy of the past two thousand years is about to unravel... -
![Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea by Dirk Cussler]()
Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea by Dirk Cussler
18 ratingsAnother fabulous read featuring heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordano from the most beloved series from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure Clive Cussler.The next adventure featuring NUMA Director Dirk Pitt... -
![Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell]()
Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
18 ratingsTen years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way...Categorized as:
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![It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay]()
It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay
10 ratingsHonorable Mention in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award Historical Fiction Category2021 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2021 Finalist Wishing Shelf Book AwardRiveting Southern Fiction by the award-winning author of When We Were Brave. ~Set in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden... -
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![Execution by S.J. Parris]()
Execution by S.J. Parris
14 ratingsThe sixth Tudor thriller featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom.England, 1586.A TREASONOUS CONSPIRACYGiordano Bruno returns to England to bring shocking new intelligence to Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place... -
![The Novels: The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth]()
The Novels: The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
6 ratingsComplete and unabridged... -
![Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon]()
Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
16 ratingsThe world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon... -
![Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison]()
Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
18 ratingsHired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters... -
![The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison]()
The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
18 ratingsThe new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts...Categorized as:
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![Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter]()
Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter
18 ratingsThe Year is 1951. A smooth-talking Chicago lawyer has come to chat with Sam Vincent, a former prosecutor, about a dangerous unknown - a prison for violent black convicts in Thebes, Mississippi, a place of many questions but no answers... -
![Conspiracy of Lies by Kathryn Gauci]()
Conspiracy of Lies by Kathryn Gauci
6 ratingsFrom the author of The Embroiderer comes a powerful account of one woman's struggle to balance her duty to her country and a love she knows will ultimately end in tragedy. 1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for England. Two years later she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive and sent back into occupied France to work alongside the Resistance... -
![The Enterprise of England by Ann Swinfen]()
The Enterprise of England by Ann Swinfen
8 ratingsFacing the threat of King Philip's Enterprise of England - Spanish invasion and annexation of the country - Sir Francis Walsingham's secret service spreads a network of agents across Europe... -
![Deception in Emeralds by Laura Landon]()
Deception in Emeralds by Laura Landon
8 ratingsBARNABY LINSCOTT, under orders from the Crown, must apprehend or kill one of England’s most elusive villains. The means to accomplish his mission are anything but clear, but his mind is resolved. The man has already murdered three government agents, and Barnaby vows he will not be the fourth, though he has little to lose...Categorized as:
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![The Crusader's Cross by Scott Mariani]()
The Crusader's Cross by Scott Mariani
10 ratingsTHEY THOUGHT HE WAS AN EASY TARGET.THEY THOUGHT WRONG.It’s a snowy, peaceful Christmas at Le Val, the rural haven that is home to ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope and his associates. With most of the team away for the festive holiday, Ben, recovering from an accident, is one of the skeleton crew guarding the compound... -
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![The Tesla Legacy by Rebecca Cantrell]()
The Tesla Legacy by Rebecca Cantrell
12 ratingsIn this sequel to the award-winning The World Beneath, software genius, Joe Tesla, confronts an equally brilliant and far more powerful foe.Still crippled by agoraphobia and confined to the tunnels under New York City, Joe is haunted by the fact that he cannot even attend his father's funeral...Categorized as:
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![Mirage by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul]()
Mirage by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
18 ratingsThe extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the grand master of adventure. In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax—but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren’t so sure... -
![The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown]()
The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
18 ratingsEverywhere, the waters are rising--and that is just the beginning of the world's peril, unless the NUMA crew can beat the clock. The thrilling new NUMA Files novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure... -
![State of Emergency by Marc Cameron]()
State of Emergency by Marc Cameron
18 ratingsCountdown To ArmageddonTwo agents, Russian and American, are brutally murdered. College students, working as drug mules, die gruesome deaths from radiation poisoning. Powerful dirty bombs explode minutes apart in San Francisco and St. Petersburg, Russia--slaughtering citizens and spreading blind panic throughout the world. But this is only a warning. The next attack will be nuclear... -
![Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler]()
Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
20 ratingsAn ancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and his colleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction's most beloved series.The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack from tomb raiders on an archeological site along the Nile...Categorized as:
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![Invitation to Valhalla by Mike Whicker]()
Invitation to Valhalla by Mike Whicker
6 ratingsErika Lehmann. She is the Nazis' top spy. Code-named Lorelei, she is the English speaking daughter of Hitler's old comrade and a member of the Fuhrer's inner circle. She is beautiful, athletic, and clever--the epitome of Aryan womanhood. She'll stop at nothing to accomplish her mission, including masquerading as a Jew. Joe Mayer... -
![Out of Time by Shirlee McCoy]()
Out of Time by Shirlee McCoy
6 ratingsSomeone plans to disrupt the 175th anniversary celebration of the Battle of the Alamoand it's Alamo Ranger Susannah Jorgenson's job to stop the culprit. But that means partnering with Levi McDonall, who skipped town years ago with her heart. Levi's now a Texas Ranger, sworn to protect her at any cost, but Susannah knows she'll pay the price if she falls for him again... -
![A Dangerous Scheme by Laura Beers]()
A Dangerous Scheme by Laura Beers
6 ratingsIs it possible for love to persist if it was built on a lie? Mr. Guy Stewart, now an agent of the Crown, has been sent to determine if an illegal labor union has formed in the town of Anmore. It is a simple enough assignment, but nothing seems to go as planned when he arrives, and he quickly learns that one wrong move can lead to his death... -
![Chasing Elizabeth by Jennifer Joy]()
Chasing Elizabeth by Jennifer Joy
8 ratingsShe shows him the meaning of home.He gives her the adventure of a lifetime.Elizabeth Bennet longs for a break from the confines of Longbourn. Her morning rides with her best friend at Lucas Lodge are her only relief from the endless tedium of a lady’s never-changing routine...Categorized as:
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![The Heretic's Mark by S.W. Perry]()
The Heretic's Mark by S.W. Perry
10 ratingsThe Elizabethan world is in flux. Radical new ideas are challenging the old. But the quest for knowledge can lead down dangerous paths. London, 1594. The Queen's physician has been executed for treason, and conspiracy theories flood the streets... -
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![The Valhalla Prophecy by Andy McDermott]()
The Valhalla Prophecy by Andy McDermott
14 ratingsNina and Eddie have been thinking about taking a break to start a family. The IHA has nothing major going on at the moment and Nina has been offered a large advance to write a book-it might be the perfect time for a sabbatical. But those dreams are quickly dashed when the new U.N...Categorized as:
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![Winter Work: A novel by Dan Fesperman]()
Winter Work: A novel by Dan Fesperman
14 ratingsAn exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets up for grabs just after the fall of the Berlin Wall--from the acclaimed author of The Cover Wife On a chilly early morning walk on the wooded outskirts of Berlin, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbor, a fellow Stasi officer named Lothar, with a gunshot wound to the temple and a pistol in his right hand...Categorized as:
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![Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra]()
Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra
16 ratingsLove. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption... -
![The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul]()
The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
18 ratings*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW*The Titanic's greatest secret is finally revealed . . .When Dirk Pitt raised the Titanic in search of a rare and valuable element he never learned the disturbing true story of its origins. But upon receiving secret testimony from private detective Isaac Bell he's taken back to the year 1911 and a tragedy at Colorado's Little Angel Mine... -
![The 6th Extinction by James Rollins]()
The 6th Extinction by James Rollins
24 ratingsIn a masterful epic of timeless mystery and ripped-from-the-headlines scientific intrigue, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes mankind to its endpoint, to a fate written in rock and ice in an event known as The Sixth Extinction. A remote military research station broadcasts a frantic distress call that ends with a chilling message: Kill us all... -
![The Blooding by James McGee]()
The Blooding by James McGee
6 ratingsHawkwood finds himself behind enemy lines in America during the war of 1812—for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Patrick O'Brien1812: Matthew Hawkwood, soldier turned spy, is stranded behind enemy lines, in America, a country at war with Britain... -
![Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner]()
Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner
6 ratings"On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book...Categorized as:
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![The Detective's Secret Daughter by Rachelle McCalla]()
The Detective's Secret Daughter by Rachelle McCalla
6 ratingsIt's been ten years since Victoria Evans left Owen Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Bay behind. Now she's returned, looking for a safe place for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. A daughter who bears a striking resemblance to Owen. Why would Victoria keep their child a secret? Owen wants answers, but has to focus on the murder that's rocked Fitzgerald Bay... -
![A Shameless Angel by Elizabeth Cole]()
A Shameless Angel by Elizabeth Cole
6 ratingsA courageous codebreaker, a gentleman with a score to settle, and a past that refuses to stay hidden… Sarah Brecknell has always had an unusual obsession with numbers. After the unfortunate death of her fiancé, she’s lost her place in society, and her gift has left her alone with a dangerous secret. Sarah must turn to a complete stranger for help—a secret agent in service to the Crown...Categorized as:
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![Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory]()
Midnight Flit by Elin Gregory
6 ratingsMiles Siward and Briers Allerdale return for another thrilling Jazz Age adventure.“Silk stockings on expenses.” Miles’s aristocratic mother has information of importance to the British Government and he must escort her home from Bucharest immediately, but their plans go violently awry and Miles and Lady Siward find themselves on a train to Belgrade - where Miles’s lover is posted... -
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![The Impossible Virgin by Peter O'Donnell]()
The Impossible Virgin by Peter O'Donnell
8 ratings* THE FIFTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES *'The finest escapist thrillers ever written' THE TIMES'Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise' OBSERVERMischa Novikov had never even considered defecting from Russia until one day when his analysis of a satellite picture of central Africa revealed an almost inaccessible valley... -
![Dark Ruby by Laura Landon]()
Dark Ruby by Laura Landon
8 ratingsTo escape the memory of a horrific kidnapping that he barely survived, Alexander Linscott, Marquess of Halverston, flees to one of his country estates determined to master his demons. But when Mrs. Daisy Moore arrives on his doorstep applying for the position of housekeeper, he knows his life has taken an unexpected turn. She is clearly not who she pretends to be... -
![Blacklist Aftermath by Peter Telep, Tom Clancy]()
Blacklist Aftermath by Peter Telep, Tom Clancy
10 ratingsSam Fisher must save one man’s life to save his own country. Eccentric billionaire Igor Kasperov owns one of the most influential and successful anti-virus software companies in the world. But when the Kremlin orders him to unleash a catastrophic computer virus against the United States, he is forced to flee for his life... -
![Daddy by Loup Durand]()
Daddy by Loup Durand
10 ratingsWho has the key to a $350 million fortune the Nazis have sent their most brilliant operative to find? Thomas, an 11-year old boy with the mind of a genius, the cunning of a fox, and the chance of a snowball in Hell to escape...unless he is helped by one man. An American who doesn't even know he exists. A man he calls Daddy...Categorized as:
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![When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt]()
When a Rogue Loves a Woman by Samantha Holt
10 ratingsNotorious rogue, Lord Nathaniel Kingsley always tended to leap without thinking. Becoming a smuggler, adopting a sheep, getting engaged to Miss Patience Grey…. Patience has no need for a fiancé, or a husband. For once in her life, she wants to prove she’s just as good as a man and she does not need Nathaniel Kingsley getting in her way...Categorized as:
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![The Queen’s Spy by Clare Marchant]()
The Queen’s Spy by Clare Marchant
10 ratings1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere...Categorized as:
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![The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos]()
The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
10 ratingsIn the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck…Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places...Categorized as:
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![An Indecent Invitation by Laura Trentham]()
An Indecent Invitation by Laura Trentham
12 ratingsKeeping her safe is difficult, keeping a proper distance from her is downright impossible. Lady Lily Drummond understands only too well the danger of spy work. Her father, a preeminent master spy, has been missing for months, and her brother barely survived his final mission for the Crown...Categorized as:
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![The Medusa Stone by Jack Du Brul]()
The Medusa Stone by Jack Du Brul
14 ratingsIn the tiny African nation of Eritrea, the American spy satellite Medusa has crashed but not before its sensors revealed an underground kimberlite pipeline, the telltale sign of a huge load of diamonds. The mine turns out to be King Solomon's Lost Mine, but with it is a tale of heartbreak---it was children who worked and died in the mine for 400 years, leading to many local myths of curses... -
![The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman]()
The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman
14 ratings“They’re going to kill me soon…”When the quiet and shy Amelia Jones reads these words, her life changes irrevocably. She’s just become the new owner of the Ebbtide Shop, a musty antique store filled with merry-go-round horses and hurdy-gurdies, and it is while fixing one of these barrel organs that the scrawled and threatening note falls out...Categorized as:
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![Prince by Rory Clements]()
Prince by Rory Clements
14 ratingsEngland, 1593. Plague rages, famine is rife, and the city is in revolt. From this bedlam rises the sharpest of sleuths: a man named John Shakespeare.Shakespeare’s brother investigates a series of murders rocking Elizabethan London. He follows the clues, which lead him from horseraces to brothels to an explosive encounter at sea... -
![Revenger by Rory Clements]()
Revenger by Rory Clements
14 ratings1592. England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The death of her trusted spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has left Queen Elizabeth vulnerable. Conspiracies multiply... -
![Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor by Dick Couch, George Galdorisi]()
Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor by Dick Couch, George Galdorisi
16 ratingsThe Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for more than a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon from SEAL Team Seven has been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America — an easy day.But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday... -
![The Darkest Day by Tom Wood]()
The Darkest Day by Tom Wood
16 ratingsHe is darkness. She wants him dead. In a city starved of light, she might just succeed.She moves like a shadow; she kills silently: Raven. This elegant assassin has been on the run for years. This time though, she has picked the wrong target.The hitman known only as 'Victor' is as paranoid as he is merciless, and is no stranger to being hunted...Categorized as:
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![Seven Days by Deon Meyer]()
Seven Days by Deon Meyer
16 ratings"I'll shoot one policeman every day, until you arrest the murderer of Hanneke Sloet," says the e-mail to the South African Police Services. And then the sniper turns threat into reality.Bennie Griessel has to reopen the Sloet dossier. The case is 40 days old, the trail has gone cold... -
![Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White]()
Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White
16 ratingsDoc Ford faces his greatest challenge ever, in the stunning new novel by the New York Times-bestselling writer. Book after book, Randy Wayne White's audience and critical acclaim continue to grow...
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