Government Mysteries

Who Shot Ahmed? recounts the murder of a 22-year-old videographer, killed in cold blood in the dead of night at the height of Bahrain’s Arab Spring revolution. On a small island Kingdom swirling with political, economic, and sectarian tensions, Ahmed’s murder epitomized everything that had gone wrong since 2011, when pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in droves. Drawing on dozens of testimonies, journalist Elizabeth Dickinson traces the tale of Ahmed’s death and his family’s fearless quest for justice.

They took away our history. But they can’t steal our souls. I'm Ellan Weis, a teen kickboxer. Something happens to me, where I can sense disaster. Before it happens. I live in a world where everyone has a com chip in their wrist...where the only truth of the past cataclysm lies in darkweb. The schools are rough, bullies walk the halls, gangs work the streets. My mother’s a key player in rolling out the new haloband, a smart-VR headgear technology at Starcom. My brother’s a hacker working at the same company. A conspiracy is among us. Something to do with the haloband. My family is in ...

The follow-up book to Bad Jack. Jack has found himself thrust into hell by the conniving Lucifer. When he finally finds a way out, he seeks revenge against the fallen angel who betrayed him. Hell has changed him, physically and mentally, but will it be enough to destroy the mightiest creature God ever created?

It's a beautiful summer night in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out. But then one player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts. Before the game ends, Ami witnesses violence that shocks and horrifies her and makes her question everything she thought she knew about Morelli.

In response to a congressman's GOA request for all documentation relating to the 1947 Roswell Incident, the US Air Force compiles an exhaustive report aimed at putting to rest the claim that the government had recovered a UFO or alien corpse at the crash site. This is the Executive Summary of a document that is originally more than 1,000 pages long, excellently formatted for a comfortable reading experience on your Kindle device or tablet.Topics discussed: What happened at Roswell? Were there any eyewitnesses who can corroborate the military's version of events? What evidence is there that ...

On a cold day in Washington, D.C., Bill Sinclair received a phone call that chilled him to the bone. And he didn’t scare easily. He was a former Navy SEAL who had merged back into society as a CPA and was enjoying spending time with his wife, Sharon, and five grown children. The call was from the White House from the National Security Advisor, informing Bill that he had been chosen, along with eleven other men from the military, to serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. These twelve men would be members of The President’s Club. There was no turning it down. But ...

Walter Eekhaut, a veteran of the Belgian police force who has a problem with authority, is dispatched to Amsterdam to aid the Dutch security service in investigating the activities of a well-connected Russian oligarch, with ties to Putin. Some of the Russian's business is legitimate, but some may well not be. In Amsterdam, Eekhaut is seconded to Chief Superintendent Alexandra Dewaal and her team, and begins to learn about the city's shady underside.

Remember when candidates were polite and talked about issues? Well in Ocean Alley at the Jersey Shore, they still do. Well, there was the issue with the fire at the garage... If this is your first book in the Jolie Gentil series, it’s a bit different than the others. In fact, it’s called an Aunt Madge Story in the Jolie series. In terms of story chronology, it follows "Underground in Ocean Alley" (book 11). In that book, Jolie solves a murder while Aunt Madge happens to be running for mayor of Ocean Alley. In "Aunt Madge and The Civil Election," events of the crime-solving are muted and...

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, and his old allies gone. Pursued by enemies and demoralized by a divided community, he's found sanctuary on a former cotton plantation above the Mississippi River. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville rap concert triggers a shooting - one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.

This book explores the reality suggesting that, in fact, none of what is happening across the globe is happening by chance. Right under humanity’s nose, supranational organizations such as the United Nations, the Club of Rome, and Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum strive to usurp national sovereignties in the quest for a dystopian future.

When Fiona Rockford's father becomes the President of the United States, vowing to preserve, protect and defend the nation, she believes all of her dreams are finally coming true. That is until she learns there are terrifying secrets far beyond the realm of possibility living in the bowels of the White House. To survive, Fiona must decide if she will endure the nightmare of her reality or risk her life to escape it.

Terry and her husband Rick are nearly killed in an explosion at the local hospital. Terrorism is suspected but she believes there’s more to the story. She follows her instincts, becoming the force behind the FBI and ATF investigations. Attempts are made on her life, suspects are killed, an assassin is operating in the city. Arnold is wounded. The Bureau makes her a licensed consultant. They use her information to make arrests, but she isn’t satisfied until the last detail is unraveled. Murder, bribery, corruption, drugs, she picks through the clues, eliminates the false leads, and finds...

"When we are happy, we are always good," says Lord Henry, "but when we are good, we are not always happy." Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven - even murder - if it can make people laugh at a dinner party. Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Oscar Wilde original by Jill Nevile.

When Imran Awan, an IT aide for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), was arrested by the FBI as he tried to fly away to Pakistan, the media didn’t know what to make of the story. Was this just a bank fraud case or something more? Why was this team of congressional IT administrators paid chief-of-staff-level salaries? Why did they provide fraudulent data to Capitol Police? How had they evaded background checks?

لعل الرواية هي النوع الأدبي الأكثر ملاءمة للتعبير عن حركة التاريخ وصانعيه، لا بل إعادة صياغته وقراءته قراءة واعية. فإن فهمت الماضي فسيرشدك إلى حل ألغاز الحاضر وربما استشعار المستقبل

Set at the heart of political power in Washington, DC, Absolute Power was the novel which launched David Baldacci's career as a worldwide best seller of thrilling fiction. The movie, starring Clint Eastwood, was a major box office success across the world. In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginian countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a one-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith in not only justice but all he holds dear.

As he steps out of his hotel in Atlanta with the love of his life, the last thing President Tucker expects is to be greeted by the flashing cameras of the media. Or for his affair to be revealed to the world. The President must act to stop the scandal from spiralling out of control, just weeks before the vote for a second term. But not before he figures out how to keep the First Lady on his side. Grace Tucker, however, has other plans. Betrayed and deeply hurt, she heads for a safe haven outside the capital. But when her security detail loses all trace of her, all hell breaks loose.

This mystery adventure novel takes the reader on a dangerous journey to Greece. FBI agent Gene McKay must find a missing Greek scientist before the Chinese and Russians can capture the man and confiscate his revolutionary oil drilling invention. The Agency’s instructions to Gene are clear: find the inventor, bring him safely back to the United States, and cure your drinking problem, or your employment will be terminated.

First Prize Winner of the 2020 CIBA Award for Paranormal Fiction. Shortly after Jake Silver, a successful young financial advisor sells his business, he suffers a mild stroke and ends up in the hospital. Thanks to some clot-busting drugs, he recovers rapidly, only to find he's not the man he used to be. When he discovers that he can point his finger at anything -- red squirrels, marauding coyotes, drug lords, dictators -- and make it die on the spot, Jake has to decide whether to use his powers for the good of the country. Smart, fast-paced, and entertaining, this thriller from award-...

A secret from the past holds the key to saving the future. Calla Cress, top government codebreaker, thought she had defeated the world's most dangerous man. But when she made the fatal mistake of letting him live, she never could have imagined what would follow. The billionaire criminal mastermind, locked away in a high-security prison, is now luring the globe's smartest minds into his cell, where they emerge in comas and his lethal hacks infiltrate government systems worldwide. As a museum curator turned undercover agent, Calla is at the center of a dangerous game. She holds a secret, ...