International Spy

"If, on an early summer’s night, you wanted to kill a man, how would you do it? Would you lay a trap, sharpen a dagger, uncork a poison? Personally, I’ve always leaned toward the dramatic. But looking back, I wonder now if the events of last summer didn’t begin with a quieter sort of murder." So ponders Alexandra James, a beautiful, driven, yet troubled New England Chronicle reporter. She is assigned to cover the death of Thom Carlyle, son of one of the most powerful men in Washington. Just back from a year abroad, Thom falls from the top of a Harvard bell tower on a warm summer night.

Life after the State Department was supposed to be a peaceful respite for Mike Lacondeguy, but an unlikely friend and the Russian mob surfaced with other plans. In FISHING WITH TOLSTOY, the exhilarating introduction to The New Americans trilogy, ex-diplomat Mike Lacondeguy snaps out of his retirement blues and into a world of deception and betrayal. This time, the fight is on his turf. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine draws two Cold War adversaries back into the game to stop the hostilities from escalating. Mike worked with the State Department for three decades in and around Russia, while ...

Fearing for his life, journalist Philip Mangan has gone into hiding from the Chinese agents who have identified him as a Western spy. His reputation and life are in tatters. But when he is caught in a terrorist attack in East Africa and a shadowy Chinese figure approaches him in the dead of night with information on the origins of the attack, Mangan is suddenly back in the eye of the storm.

Tracie Tanner works in the world's most dangerous hot-spots. On the most high-stakes assignments. And she works alone. The Amber Room treasure has been missing for nearly a half-century. But suddenly, finding it becomes of the utmost importance. When an elderly, anonymous West German man disappears, CIA Director Aaron Stallings dispatches Black Ops specialist Tracie Tanner to the scene. Working with the assistance of a CIA operative she's not sure she can trust, Tracie faces her toughest assignment yet - pick up the trail of the mysterious Amber Room key, utterly unique and critical to ...

Scotland Yard's most unique investigator, Jonathan Roper, is called in amid fears that Russian agents are behind a plot to explode a dirty bomb in the UK capital. Together with his boss, Chief Inspector Brian Hooley, he is briefed on the nightmare scenario by MI5. Everyone from the Prime Minister down is hoping he can repeat the extraordinary work which saw him take down a gang of mercenaries and a serial killer with a grudge. Because of his condition, and his single-minded determination, he has developed a range of skills that make him a great detective.

This astute, entertaining literary thriller features Helena Marsh, an art authenticator hot on the trail of an extorted painting in Budapest, skirting the law to return it to its rightful heir. When wealthy octogenarian Geza Marton hires art expert Marsh to buy back his family's Titian painting, she flies to Budapest to close what she expects will be a reasonably simple sale. But nothing is ever simple in this beautiful, flawed city where corruption abounds. Helena discovers that there are multiple bidders for the painting, including some dangerous Slavs.

James Ryker and his protégé, Henrik Svenson, travel to the small alpine town of St Vincent, recently rocked by the triple murder of a prominent family. The sole survivor of the horrific crime, teenager Sophie Thibaud, has since been cared for by her aunt. Upon their arrival, however, Ryker and Svenson discover that Sophie is now missing too, and it's not long before Ryker uncovers evidence of a wider conspiracy at play.

In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States.

With much anticipation, Nick Simoneschi's first international thriller spy adventure book is about to be released. In the novel, Nick Taylor, a famous spy who is now retired, awakens unexpectedly in his New York flat after all quiet has been disturbed. Someone from Nick Taylor's previous career as a CIA agent started targeting him. An old friend named Martin De Simone rushed to the aid of his best friend, and the two of them embarked on a mission to track down the mastermind of the conspiracy that sought to control and profit from the drug cartels in Asia and South America. This is a ...

What happens when a hobby turns into a job? Well, for Jane Doe, psychic extraordinaire, it means that her hobby of learning new languages, which is about the most normal thing about her, leads to her being coerced into becoming the translator to an ambassador working in Japan. What should be a simple job of negotiating for a trade of information turns into a long ordeal with one side seemingly more interested in an extended vacation in a foreign country on the government’s dime than in completing the mission. To make matters worse, there’s more afoot than a straight trade of ...

Nazis in South America. A nuclear bomb. Only the most ruthless and violent spies in Europe can stop the far-right from seizing power again in Germany When spy chief Major Sophie Decker and her military intelligence unit assassinate a Columbian drug dealer, little do they realise they are about to uncover a larger, more sinister plot. A plot involving Nazis in South America hell-bent on establishing a new world order using a nuclear bomb to hit a high profile target in Europe. Is this the end of Major Sophie Decker and Department 89? Praise From Readers ★★★★★ "A thrill ride from ...

An Elite German Military Intelligence Unit Fights Its Powerful Nemesis. Only One Can Win Major Sophie Decker has battled the same ruthless traitor since day one. He’s tried—and failed—twice to destroy her. Now, he has one last shot. If he wins, she’s finished. If he loses, he’s dead. With orders from the Chancellor herself, Decker must expose and eliminate him for good. But the enemy isn’t playing fair—he’s armed with a tabloid journalist hell-bent on bringing Decker and the Chancellor down. Praise for the Department 89 series ★★★★★ "A thrill ride from start to ...

"John Stamp’s second novel featuring NCIS agent Tyrone Benhoff will leave you hooked. A mystery wrapped in a thriller—taking you from a seedy Bangkok nightclub to an attack on a US Navy combat ship just for openers—Overmatch is a solid, fast-moving page-turner that keeps you wanting more.” — Jerome Preisler, NY Times bestselling author “A gritty thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Third World back alleys, along with American techno-traitors, Chinese assassins, and desperate investigators out to solve a terror assault on a US Navy ship. Stamp skips the slick haircuts and ...

Amanda Charlton worked in the Offices of SYNO Security as secretary to the managing director Clive Aynesworth. To everyone this was a private security company specialising in corporate events. In reality Amanda was a highly trained and very efficient Special Agent, code named Ginger. Ginger was usually the last resort when complications occurred and other operatives failed on a mission. Ginger would be sent to deal with the situation and clear up the mess. Amanda’s next assignment was to go to Hong Kong to bust a gang of Chinese dissidents who were trying to destabilize the handover of ...

No dictator lasts forever. North Korea is about to find that out the hard way Six months after declaring war on North Korea, German momentum has ground to a halt. Major allies are deserting under pressure from an aggressive USA. Pyongyang is launching devastating terrorist attacks inside Germany. An outraged German government wants to deliver a decisive knockout punch. The task is given to spy chief Major Sophie Decker and her elite military intelligence unit Department 89. Their brief is to take the war back to North Korea's doorstep. But political self-interests ensure that regime change ...

As the first in line for the Saudi throne, Prince Tefwik Hassan cannot afford public embarrassment. So when he loses his fortune in a failed scheme to corner the world’s reserves of silver, Hassan is left scrambling. To recoup his millions, he devises an intricate plan that spans the globe and involves players from the upper echelons of both American and Soviet power: Hassan begins buying gold.

On a routine anti-poaching patrol, Sean and his tracker dog Benny watch in horror as overeager rookie Tumi Mabasa is almost killed, and her dog gravely injured, in the explosion. Along with Tumi and best mate Craig Hoddy, Sean is determined to hunt down the elusive bomb maker who has introduced this destructive weapon to the war on poaching. But Sean is his own worst enemy. Haunted by nightmares of the war and racked with guilt from driving away his ex-wife, Christine, he soon discovers she and Craig in the midst of an intense affair. And there's another enemy at play....

The CIA wants to send a message to Berlin. Agent Tom Finn is the messenger Germany's elite spy unit Department 89 has crossed paths with the CIA on more than one occasion. But after their last encounter, Langley decides enough is enough. Sending a covert black-ops hit team to Berlin, the CIA Director orders the deaths of the Department 89 agents. But Finn and his team have never met anyone like Department 89 before. For them, the rules don't apply. There's no line they will refuse to cross. By the end, there can only be one victor. Praise for the Department 89 series★★★★★ "A ...

2022 READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS – HONORABLE MENTION 2022 KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD – FINALIST 2022 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD – FINALIST 2022 B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREE 2022 LITERARY TITAN – GOLD AWARD WINNER 2021 PARIS BOOK AWARDS – HONORABLE MENTION The world’s oldest bank is in trouble, and CIA operative Louise Moscow wants to save it. In her new adventure, Louise is investigating the most unlikely of suspects, her own father, who is a top-level attorney defending a Russian Master of the Dark Arts. Her investigation becomes a race to discover an ancient and mysterious...

London Spies is a book of historical fiction set in London, England, at the end of World War II. Phyllis Bowden, a secretary at the American Embassy, is catapulted into the limelight when the military attaché, Lt. Col. Ronald Lawrence, is arrested for espionage and her boss, the assistant military attaché, assumes the position. The arrest throws suspicion on everyone at the Embassy, particularly Lawrence's secretary whose attempted suicide convinces Phyllis to be more curious about what really happened.