Korean Thriller

Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph. He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots. Unaware that this single act will brand him a spy and cost his freedom, Ian takes the shot. Now, he must pay the penalty.

Lee Hanjo is an artist at the peak of his fame, envied and celebrated. Then, on his forty-third birthday, he awakens to find that his devoted wife has disappeared, leaving behind a soon-to-be-published novel she’d secretly written about the sordid past and questionable morality of an artist with a trajectory similar to Hanjo’s. It’s clear to him that his life is about to shatter and the demons from his past will come out. But why did his wife do it? Why now?

When Yu-jin wakes up covered in blood and finds the body of his mother downstairs, he decides to hide the evidence and pursue the killer himself. Then young women start disappearing in his South Korean town. Whom is he hunting? And why does the answer take him back to his brother and father, who lost their lives many years ago? The Good Son is inspired by a true story.

Two countries: South Korea, an economic powerhouse; North Korea, a rogue nation with nuclear capabilities. Two foreigners—waeguk—from Minnesota: Ben, coming to terms with his homosexuality; Durst, dreaming of himself as a James Dean tough guy. They teach English-as-a-second-language at a private school in Seoul. The school is also the front for a drug-smuggling gang headed by its owner, Mr. Kim. Ben and Durst are drawn into the illicit trade—for the excitement and the money. When some on-the-run farmers from the North show up, followed by some less savory characters, a simple ...

North Korea has achieved a breakthrough with nuclear warheads and is about to arm their strategic missiles - weapons that could set the world ablaze. The Echo Six unit commander, Abe Talley, is ordered to take his men across the 38th Parallel. Their mission is to locate and destroy the nukes, as well as their creators. They must enter the heart of the most secretive, repressive, and brutal nation on Earth - and somehow find a way back.

Jonas Stuyvesant's silver-spoon upbringing has not prepared him for the horrors of war. When Communist North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Jonas finds himself leading his platoon against a well-trained, battle-hardened army. Soviet-made tanks break through the American lines. These are not the pitchfork-wielding peasants he expected. What should have been an easy victory turns into a devastating rout. Jonas and his men begin their retreat down the Peninsula, fighting a rear-guard action.

Jack Steele survived the first Gulf War, Bosnia, and his time as a UN peacekeeper. As a captain and tank commander, he saw the dark side of war. Two UN officials have gone missing. They were last seen in the Tumen Triangle. A 324-mile river that borders Russia, China, and North Korea, it’s a place few Westerners have heard of or understand. It would be a prize-winning story if he could crack it. Sometimes fate puts a person where they need to be - and then he saw the child fall beneath the ice. When Steele rescued the boy, it was the first domino to fall.

십 대들의 외롭고 불안한 내면을 따뜻하게 어루만져 주는 작품으로 주목받아 온 이꽃님 작가가 결말을 예측할 수 없는, 놀랍도록 흡인력 있는 작품으로 돌아왔다. 『죽이고 싶은 아이』는 한 여고생의 죽음이라는, 결코 평범하지 않은 이야기를 통해 독자들에게 진실과 믿음에 관한 이야기를 건넨다.

It's 2011. Bill Jedburgh is back in Hong Kong, now a world of 'one country, two systems’. When an old enemy catches up with him in Guangzhou, leaving behind a large sum of money and the location of a high profile target, Jedburgh finds himself entering a hall of mirrors in which he must choose between friends and foes in the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. Tracked by a deadly agent from the Ministry of State Security, the Reliable Man has to stay one step ahead of his pursuers in order to unravel a mysterious conspiracy which takes him into the most secretive ...

2016년 4월 런던 도서전에서 가장 큰 주목을 받은 소설 『봉제인형 살인사건』은 다니엘 콜의 데뷔작으로서 영국, 미국, 독일, 일본을 포함한 32개국에서 출간되었고, 치열한 경쟁 끝에 『데렐 가족』을 히트시킨 ITV社가 TV판권을 획득했다. 『봉제인형 살인사건』은 생동감 있는 묘사, 입체적인 캐릭터, 치밀하고 절묘한 플롯, 반전의 반전을 거듭하는 긴장감 넘치는 구성으로 첫 문장에서부터 마지막 문장까지 단숨에 읽게 만드는 흡입력을 가지고 있다. 추리스릴러 소설의 대가의 반열에 오른 레이첼 애보트나 M. J. 알리지 같은 작가들도 다니엘 콜의 등단을 새로운 천재 작가의 탄생이라며 치켜세웠다. 신체의 여섯 부위를 바늘과 실로 꿰매 이어 붙인 살인사건이라는 섬뜩한 소재를 다루면서도 진정한 정의가 무엇인지에 대해 생각하게 만드는 작품이다.

Kate Daniels is a co-pilot aboard the space shuttle Liberty. Liberty is to deploy a space defense system satellite created with the latest American technology. The shuttle crash-lands in the uncharted, mountainous frontier between North Korea and China. As the ranking able-bodied officer, Kate takes charge, evacuating the crew from the crash site. A mountain warlord captures the Liberty's crew, intending to sell the shuttle and its cargo to the highest bidder. On the world stage, this crisis rapidly escalates. The North Koreans forbid an American search and rescue operation, sending their own troops into the region instead.

His tour is over, but the war rages on for Dickie, one of the forever-haunted veterans who gave up his soul during the Forgotten War. Here is a glimpse of his story, of the battleground he can never leave. Only death can conclude his final objective: closure, and peace. Join him on his road, the Korean Road, as he battles horrors he carries and those that he meets along the way.

중서부 유틀란드의 경찰관 요한 보예는 3월의 어느 늦은 밤, 자신의 집 앞에서 과속 차량에 치여 사망한다. 그의 상사인 악셀 보그는 사건 현장에 첫 번째로 도착한 사람들 중 하나였다. 곧바로 단순한 뺑소니 사건이 아니라 매우 잔인한 살인사건이라는 생각이 들게 된다. 보예의 10살 난 아들은 자신이 자동차를 보았다고 주장하고, 운전석에 있는 사람이 경찰이었다고 말한다. 단순히 트라우마가 생긴 소년의 상상력이 빚어낸 일일까? 주유소의 감시 카메라가 소년의 이야기를 증명해준다. 경찰 제복을 입은 누군가가 잔인한 그 날 밤 운전을 하고 있었다. 경찰 감사국의 수사관 롤란드 베니토가 이 사건을 맡게 된다. 요한 보예의 동료들 중 누구에게 이런 극단적인 짓을 할 동기가 있을까? 롤란드 베니토는 TV2 이스트 유틀란드의 기자인 안네 라르센과 한 팀이 된다. 그들은 그 지역에 사는 가족에게 큰 결과를 가져왔던 화재 사건을 역추적한다. 어쩌면 그 화재는 사고가 아니었던 걸까? 안네와 롤란드는 범행 동기가 처음 예상했던 것과 많이 다를 수도 있다고 생각한다. 범인이 다시 공격하기 전에 추적이 시작된다.

Korea testet erstmals erfolgreich Raketen mit Mehrfachsprengköpfen, was im Westen und in China größte Besorgnis auslöst. Entschlossene, politische Reaktionen lassen nicht lange auf sich warten. Um den massiven Sanktionen zu entgehen, schmiedet der nordkoreanische Geheimdienst einen perfiden Plan, dessen Verwirklichung nicht nur die Fundamente des "unzuverlässigen Verbündeten" China, sondern auch den gesamten Westen aus den Angeln heben könnte. Jack Ryan muss sich den neuen Dimensionen der Cyberkriegführung stellen.

게임 좋아하는 열일곱 살 소년의 유쾌한 모험 활극. 소년이 세상을 구원할 수 있을까? 학교 전산망 해킹이 주특기이고, 수업 땡땡이가 취미인 삐딱한 열일곱 살 소년 마커스 얄로우. 우연히 게임을 하던 중 친구들과 함께 테러 용의자가 되고, 국가기관으로부터 갖은 고초를 당하고 감시까지 받게 된 소년은 이에 맞서 한판 유쾌한 싸움을 벌인다. 헌법을 유린하고 SNS를 조작하여 선거에까지 개입하려는 국토안보부. 9.11 이후 미국 사회의 단면을 적나라하게 보여주며, 마치 조지 오웰의 소설 『1984년』의 '빅브라더'를 연상케 하는 국가기관에 맞서는 열일곱 살 소년의 싸움, 과연 승자는 누가 될까?

When Jina sees an anonymous comment on a forum it forces her out of her stupor. It is posted on a website dissecting her public allegations of workplace sexual assault, the backlash to which forced her to quit her job. She has spent months glued to her laptop screen, junk-food packaging piling up around her, tracking the hate campaign that's raging against her online. This post stands out from the noise, for it could only have been made by someone who knew her as a student at university. The comment stirs something deeply repressed.

Als Atlee Pine sechs Jahre alt ist, dringt ein Mann in ihr Kinderzimmer ein und entführt ihre eineiige Zwillingsschwester Mercy. Mercy taucht nie wieder auf, Atlee bleibt traumatisiert zurück. Knapp dreißig Jahre später ist sie zur einzelgängerischen FBI-Agentin geworden, die sich ein möglichst einsames Büro nahe des Grand Canyon gewählt hat. Eines Tages wird am Boden der Schlucht ein grausam aufgeschlitztes Maultier gefunden. Ein scheinbar harmloser Provinzfall. Doch dann stößt Atlee auf Spuren einer mörderischen Verschwörung, die bis in die obersten politischen Kreise reicht.

The United States and North Korea have been in a de facto state of war for nearly seventy years. Supreme Threat is set in the first few months of 2021. The world has been grappling with COVID-19 for a year during an uncertain period when an outgoing U.S. president courted the North Koreans while the incoming president admonished them. For years North Korea has dispatched illegal agents to the United States via third countries where they have been busy establishing fifth columns capable of inflicting damage from close quarters, should the need arise. While North Korea's leaders taunt the U.S...

Of the many aircraft carriers built by the United States since World War II, none have been successfully attacked by an aggressor. Not yet, that is. It is the final port call during the first deployment of a new US Navy aircraft carrier. There is no better place for a week of shore leave than an allied port way down south on the 42nd parallel. It’s quiet, friendly, out-of-the-way—perfect—because nothing ever happens here. But the location is ideal for another nation too—a superpower with strategic ambitions. It is perfect for an unthinkable attack where the Americans would not ...

An American soldier's life spirals out of control after he makes a fateful discovery on the Korean DMZ and then falls in love with a beautiful brothel courtesan whose tragic past becomes entwined in a volatile confrontation with Communist North Korea. It's the 1960s, the Vietnam conflict is raging, and a delicate Korean armistice threatens to fall apart at the world's most dangerous border, pushing the US toward the brink of another war in Asia. With his life in danger, GI Eddie Profar must decide if he should reveal his startling secret, which has already caused the deaths of two people.