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The Mediterranean Caper (Dirk Pitt #2)
by Clive CusslerDirk Pitt answers a distress call and rips open a 50-year-old conspiracy. His adventure begins with Teri, a modern Greek goddess in a red bikini, who is the key to a vast drug-smuggling ring and who holds back the truth about a Nazi war criminal now ruling over a corrupt empire. Pitt follows a trial of intrigue into an undersea labyrinth, where the action explodes as he confronts his nemesis.
Killer's Wedge (87th Precinct #7)
by Ed McbainHer game was death and her name was Virginia Dodge. She was out to put a bullet through Steve Carella's brain, and she didn't care if she had to kill all the boys in the 87th precinct to do it. So Virginia, armed with gun and bottle of nitroglycerin, spent a quiet afternoon in the precinct house, terror ising Lieutenant Byrnes and his detectives with her clever little homemade bomb. They all sat waiting there for Steve Carella. Could all the men of the 87th, prisoners of one crazy broad, be powerless to save Carella from his rendezvous with death...? In one of his most dazzling novels of the 87th Precinct, Ed McBain exposes the dangerous loyalties that both keep the boys of the 87th together, and threaten to tear them apart.
Jury Double
by Edward StewartVince Carnosa is a New York Cop whose seen too much and can't forget enough. Now this prince of the city has walked into a case that challenges everything he's ever believed about law and order. Cory Lyle is a cult leader tied to a bloody bombing and the murder of a prominent Manhattan couple. But as a woman prosecutor and a flamboyant defense attorney dual in court over Lyle's fate, a time bomb is ticking away; one juror is not the person she claims to be. Anne Bingham entered into the deception as a simple favor to her twin sister. Suddenly she's at the center of a storm of murder and kidnapping that could blow the Cory Lyle trial out of the water - and take away everything she holds dear...
The Iranian Hit
by Don PendletonStop the assassination! The directive came from the White House, and the target was less than twenty miles away in an affluent Maryland suburb. For Mack Bolan it was a very strange assignment: to protect a high-level Iranian exile, General Eshan Nazarour, from imminent assassination. It became stranger still when the general's beautiful American wife was kidnapped. Immediately the intrigue, violence--and murder-- began to form a familiar pattern. Organized crime was getting involved with foreign subversion. The maze of treachery and terrorism could lead to only one conclusion --the deadly presence of the Executioner: Mack Bolan! Violence. 42nd novel in the "Executioner" series, 1982.
Extreme Force
by Don PendletonMack Bolan is sent to Brazil to find and eliminate a major illegal arms smuggling operation. His quest takes him from the streets of Rio de Janeiro to the very heart of the Brazilian jungle. Violence. 191th novel in the
Extraordinary Powers
by Joseph FinderThe news is shattering: Harrison Sinclair, director of the CIA, has been killed in a car accident. His son-in-law, Ben Ellison--an attorney at an old-line Boston law firm and an ex agent himself--instantly hears rumors ... of sinister forces within the Agency ... of a possible assassination ... and that Harrison Sinclair may have been a traitor--or the Agency's last honest man.... The hunt for the truth will rush Ben headlong into a web of conspiracy beyond his control, where he is compelled by an artful, inescapable maneuver back into the employ of the CIA, and lured into a top-secret espionage project in telepathic ability that will endow him with "extraordinary powers".... From Rome to Zurich, through Germany and Paris, the chase will bring Ben face-to-face with his past and culminate in a crowded Washington hearing room where, behind high security barriers, a Senate investigating committee is about to call its secret witness ... as an assassin prepares to strike. Here, finally, with only seconds to act, Ben Ellison must call upon his extraordinary powers to stop a killer--or die trying.... "
Exposure
by R. J. PineiroComputer scientist Pamela Sasser leads the quiet life of a professor at Louisiana State University, until her research uncovers a bug in the new Perseus computer chip. The Perseus is at the heart of thousands of commercial and military systems, including the PaloVerde nuclear plant, site of a massive nuclear meltdown that killed tens of thousands and left millions a future filled with radiation illness and cancer. Billionaire Preston Sinclaire, chairman of Microtel Corporation, the manufacturer of the Perseus, is at the pinnacle of his power, about to be elected President of the United States. No one knows that the Perseus caused the meltdown. No one, that is, except Pamela Sasser. Harrison Beckett is a professional assassin, contracted to eliminate Sasser. A former defense intelligence agency operative, Beckett has eliminated dozens of targets. But he is not a cold - blooded killer; he is a man with a moral code who has only killed those who clearly deserve to die. He has been told that Sasser is a traitor to the United States, a purveyor of computer secrets essential to our national security. But Beckett does not know that he has become the pawn of a shadowy organization known only as the Web -- founded during the Vietnam war by an enterprising black - marketer named Preston Sinclaire -- with tentacles that reach to the very highest levels of the Pentagon, the source of Beckett's contract. While Beckett draws closer to killing Sasser, who has only begun to suspect the danger that she is in, sudden twist and turns show truths to be lies and reality to be far from what he believes. And, all the while, bugs in the Perseus continues to surface, costing the lives of more and more Americans. It is only a matter of time until another disaster occurs in one of the half dozen other nuclear reactors equipped with the chip. When this becomes clear to Beckett, the knowledge becomes his death warrant, and the hunter suddenly finds himself the hunted. As Sinclaire and the Web close in, Sasser and Beckett find themselves unlikely allies -- and far more. And only they can prevent a murderer from becoming President of the United States and save the lives of millions of Americans.
The Evil That Men Do
by R. Lance Hill"From its opening pages . . . this novel by the author of The King of White Lady holds the reader like a hostage ... The novel is catapulted into a deadly hunt through cities and jungles, catching the reader in a web of high-voltage intrigue and violence ... Frightening authenticity."
In the Event of My Death
by Carlene ThompsonThey had been six teenage girls in Wheeling, West Virginia. Full of mischief. Acting wild. Having good times. And getting into witchcraft. They called themselves the Six of Hearts. Then one night things went too far. One of them died. The rest swore to never tell what really happened. Now, thirteen years later, someone has decided to kill the remaining Six of Hearts. The first to die is Angie, a successful New York City actress. And flower shop owner Laurel Damron, still living in Wheeling, may be next. She has gotten a chilling message in the mail. She knows a killer is watching her. But who? Only by searching the past can she uncover a haunting truth ... only by looking into her self can she uncover a lost memory ... and only by suspecting everyone she knows, does she have one slim chance of staying alive....
Every Move She Makes
by Robin BurcellGruesome slasher murders are spreading terror in San Francisco. The pressure is on the police force to track down the killer before another young woman is found, throat cut, body abandoned. Homicide Inspector Kate Gillespie is picked to lead the search with her partner, old-timer Sam Scolari. This is the case that could make Kate's career. But the next victim stops her in her tracks -- and all evidence points to her partner. He goes underground, leaving Kate alone to prove his innocence, or his guilt. Kate has to find the killer before the cops find Sam. Complicating matters is Mike "Torrid" Torrance, the sexiest internal affairs officer ever to carry a badge. He's watching Kate, an assignment that brings them far closer than they expected. Without a partner she can trust ... with a killer and a cop watching her every move ... can Kate find the truth before it's too late?
Hour of Conflict
by Don PendletonMack Bolan continues his quest to eradicate a right-wing terrorist organization calling themselves the Paul Revere Militia. As the mission continues, Bolan finds himself tracking down a female ATF agent who has been kidnapped by the militia and taken to one of their training camps in northern Mexico. The Executioner manages to rescue her, but can't keep her out of more trouble as she continues her own investigation. Meanwhile, Bolan must use all of his well-honed combat skills just to stay alive as he wages his one-man war on the terrorists. Violence. 223rd novel in the "Executioner" series, second novel in the "American Trilogy," 1997.
The Homing
by John SaulWidow Mother of 2, Karen Spellman has just moved her family back to the town she grew up in - away from the hustle and bustle from Los Angeles. Recently she has met and decided to marry a local farmer - Russell Owen, proving from the wedding day that this is not going to be an easy marriage. On the day its self, Molly - one of her daughers is stung by a bee, having a large allergic reaction and nearly dying - and this is the first of this type of occurance. This is not the only strange occurance happening in the small out of the way town - Dawn Sanderson a teenager has runaway - but who is behind it?
Hard Contact
by Don PendletonA band of Arab terrorists is in the united states to avenge the death of their former leader by killing the members of a news team who, they believe, caused his assassination. Mack Bolan is tasked with protecting the news team and eliminating the terrorists. Violence. 203rd novel in the "Executioner" series, 1995.
Hickory Dickory Death
by Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot is introduced to this mystery through Miss Lemon, making her first appearance in a Poirot novel. Her sister, who runs a boarding hostel for students, has had an outbreak of petty theft. Poirot investigates, and the trail leads to murder. The students include Sally Finch, an American girl; Mr. Akibombo, a West African; Chandra Lal and Gopal Ram, from India; and some British students, one of whom simulates a neurosis in order to attract a young psychologist.
Hell Road
by Don PendletonOne of the Middle East's most dangerous terrorists has been captured and is being held in a desert prison compound awaiting extradition to the United States when a ex-CIA operative-turnedterrorist breaks him out in an extremely violent and costly gun battle. Mack Bolan, inadvertently involved in the battle at the prison, must track down the escapees and the rogue CIA agent before more acts of terrorism are committed. Violence. 205th novel in the "Executioner" series, 1996.
Heirs of the Fire
by Robert CullenWhen Washington newspaper editor Colin Burke learns that the president, despite official denials, is planning to sell advanced PAC-3 missiles to Saudi Arabia, he runs an expose--and sets in motion a series of events that ignites the tinderbox of Saudi politics. From an acclaimed author of international thrillers comes a page-turner of Middle Eastern and American intrigue.
The Island of Sheep
by John BuchanThe Island of Sheep is the last book in a series of five thrillers about Richard Hannay, a former mining engineer from South Africa, now a British General with an exceptional talent for spy-catching. The Island of Sheep is a thriller that will appeal to the young as much as it will to anyone with a love of adventure. Set in three main locations, Gloucestershire, Scotland and the Scandinavian "Island of Sheep", with occasional scenes taking place in London, the action of the novel centres around the now middleaged Sir Richard Hannay who leads an idyllic life with a considerable amount of leisure on his Gloucestershire estate. Hannay occasionally fears that life is too comfortable and that he is in danger of becoming staid. A chance meeting with an old friend, Lombard, a one-time companion in high adventure who has changed almost beyond recognition exacerbates the feeling, but curiously, it is Lombard who leads Hannay into thrilling and dangerous action. Some thirty years earlier, both men had sworn to uphold the cause of a man named Haraldsen, and now it is the dead Haraldsen's son who needs help. The plan to rid Haraldsen forever of his tormentors is masterminded by another redoubtable friend, Sandy, Lord Clanroyden, but it is Hannay's son, Peter John, and Haraldsen's daughter Anna who are the real heroes of the piece.
The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus #9)
by Ian RankinThe city is about to explode as Inspector Rebus faces his toughest case yet--with his daughter's life hanging in the balance. Rebus knows there's nothing he won't do to punish the men responsible--even if it means making a deal with the devil himself.
The Fourth Deadly Sin
by Lawrence SandersWhen saintly New York psychiatrist Simon Ellerbee is murdered, retired Chief of Detectives Edward X. Delaney pursues the killer after obtaining a list of the doctor's six most potentially violent patients.
Fire and Ice (Liam Campbell #1)
by Dana StabenowAlaska State Trooper Liam Campbell was a young go-getter with everything going his way--a rich wife, a loving son, and a career ready to take off. But then it all fell to pieces. A drunk driver took his family, a tragic miscalculation took his career, and the bottle was about to take everything else...until Liam found himself on a plane to his new posting--a small native town far from the big city comforts of Anchorage. And fate isn't finished with him yet. No sooner does he set foot off the plane than he is confronted with a suspiciously dead body, an office going to hell in a handbasket, and the accusing glare of the only woman he'd ever truly loved...and lost. Featuring richly drawn-out characters and a spellbindingly rugged location, Fire And Ice is Dana Stabenow's most thoroughly enjoyable work to date, and is the first installment of a terrific new mystery series!
Freedom Strike
by Don PendletonMack Bolan is sent to Brazil to find and eliminate a major illegal arms smuggling operation. His quest takes him from the streets of Rio de Janeiro to the very heart of the Brazilian jungle. Violence. 191th novel in the "Executioner" series, 1994.
Fortunes of War
by Stephen CoontsIt is the near future. Russia is disintegrating; Japan is in economic decline. Some of japann's leaders execute a bold plan to make Japan great again -- the invasion of siberia. As American and Japanese planes once again battle each other in the skies, the world moves closer and closer to the brink! As in all wars, it is the personal courage and honor of individuals, not the grand strategies of politicians, which will decide the fate of nations -- and of the world.
The Hades Factor (Covert-One #1)
by Robert Ludlum Gayle LyndsA homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully--each a victim of an unknown doomsday virus. For three days, a team of scientists in a U.S. government laboratory has been frantically trying to unlock the virus's secrets. When the leading researcher from that lab, Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith, returns from overseas, he barely survives a series of well-orchestrated attempts made on his life. By the time Smith eludes his pursuers and makes it home, he discovers that the virus has claimed its fourth victim, Dr. Sophia Russell--Smith's fiancee. Devastated and enraged, Smith quickly uncovers evidence that his lover's death was no accident--that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens hundreds of millions of lives is no accident. But wherever he turns, Smith finds that some unseen force has blocked his quest for information. Not knowing whom to trust, Smith assembles a private team to search for the truth behind the deadly virus. While the death toll mounts, their quest leads to the highest levels of power and the darkest corners of the earth, as they match wits with a determined genius--and as the fate of the world lies in the balance.