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The Riddle of the Sands is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. The novel "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain". It was a...
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Maisie Dobbs novels volume 12
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It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square--a place of many memories--she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service...
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Liam Devlin thrillers volume 1
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In a small English town, a reporter uncovers the hidden grave of German soldiers and a suspenseful story of a Nazi plot to kidnap Churchill.
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"In 1943, America thought it had rounded up all the German spies on its soil. It was wrong. Now Germany's greatest weapon - a woman with special talents, both for tradecraft and for death - is headed home with critical information about the still-developing atomic bomb, and the Allies' chief hope for stopping her is a British agent with an agenda of his own. Originally recruited into MI5 to pose as a double agent, he's been telling the Germans that...
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Risking her life to protect the First Lady of the United States, Quinn Star stumbles upon a conspiracy on the part of advisors to hide the president's debilitating illness to seek their own political agenda, but her efforts to stop the plots could be undermined by the reappearance of an old lover.
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Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras, observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the presidents inner circle. Kessler reveals what they have seen, providing previously untold stories about the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet officers, and White House aides.
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 6
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CIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller. Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandos deep into Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from joining the nuclear arms race, he was publicly hailed by the president as the single most important person in the fight...
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Leo Demidov thrillers volume 2
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Leo Demidov, former State Security Officer to Joseph Stalin, is caught in the midst of a violent regime change. On the home front, Leo is facing mutiny from his two adopted children when they learn that he is responsible for their birthparents' death. However, Leo is unable to sort out his domestic issues as he becomes the target of a shadowy figure from his past. As he races to save those he loves, Leo may find it impossible to save himself from...
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service.
The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents.
In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand...
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They guard the most important people in the United States. But did you know they also guard our money? The U. S. Secret Service includes agents and officers who put their lives on the line to keep our leaders, safe, and other who work around the clock to prevent counterfeiters from wreaking havoc. Presidents depend on them, and so can we.
12) Moscow sting
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Anna Resnikov novels volume 2
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Ex-KGB colonel Anna heads to America, where she is sought out by Adrian, the former boss of her deceased, ex-spy husband, who wants answers and information that only she possesses.
13) The first lady
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"Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn't have predicted that she'd be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady with strict orders to keep it a secret. The First Lady's absence comes in the...
14) Cold dawn
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"The small town of Black Falls, Vermont, finally feels safe again-until search-and-rescue expert Rose Cameron discovers a body, burnt almost beyond recognition. Almost. Rose is certain that she knows the victim's identity ... and that his death was no accident. Nick Martini also suspects an arsonist's deliberate hand. Another fire killed an arson investigator in California months ago. Now the rugged smoke jumper is determined to follow the killer's...
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Appomattox saga volume 8
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"Frank Rocklin undertakes a special mission to make the South pay for the tragedies that have befallen his family as a result of the war"--Back cover.
16) Cold river
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"Hannah Shay has finally shown the town of Black Falls what she's worth. Her Three Sisters Caf�e is a success, and she's soon to become a prosecutor. When the caf�e becomes an epicenter for investigators trying to pierce a violent crime ring that's leaving bloody trails on nearby Cameron Mountain, Hannah suspects a man from her past is involved. Sean Cameron returns to the snowy cold of his Vermont hometown to unmask his father's killer. Sean...
17) I am the cheese
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive.
18) Without fail
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Ex-military cop Jack Reacher finds himself in a race to save the life of vice president-elect Brook Armstrong when he agrees, as a favor to a friend, to attempt to infiltrate the Secret Service protection around Armstrong in order to detect any holes in the system, not knowing a real assassin is trying to accomplish the same task
19) Split second
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Two Secret Service agents, one of them retired, have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making --and are a long way from over.
20) Agent 6
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Leo Demidov thrillers volume 3
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"Former secret police agent Leo Demidov is thrown into a foreign conflict and is forced to question and confront everything he ever thought he knew about his country, his family, and himself"--Provided by publisher.