Mission Mystery

When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps at a strange mural to get at a creepy-looking gnome and disappears into the painting, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. This time they have a new president, Richelle. A secret password leads Steven, Russell, and Richelle to the mysterious Mr. Chickee, who's living in a whole different universe!

A Cold War thriller, set in the early 1970s, unfolds high in the Himalayas, as a young Air Force officer, Bradford Lehman, is hand-picked for a special technical espionage mission sponsored by the United States and British intelligence agencies. A desperate, deadly clash between western and Soviet spies ensues on the slopes of Dhaulagiri, the seventh-highest mountain in the world. Climb. Fight. Survive - maybe.

Winston Churchill ist ein Perserkater. Genauer gesagt war er ein Perserkater, denn momentan steckt er im Körper des zwölfjährigen Mädchens Kira fest. Winston ist ein genialer Beobachter der Menschenwelt mit dem messerscharfen Verstand eines Detektivs. In Kira findet er die perfekte Partnerin: Sie stellt die richtigen Fragen, er recherchiert unerkannt. Zusammen sind sie ein unschlagbares Ermittlerteam und kommen jedem Täter auf die Spur.

Acclaimed for his evocative settings and gripping suspense, CBA best-selling author Athol Dickson won his third Christy Award for Lost Mission. Among the dirt-poor barrios and ultra-wealthy enclaves lining the hills of southern California, new construction unearths a long-lost Spanish mission. This discovery sets off a chain of events that presents four unrelated people with difficult choices.

It started with the smuggling of Mexican "wetbacks" for slave labor in the U.S. They were brought to an island in Lake Texoma, north of Dallas, to work on a top-secret operation directed by H.H. Christiansen...and were forbidden to leave. But it wasn't until twenty-five Mexicans died in a mysterious tank truck fire that the Penetrator was called in. That's when this simple smuggling assignment turned into a national security threat.

After a devastating experience in Darfur strips Alex Baines, former rising star of the State Department, of his security clearances, he is faced with two choices: spend the rest of his career in visa-stamping limbo or move to the private sector. On the verge of resigning, he receives a call from his old mentor with an incredible opportunity to start over, restoring both his security clearances and his reputation.

Without a mom and with her dad busy running the museum, Liberty Jacobs was practically raised by the tarantulas, leopard geckos, and rare butterflies of the Walnut Street Insectarium. She loves being the resident “Bug Girl,” but unless Liberty and her dad can snag a big investor, they’ll lose the museum, their home, and the funding Liberty needs to launch her dream business: a butterfly release program called Life & Liberty. The investor meeting is a week away, but there’s a big problem: Liberty has reason to suspect there’s going to be a "buglary" of the museum’s rarest animals.

Black Forest Huntsmen capture a werewolf's daughter to force him to commit treason. To prevent the president's assassination, resulting in a human werekind war, her father asks Nate, a powerful Alpha, and his foster-brother Eli, a human changeling werewolf, to save her.

Im achten Roman von Ian Flemings James Bond begegnet der Geheimagent vom MI6 mehr als nur einem Abenteuer. Plötzliche Notfälle und schöne Frauen, die nicht ganz sind, was sie zu sein scheinen, sind eine Spezialität von James Bond. Wenn 007 an einem Fall dran ist, ist eines klar - das Ergebnis wird prickelnd sein! Ob er mit dem Mord eines kubanischen Gangsters in Amerika, der Zerschlagung eines internationalen Drogenrings oder einem plötzlichen Todesfall auf den Seychellen zu tun hat, Bond erledigt den Job.

One battle. One man. One mission. The insurgents are dug in and ready for war. To them, it's about guns, guts, and glory. For Jack Bunker, freedom and the flag are paramount. He's prepared to fight, despite their overwhelming firepower. As the final confrontation nears, Bunker knows death comes with it.

After the insurgents take control, Jack Bunker rallies all his skills and training in an explosive battle for survival. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, he vows to never stop fighting to protect those he cares about. At least he won't be facing death alone. Newfound friends join his quest, using their combined ingenuity to help repel the threat. Victory will come at a steep price; however, when dark secrets are revealed, exposing some while protecting others.

Soon to be a major motion picture by Vishal Bhardwaj, this double bill of pacey thrillers highlighting the exploits of India's intelligence agency will have your pulse racing. In The Zero-Cost Mission, India's relations with Bangladesh are undermined by the activities of the Jamaat-e-Islami, whose camps and facilities are being used to help Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. The Wily Agent details the pitfalls of gathering intelligence in a foreign country, a delicate and complex business. A good source, however, can make the risks worthwhile.

An MH-47G Chinook helicopter departs formation in the Iraqi night. The mission is unauthorized. The objective is reckless. But to save a friend, Sam Avery and his crew of Night Stalkers have prepared for one last flight. ISIS operatives in Tal Afar, Iraq, have captured American aid worker Henry Stillmont. Avery knows Stillmont as "the Guru", the West Point squad leader who taught him about brotherhood, loyalty, and when to break the rules as a young cadet 25 years ago. Sam will risk his career and his life to save him.

Jessie Archer faced down death to prove her dedication to Athena, the elite organization of female spies she works for. Now she’s back on the team, in time to head to Pakistan to take down the man whose actions spurred Athena’s founders to create the secretive squad. But his connections spread farther than anyone knew, and when a girls’ school in Mumbai is bombed, a shadowy far-right organization reveals itself—and its evil plans to continue attacks. When someone close to the investigation turns on Athena, Jessie knows that their time to save everyone is nearly up.

In this 1909 young adult thriller penned by Stanley R. Matthews, originally featured in the serial magazine Brave and Bold Weekly, the Motor Boys unite once again to fight off the bad guys while showcasing the fabulous world of the early 20th century. From motorcars that speed along at a breathtaking 25 miles per hour to discussions about heavier-than-air flight to the stock tickers of Wall Street linked to a gold mine in Tucson, A Taxicab Tangle: The Mission of the Motor Boys is in many ways as fresh and innocent as it was more than a century ago.

The year is 2013. A member of the elite Delta Force Unit, Warrant Officer James Chase, is a top soldier in the United States Army. On this brisk November morning, he’s enroute for another mission to capture a High Value Target with no reason to believe it will go any differently than the dozens of other missions during his military career. He’s about to find out he was wrong....

A unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit by something. The soldiers bail out of the crippled plane, but when the 13 men and women reach the ground, they are not in Afghanistan. Not only are they four thousand miles from their original destination but it appears they have descended 2,000 years into the past where primitive forces fight each other with swords and arrows. The platoon is thrown into a battle where they must choose sides quickly or die.

Der neue Roman von Rafik Schami - Spannender als ein Krimi! Ein italienischer Kardinal, eine geheime Mission, ein Mord in Damaskus. Die italienische Botschaft in Damaskus bekommt 2010 ein Fass mit Olivenöl geliefert, darin die Leiche eines Kardinals. Kommissar Barudi will das Verbrechen aufklären; Mancini, ein Kollege aus Rom, unterstützt ihn und wird sein Freund. Auf welcher geheimen Mission war der Kardinal unterwegs? Bei ihrer Ermittlung südlich von Aleppo fallen die beiden Kommissare in die Hände bewaffneter Islamisten.

Призрак на задании - фантастический роман Александры Лисиной, вторая книга цикла Леди-призрак, жанр героическое фэнтези, книги про волшебников, любовное фэнтези.

Never did I know I'd ever meet Keith again. Troublemaker on the outside, knight in shining armor on the inside, and my big, high-school crush that I never got over with. Eight years later, Keith aka Mad-dog, suddenly yanks me from my safe little world and brings me to a much more exciting reality. I am having the time of my life, until he says something that forces me to question: Does he really love me, or is this a ploy to get the bank he desperately wants?