Spy Fiction Literary

"Llega la hora" empieza con la lectura de una nota de suicidio que acarrea consecuencias devastadoras tanto para Harry y Emma Clifton como para Giles Barrington y Lady Virginia. Giles ha de decidir si se retira de la política y dedica todos sus esfuerzos a rescatar a Karin, la mujer de ama, atrapada tras el Telón de Acero. Aunque, ¿de verdad ama Karin a Giles, o acaso es una espía? Lady Virginia se enfrenta a la bancarrota.

A father and three of his seven children work brutal hours in a mine, facing hazards such as landslides, fire, and poisoned air, to scrape together enough money for food. When their lodger, Étienne, shares ideas about a workers' revolt, the family gradually embraces his plans. Soon the settlement is aflame with resolve to strike for better wages and working conditions. Savage and horrifying events ensue as miners clash with management and with each other.

Under Den Kolde Krig er kapløbet mellem Vesten og USSR om videnskab og atomkraft i fuld gang. Derfor bliver briterne ellevilde, da den russiske oberst Stok foreslår en handel: Han vil levere den geniale russiske videnskabsmand Semitsa over Berlinmuren - ved bevidsthed eller ej - til gengæld for en svimlende sum. Topagenten Harry Palmer bliver sendt til Berlin af den britiske efterretningstjeneste for at sørge for den lyssky aftale, men intet går som planlagt ... Len Deighton (f.

Abel återvänder till Chicago, fortfarande ursinnig efter det ödesdigra mötet med Kane, bara för att mötas av ytterligare motgångar vid sin ankomst. Trots att han gjort sitt bästa för att förbereda sig för det oväntade är hans ansträngningar otillräckliga och han finner sig snart i en mycket prekär situation. Kane å sin sida kämpar på med sina egna problem. Företaget har gått med stora förluster och han överväger att säga upp sig. Han lär känna Kate och ber henne följa med honom till England, trots att de nyligen träffas.

Tjugoettåriga Valter Nordin vet precis vad det är han vill med sitt liv. Han ska bli polis, skydda sina medmänniskor och göra en insats för sitt land. Militärtjänsten gav honom helt enkelt mersmak. Kanske skulle han till och med kunna jobba för SÄPO? Men efter tre avslag blir Valter villrådig. Polisen vill tydligen inte ha honom, fastän han är en tvättäkta patriot. Ska han verkligen behöva lägga golv resten av livet? På jakt efter nya vägar framåt hamnar Valter i situationer som inte alls blir som han tänkt sig.

En rysk KGB-agent vill smugglas in till Sverige från Sovjet finska gränsen. Killen måste över till varje pris, säger överstebefälhavaren. Det är ett uppdrag av högsta prioritet. En väl beprövad svensk agent blir satt på uppdraget, men allt fortlöper inte riktigt som någon har tänkt sig. Flera år senare, när krutröken har lagt sig och saker har återgått till det normala, börjar det misslyckade uppdraget att spöka i den nu mycket rutinerade agentens liv.

Charles Seymor, näst äldste son och därmed utesluten från att ärva sin fars earl-titel, ärvde i alla fall sin mors styrka. Och en vilja att skapa sitt eget öde ... Simon Kerslakes far offrade allt för sin sons drömmar. Nu är det upp till Simon att nå dem. Ray Gould kommer från de stökigare kvarteren, men fostrades med stolthet - som går väl i hand med hans skarpa intellekt och drivkraft att nå det omöjliga ... Tre män som går från att vara främlingar till rivaler om posten till premiärminister i Storbritannien.

Historical fact-based fiction about the famous spy who played a key role in Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. This narrative takes place between July 1861 and July 1862 and is the first in a series about the Confederate Secret Service and the women who were its most effective agents. Belle Boyd was the first woman in American History to be formally commissioned an army officer.

I talarstolen inför tusentalet människor som samlats på Gärdet den 1 maj faller Sveriges statsminister Sven Sundberg offer för ett dödligt attentat. Nyheten om mordet sprider sig som en löpeld bland folket. Det spekuleras livligt om vem som kunde ha förövat det. Fanns det möjligen en koppling till att en främmande ubåt fastnat i marinens garn i Stockholms skärgård? Låg främmande makter bakom mordet och i så fall vilken av dem? När kalla krigets vindar blåser fram över hela Europa kan ingen vara säker.

Robert Littell creates a multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic saga of the ClA - "The Company" to insiders. The fictional and historical characters of Robert Littell's novel reveal much of the nearly 50 years of this complex and powerful organization. At the heart is a mole hunt involving the CIA, M16, KGB, and Mossad, a stunningly conceived trip down the rabbit hole to the labyrinthine Alice-in-Wonderland world of espionage, a "world where things have no names".

This is the story of five marriages and one gun. A British couple wonders at the unknowable city beyond their guarded compound while they build walls between themselves. An American suspects his new home is having an insidious effect on his "African queen" and their young daughter. An enthusiastic young intellectual follows his wife to the city and finds only disillusion. An intelligence officer loses a crucial piece of evidence. It will cost him his marriage, his girlfriend, and maybe his life.

Rosa and Esther march through downtown Detroit in August 1968 to protest the war in Vietnam. When a bloodied teenager reports that mounted police are beating protesters a few blocks away, the young women hurry to offer assistance. They try to stop the violence, but an officer is injured and the sisters are arrested. Rosa sees an opportunity to protest the war in court. Esther has an infant daughter and wants to avoid prison, which means accepting a plea bargain and testifying against her sister.

Once a promising actor, Tim Brettigan has gone missing. His father thinks he may have seen him among some homeless people. And though she knows he left on purpose, his mother has been searching for him all over the city. She checks the usual places and stum­bles upon a local community group with lofty goals and an enigmatic leader who will alter all of their lives. Christina, a young woman rapidly becoming addicted to a boutique drug that gives her a feeling of blessedness, is inexplicably drawn to the same collective by a man who’s convinced he may start a revolution.

Max Bowman has been gone for a long time. So long that he’s lost his home, his love, his money and most of his memories. Now, the Russian Rat Pack is hunting him down. A dog puppet with Lego blocks for teeth is barking out strange warnings. His weird brother is hiding something in the basement. And the woman Max left behind is involved with a crooked lobbyist whose menace is almost as big as his stomach, as well as the stunning secret he’s got under wraps. Oh yeah. And Donald Trump is also now president.

Thirty years after its great triumph in Vietnam, the US has again become mired in an endless foreign war overseas. Stories of super soldiers known as the Volunteers tuck in little American boys and girls every night. Yet domestic politics are aflame. Violent protests erupt throughout the nation; an ex-military watchdog group clashes with police while radical terrorists threaten to expose government experiments within the veteran rehabilitation colonies. Halfway between war and peace, the Volunteers find themselves waiting for orders in the vast American city-state, Empire City.

Mais qui guette qui ? Lorsque le narrateur découvre dans l'appartement de sa mère le manuscrit d'un polar qu'elle avait entamé, "Le guetteur", il est intrigué. Elle qui aimait le frisson, pourquoi s'est-elle coupée du monde, mise à espionner ses voisins et à tenir le compte des cigarettes fumées et des verres de vins bus ? Comment vivait cette femme fantasque et insaisissable ? Elle a vécu à Paris avec pour seul compagnon son chien Chips. Maintenant qu'elle est morte, le mystère autour d'elle s'épaissit.

As a major hurricane threatens the northeast, math professor Gandalf Cohen is abducted by federal agents and flown to a secret interrogation center off the coast of Maine. Austin Coombs, a young local resident, is a newly hired civilian guard assigned to the detention center. Henry Ames, a man of personal secrets, is the FBI special agent in charge of Gandalf's case and doubts the professor's terrorist involvement; Tobias, his second-in-command, disagrees, preferring violent interrogation. As the hurricane slams the shore, conflict detonates and each character must choose a side.

When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospital, she arrives at her aunt’s house on the Indian Ocean and is taken into the heart of a family she has never met before. It’s a world of all-night beach parties and constant cocktail receptions, and within its languorous embrace her attraction for her much younger cousin grows. But these gilded lives and their fellow white Africans on the coast are under threat - Islamist terror attacks are on the rise and Rebecca knows more about this violence than she is prepared to reveal.

Part Primary Colors, part House of Cards, The Means takes you deep into high-stakes politics where everyone has something to hide. Tom Pauley is a conservative trial attorney in Durham, NC, who is tapped by GOP leaders to campaign for the Governor's mansion. His bold style makes him a favorite for a run at the White House. Mitchell Mason is the president-elect of the United States, pushed into politics by a father determined to create a political dynasty.

Aziz and his older brother, Ali, are coming of age in a village amid the pine forests and endless mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. There is no school, but their mother teaches them to read and write and once a month sends the boys on a two-day journey to the bazaar. They are poor, but inside their mud-walled home, the family has stability, love, and routine. When a convoy of armed men arrives in their village one day, their world crumbles.