Women Spy Thrillers

When an old man is found dead on the road - seemingly run over by a Hungarian au pair - police investigator Anna Fekete is certain that there is more to the incident than meets the eye. As she begins to unravel an increasingly complex case, she’s led on a deadly trail where illegal immigration, drugs and ultimately murder threaten not only her beliefs but her life.

Loose Lips follows the story of Selena Keller who has just completed a doctorate in Oriental Studies. Living in Manhattan, unemployed, and dismayed by her dull job prospects, on a whim she sends her resume to the CIA. Within weeks she is contacted by a recruiter, who asks her how she would feel about convincing another human being to commit treason.

Anna Fekete returns to the Balkan village of her birth for a relaxing summer holiday. But when her purse is stolen and the thief is found dead on the banks of the river, Anna is pulled into a murder case. Her investigation leads straight to her own family, to closely guarded secrets concealing a horrendous travesty of justice that threatens them all. How long will it take before everything explodes?

Dos agentes del CNI son requeridos para asistir a una reunión importante en la Moncloa, con la presencia de la Vicepresidenta del gobierno. Es en la época de reprivatización de la Caixa de Catalunya. El banco de España ha recibido una oferta millonaria, fuera de toda lógica, por la citada Caja. El gobierno quiere saber quién está detrás de la oferta, que ha sido presentada por un fondo de inversiones dirigido por una mujer llamada Gabriela Escobar, que controla una gran Corporación con sede en las islas Caimán.

Las obsesiones de Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa se dan cita en este escalofriante thriller contemporáneo: los intereses financieros de las grandes potencias empresariales, el pasado como mapa para el presente, la acción y la intriga a través de una trama internacional. Irina Dogonovic ha crecido en la Roma de postguerra. Bien posicionada en el ámbito empresarial y con el contacto de varios cardenales de la curia vaticana, recibe el encargo de investigar un proyecto secreto originado por los nazis, un proyecto que podría revolucionar las finanzas de todo el planeta. Su aventura no ha hecho más que comenzar.

"Sultana Roja" es una de las obras cumbres en la dilatada bibliografía de Alberto Vázquez Figueroa. Consta de seis volúmenes, en los cuales asistimos a la evolución de María, una chica cuyo padrastro sacó de la pobreza durante su infancia, y para quien aseguró un futuro feliz... hasta que todo se truncó con su trágica muerte en un atentado. Las ansias de venganza devoran a María, que toma la determinación de encontrar a los culpables y llega al extremo de infiltrarse en la organización que mató a su padre.

The body of a teenage boy is found weighted down in a lake. Karin Muller, newly appointed Major of the People's Police, is called to investigate. But her power will only stretch so far, when every move she makes is under the watchful eye of the Stasi. Then, when the son of Muller's team member goes missing, it quickly becomes clear that there is a terrifying conspiracy at the heart of this case, one that could fast lead Muller and her young family into real danger. Can she navigate this complex political web and find the missing boy, before it's too late?

Nach Jannas und Markus' letztem Abenteuer ist ein wenig Ruhe im Institut eingekehrt. Die beiden sind noch dabei, sich in ihrem neuen gemeinsamen Büro einzurichten und sich daran zu gewöhnen, täglich miteinander zu arbeiten. Da kommt ein neuer Auftrag gerade recht, um sie als Team auf die Probe zu stellen: Während einer internationalen Konferenz zum Thema Kriegs- und Krisenmanagement in Köln sollen sie den Personenschutz für Nadine Hochstaden übernehmen.

Sophia’s mane of silver hair gives her the look of a mystical warrior, a female not of this world. Some colleagues defend her, others are jealous, most fear her, yet everyone respects her abilities. An ace sharpshooter, she’s called on for the most difficult cases. Her uncanny ability to remain cool under duress makes her the perfect person to rescue the twins of the frantic governor whose rejected husband intends to make her suffer. Problems begin when a cocky hero hits on her in the marketplace. Why her?

Drei Monate sind seit der Explosion der Yacht auf dem Rhein vergangen, bei der Janna Berg ihren guten Freund und Geheimdienstpartner Markus Neumann verloren hat. Seit dem verheerenden Unglück hat das Institut aus Sicherheitsgründen alle Verbindungen zu ihr unterbrochen. Auch wenn es ihr schwerfällt, Markus zu vergessen, bemüht Janna sich, ihr altes Leben so gut wie möglich wiederaufzunehmen. Doch dann steht eines Tages ein gut aussehender Fremder vor ihrer Tür und bittet sie, ihm und dem Institut eine letztes Mal zu helfen.

"A València apareixen els cadàvers de dos polítics que havien estat involucrats en trames corruptes amb un conseller d’alta volada de la Generalitat, que va fugir a l’altre punta del món abans de ser condemnat per aquests tractes il·legals. Ara totes les sospites recauen sobre l’exconseller que pot haver torn at a fer justícia, però ningú no sap on és. Ni tan sols la seva família. El fill és un aspirant a novel·lista que vol escriure la seva gran obra a partir de la història del pare. La muller és una dona de classe alta vinguda a menys que viu en la inòpia des de la fugida del marit."

Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II's end, beats the bullies senseless and pulls Nicolae from the water. A friendship is born. Jackson is broke, his spying days over, and Nicolae offers him a job.

There's power in stories. But power can be deadly. Detective Cora Gorderheim is a detective no longer. Stripped of her badge by the corrupt chief inspector, Cora's job now is to protect her sister, Ruth, the new Wayward storyteller. Ruth must tell her tale of the Tear widening if people are to know the truth of what's happening in the Union of Realms. But Lowlander Chambers Morton wants the Wayward to change their election story, and will stop at nothing to achieve this – including murder.

In this rousing novel, the action sweeps from the Oval Office to a Navy SEAL assault on a remote Indonesian Island, from the court-martial of an admiral to the impeachment hearings of a peacenik President.

Staubsaugen, Klo schrubben und nebenbei die Welt retten - ein stinknormaler Tag in Millies Leben. Auf den ersten Blick putzt sich die balkanstämmige Wienerin durch die Haushalte der Oberschicht, doch hinter der Fassade ist Millie Agentin eines internationalen Spionagenetzwerks von Reinigungskräften. Ihr aktueller Auftrag führt sie auf die Spur einer globalen Verschwörung um manipulierte Lebensmittel. So weit Routine, aber warum hat ihre Chefin plötzlich Geheimnisse vor ihr? Und was hat ihr Traummann Max zu verbergen?

When Monique Duchesne sees the police outside her door long after midnight, she fears they are waiting for her. Instead of interrogating her about her past again, they want to talk about her murdered neighbor. A man she barely knew. Convinced the police suspect she knows more than she admits, Monique risks everything to find the killer before her world explodes. The deeper she digs, the closer the killer gets. Is the murder a coincidence, or is someone targeting her?

Prague in the 1950s is a city of numerous small terrors, of political tyranny, corruption, and surveillance. There is no way of knowing whether one's neighbor is spying for the government, or what one's supposed friend will say under pressure to a state security agent. A loyal party member might be imprisoned or executed as quickly as a traitor; innocence means nothing for a person caught in a government trap.

Catherine Ling is one of the CIA’s most prized operatives. Raised on the unforgiving streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of 14, already having accumulated more insight and secrets than the most seasoned professionals in her world. If life has taught her anything, it is not to get attached, but there are two exceptions to that rule: Her son, Luke, and her mentor, Hu Chang.

Her narrow escape from blue-eyed assassin Tom Booker has made former data analyst Dani Britton question all of her choices-like trusting "good guys" who carry badges. On the run and haunted by the government-sanctioned massacre of her coworkers, Dani finally settles in remote Redemption Key, Florida, at a bar where strong drinks and shady deals are the norm.

Israelis and Palestinians cooperate to make a difficult situation worse. Good people, doing bad things for the best of reasons. A complex murder investigation of a complicated set of murders starts when an Arab collaborator's body is found by a collapsed wall in the new Israeli settlement of Oranit. His death is hushed up and the body burned by the Palestinian villagers who hated him.