Women Spy Thrillers

Sarah Prescott thought she was just taking on a simple job—organizing the papers of a reclusive author. Instead, she stumbled upon a secret that powerful people would kill to keep buried. Hidden within the pages of a long-lost manuscript lies evidence of a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of government. As Sarah delves deeper, she finds herself caught in a dangerous web of lies, betrayal, and murder. With the help of a disillusioned FBI agent and a veteran journalist, Sarah races against time to expose the truth.

But once Margaret begins to unravel the secrets of Bletchley Park, Betty finds herself thrust—untrained—into the deadly world of counter-espionage. And as the pair begin a critical game of cat and mouse with each other, the situation rapidly becomes ever more desperate. With a highly dangerous newcomer suddenly arriving on the scene, the fate of Britain's most vital war secret hangs entirely on the outcome of the two women’s deeply personal conflict. But which one of them has really been the cat, and which one the mouse?

She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon. Before special operative Chandler was forced to FLEE, she executed the most difficult missions - and most dangerous people - for the government. So when she’s tasked with saving a VIP’s daughter from human traffickers, Chandler expects the operation to be by the numbers…until she uncovers a secret that will endanger the entire population of New York City, and possibly the world.

…If a kickass middle-aged bookkeeper got sucked into a spy's life… Despite her penchant for weapons and ripe language, Aydan Kelly's resumé reads 'bookkeeper', not 'badass'. She's leaving the city to fulfill her dream of rural tranquility when she gets carjacked by a man who shouldn't exist. When RCMP officer John Kane kills her would-be abductor, Aydan thinks her troubles are over. But Kane's investigation implicates her in an international espionage plot, and criminal charges become the least of her worries when she's targeted by the very spies Kane suspects her of aiding.

Dana Laine ha ingresado en el Centro Nacional de Inteligencia español. Su primera misión será localizar a Aleksandr Potosky, un peligroso criminal que ha aterrizado en Madrid. Todo parece sencillo de ejecutar, hasta que alguien pondrá en peligro su existencia y la confianza de los servicios españoles. En un mundo de hombres, su reputación ahora pende de un hilo. En una ciudad donde nadie aparenta ser quien es, Dana no tendrá más opción que atrapar al terrorista y salvar la vida de cientos de personas.

Der neue Thriller der Krimipreis-Trägerin. Ein Kopf in einer Plastiktüte vor dem Büro, dazu ein erschossener Geschäftsführer. Mit der NGO "Interni" stimmt deutlich etwas nicht. Und nichts ist lästiger für eine wohltätige Stiftung als schlechte Presse. Fürchtet der Lebensmittel- und Fleisch-Tycoon Wellinghofen, der Hauptmäzen der "Interni", und schickt seine Mitarbeiterin für besondere Fälle, die sich gerade Eve Klein nennt, nach Zürich zum Stiftungssitz.

It’s August 1861, and her latest assignment could end the bloody Civil War and bring the fractured United States together again. All she must do is win the trust of her captive: Confederate spy and socialite Rose Greenhow. But with Rose well aware of Kate’s working-class background and belief in abolitionism, it seems an impossible task. Worse, Kate has secrets that make her vulnerable, such as her forbidden love affair with a colleague.

Rachel and her partner, Detective Raul Santino, might not believe that the Department of Homeland Security is responsible, but the rest of the country does. As tensions mount and the city begins to burn, Rachel learns that none of her usual investigatory techniques apply—for the first time in her long career as a cop, finding the bad guys might not be as important as learning why they wanted the public to rise up against their own government.

In her work with a clandestine government agency, Aydan Kelly stumbles across a shadowy consortium of scientists whose members are selling classified information for personal profit. Aydan wants to report them, but there’s a small complication: Her supposedly dead husband...isn’t. He wants to rendezvous with her, but he could be working with the consortium. If she rats on the scientists, her husband will die. But if she doesn’t, the consortium will kill her....

In Hamburg sterben Menschen, die der Umwelt schaden. Jede und jeder könnte das nächste Opfer sein. Ein sensationeller Fall für das Hamburger Ermittlerduo Erdmann und Eloğlu von Erfolgsautor Hubertus Borck. Ich sehe, was du tust. Dafür wirst du bestraft. Eine Frau stirbt qualvoll bei einem Brand in einem Müllkeller. Kurz vor ihrem Tod entdeckt sie eine geheimnisvolle Botschaft über sich an der Decke: »Ich sehe, was du tust«. Einige Wochen später verbrennt ein Mann in einem Bordell auf der Hamburger Reeperbahn. Der Jurist, der für Gerechtigkeit kämpfte, setzte gegen das Unkraut in seinem Garten regelmäßig Chemie ein.

College heptathlete Margaret Crandall is invited to compete for a spot with a secret company to become an elite assassin. While still in the training pipeline, her mentor is murdered attempting to kill the billionaire shipping tycoon, Victor Lars Junius, who is a member of a global criminal empire and attempting to transform himself into the legendary actor Richard Burton.

Five detectives across five states are dead, victims of an assailant known as the Judge. As the murderer cuts across the country, the FBI invites Sam to be a part of the investigation. Sam is a county cop with an unsettled past and an uncertain future. She’s also a talented investigator with a knack for catching serial killers. Her skill set makes her an asset to the Bureau. It also marks her as a target.

Fred’s wife is found dead. Lindsay has lived next door to Fred for three years and this is the first she’s heard of a wife. Two days after the body of Fred’s wife is found, Lindsay's ex, Rick, goes missing. Suddenly, Fred declares that Lindsay’s life is in danger, but he won’t tell her why. Lindsay declares Fred is being paranoid…until a figure steps out of the darkness and grabs her. Fred is a man with many secrets. Those secrets may get Lindsay killed....

Private investigator Robert Brixton has always hated Washington. Against his better judgment, he decides to stick around and take a job as an agent in a new State Department security agency headed by his former boss at the Washington P.D. After work one day he meets his youngest daughter, Janet, for a drink at an outdoor cafe. Shockingly, a young Arabic woman blows herself up, killing Janet and a dozen others. Seeking revenge for his daughter, Brixton follows the tracks of the bomber to a powerful senator's son.

With one mysterious e-mail, Bobby Kungenook - the teenage hockey phenom living undercover and guarding part of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough - realizes someone else shares his secret. The sender summons Bobby from New York to a rendezvous in radioactive Japan. There, with the help of Bobby's guardian, Nadia Tesla, the two will forever alter mankind's destiny.

Kay Hamilton, the beautiful, fearless, and audacious DEA agent who went rogue in Rosarito Beach, has paid the price for her subversive behavior. As Viking Bay begins, Kay has been fired by the DEA and needs a job to support herself and her teenage daughter. Kay moves to Washington D.C. and connects with the Callahan Group, a shadowy quasi-governmental agency with an enigmatic agenda. For her first mission, Kay is told only a few facts.

Houston reporter Annie Price is looking for a career-defining story when she profiles Tom Marr. The state's first secessionist candidate for governor. But the big Texas story comes with more than she bargains for -- a corrupt college president, a dangerous ex-CIA agent and a beautiful, deadly Peruvian assassin. Before long, Annie must grapple with two murders, political shenanigans and a love triangle that will test the limits of her ethics and her heart.

In rural McCown County, Missouri, a young pregnant woman is found beaten to death in a trailer park. The only witness to the murder is Ivy, her six-year-old daughter, who points to her mom's boyfriend - father of the unborn child. County prosecutor Madeleine Thompson promises the community justice, and in the Ozarks that can mean only one thing: a death sentence. When Madeleine's first choice for cocounsel declines to try a death penalty case, she is forced to turn to assistant prosecutor Elsie Arnold.

Army Intelligence reservist Kat Caldwell is teaching Arabic at a military college in Virginia when the order comes: retired spy chief Dick Morrow needs to find a CIA informant who has slipped away from his handler in Spain and may be heading to Morocco.

October, 1962, in Cuba: Soviet ships off-load what intelligence reveals to be nuclear missiles. In Washington, President Kennedy and his advisers are in furious debate over how long they can wait to discover what the Soviets intend before dropping the first bomb. And, in Ithaca, New York, Margo Jensen - a 19-year-old Cornell sophomore - is swept up in a bizarre concatenation of circumstances that will make of her the back-channel liaison between Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Kennedy.