Women Spy Thrillers

Former FBI agent Brooke Burrell's cushy assignment turns into a countdown to mega-death and destruction, keeping her and her hand-picked group of experts guessing what, where, and when the attack will be - right up until zero hour.

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. Codename: Chandler. 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 ordered to eliminate a crooked corporate CEO in a manner that looks like natural death, it's a regular day at the office.

The mutilated body of C.I.A Section Chief Ned Bakke has been discovered in the car trunk of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Who put the body there? Was Bakke’s murder a warning? And if so, by whom? Jake Cleveland and Wolf Johannsen fear this may be the work of a powerful cabal of men who have infiltrated the United States government at the highest levels.

Jamaica, 1980. A general election is in the offing. The left-of-centre People's National Party stands a chance of winning a third term of radical social reform. Ties with Russia and Cuba will likely be strengthened. The IMF will be shown the door. The powers that be in London or Washington are not prepared to countenance any of that. Not at all. Unfortunately, the only person available to address the situation is someone the Brits would rather not acknowledge. At just 25, Ruby Parker and MI6 have a fractious shared history.

No one knew that Betty wore corrective lenses until she showed up for Sunday coffee wearing a very thick pair of warped-lensed dark brown plastic-framed glasses. She’d contracted an eye infection resulting in one of her eyes becoming a beady little eye. At coffe, her cousin, Roger, accidentally spilled the beans regarding him dating someone named Pat. Unable to squash their curiosity, wanting to learn more about this mysterious Pat person, Aggie and Betty followed Roger to a day spa in Palm Springs. That was when Aggie received a dreaded phone call from her archnemesis.

The year is 1861, the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. For Kate Warn, the first female private detective in American history, the only assignment tougher than exposing a conspiracy to assassinate the new president is training her new mentee, Hattie MacLaughlin, in the art of detection. The two women’s mission to save the president takes them from the granges of rural Maryland to the heart of secessionist high society, and sets them on a collision course that could alter the course of history.

Karina Cardinal's Saturday starts out with a bang, and it's not the home renovation marathon she's watching on HGTV. It's the FBI banging on her door, hunting for a fugitive. As if she could easily hide one in her modest condo. Especially one named Mike Finnegan.

Seit dem Tod ihres Vaters hat die korsische Mafiosa Zoë endgültig alle Brücken zu ihrer Zwillingsschwester Zara abgebrochen – denn die Europol-Profilerin ist für diesen Tod verantwortlich. Als Zoë vom Oberhaupt der korsischen Mafia auf einen schwer bewachten Goldtransport angesetzt wird, scheint das ein äußerst lukrativer Job zu sein. Was die Killerin nicht weiß: Ihr Boss wird vom arabischen Clanchef Shokran Al-Hamsi erpresst, dessen Bruder dank Zoë im Koma liegt. Jetzt ist Al-Hamsi mindestens so sehr auf das Leben der Mafiosa aus wie auf das Gold.

Ein Terror-Anschlag erschüttert San Sebastián. Das Ziel: die Sommerakademie von Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Ashrami Rafiki. Die Opfer: über 1.500 junge Frauen aus aller Welt. Mit dieser schrecklichen Vorahnung schreckt Terror-Profilerin Zara von Hardenberg aus einem Alptraum hoch. Die beste Profilerin von Europol kann sich jedes Detail merken, entdeckt jeden noch so kleinen Hinweis und ahnt die nächsten Schritte ihrer Gegner voraus - doch sie kann keine Regeln brechen. Und um einen solchen schrecklichen Anschlag zu verhindern, werden legale Mittel nicht ausreichen.

Nachdem Sara Nowak das Netzwerk der Stasi-Mitarbeiter in Schweden auffliegen ließ und einen Bombenschlag in Deutschland verhindert hat, werden die Ereignisse von den schwedischen Geheimdiensten unter den Teppich gekehrt. Sara will sich an das Schweigegebot halten, doch dann wird ein Ex-Spion ermordet, der sie wenige Tage zuvor vergeblich um Rückruf gebeten hatte. Obwohl sie an ihrer neuen Stelle in der Kriminalpolizei bereits genug mit einer Mordserie in der Unterwelt zu tun hat, lässt ihr schlechtes Gewissen sie erneut in der Spionagewelt herumstochern.

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.

La extraña desaparición de un avión en la ruta Bogotá y Medellín desencadena una serie de inesperados acontecimientos en la primera novela del guionista y director Dago García. Victoria Albornoz es una reconocida reportera que decide investigar el caso cuando descubre que Roberto, su amante, era uno de los pasajeros; Lorenzo Pieschacón es un policía en decadencia que por azares del destino queda implicado en el caso, y el pastor Martín Quiñonez, pierde el avión e intenta capitalizar el hecho a su favor.

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?

«Pero ¿quién demonios es esa mujer?» era la pregunta más escuchada en los despachos de la CIA. ¿Quién movía los hilos del espionaje mundial, frustraba operaciones de inteligencia, retorcía voluntades, mudaba de piel, encabezaba misiones imposibles, descubría secretos de Estado y dibujaba en el tablero de la Guerra Fría la amenaza de una Tercera Guerra Mundial? Esa misteriosa mujer era la española África de las Heras, quien se convirtió en la espía soviética más importante del siglo xx.

Three sisters raised in Michigan follow completely different pathways. The oldest, Nettie, threw away every advantage she had when she was still in her teens, and her mystified parents and siblings watched in horror as she spent years in squalor and degradation. Middle sister Ruth fell in love with a wealthy man and now has a life beyond all the dreams she spun in the cramped, upstairs bedroom of their parents’ old farmhouse.

Una violenta esplosione durante la festa di inaugurazione di villa Brandi, una villa settecentesca restaurata grazie al contributo in denaro di un noto mister del calcio internazionale, provoca l`uccisione di quattro persone e il grave ferimento di una quinta. Caterina Ruggeri, capo della locale Sezione Omicidi, presente alla festa insieme al suo compagno e uscita illesa dall`attentato, prenderà in mano fin da subito le redini delle indagini, che vengono però depistate da oscuri personaggi legati da un lato alla massoneria locale e da un altro ai Servizi Segreti.

In Kris Calvin’s debut mystery, One Murder More, a beautiful legislative aide is found stabbed to death in California’s Capitol building. Maren Kane, a lobbyist for a fledgling Sacramento-based toy company, is in the midst of a legislative fight that could make or break her career. She doesn’t have time for a coffee break let alone involvement in a murder investigation.

Congressional staffer Kit Marshall is excited to attend a historic event displaying the contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets the night he was assassinated at the Library of Congress. The next day, a senior librarian is dead and several invaluable artifacts are missing.

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.

It's been two short weeks since her harrowing experience in the mountain cabin, and former Homeland agent Sam Jameson is still a long way from okay. She's spent the time driving aimlessly, alone and anonymous, trying to make sense of her ordeal. Those unimaginable words - "Yes, Madam Facilitator" - echo in her memory for the 1,000th time as she happens upon a beautiful, traumatized, and nearly naked young woman fleeing for her life in the midnight cold. Hours later, Sam finds herself in the Philadelphia police commissioner's office with his blood on her hands.