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Books about Espionage
The Recruit
by Robert Muchamore
A young adult is recruited into a secret intelligence agency, tasked with protecting the nation.
The Recruit begins with eleven-year-old James Choke in his combined science class in his first term of secondary school, where he accidentally slashes classmate Samantha Jennings' face with a nail on ... (Wikipedia)
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
A humorous tale of espionage in Cold War Cuba, as a vacuum cleaner salesman attempts to outwit the British Secret Service.
Graham Greene's classic Cuban spy story, now with a new package and a new introduction, First published in 1959,, Our Man in Havana, is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a ... (Goodreads)
The Matarese Circle
by Robert Ludlum
Political thriller revolving around an international secret society.
The Matarese killers will take over the world within two years... The No.1 bestseller from 'the world's most read writer' [GQ] ... (Goodreads)
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
A thrilling adventure of a submarine captain's race against the clock in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
During the Cold War ,(the story must be set in 1982, according to the days assigned to the dates in the novel, e.g. Dec. 17 was a Friday only in 1982,1976 and 1971 ) Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy ... (Wikipedia)
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
A female journalist and computer hacker investigates a series of murders, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael ... (Goodreads)
Persuader
by Lee Child
A former military cop is forced to confront his past when a case involving a missing woman takes a deadly turn.
Jack Reacher is working unofficially with the DEA to bring down a boy's father, Zachary Beck, who is suspected of smuggling drugs under the pretext of trading in oriental carpets. They stage a kidnap ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Oracle
by James Rollins
An action-packed journey of global discovery and exploration, unlocking a secret long buried beneath the sea.
In Washington, D.C., a homeless man dies in Commander Gray Pierce's arms, shot by an assassin's bullet. But the death leaves behind a greater mystery: a bloody coin found clutched in the dead man's ... (Goodreads)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Final installment of the Millennium Trilogy, following a female hacker's fight for justice.
The book begins as Lisbeth Salander is flown to Sahlgrenska Hospital . It picks up where The Girl Who Played with Fire left off. After surgery, Salander is moved to an intensive care ward under ... (Wikipedia)
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown
A thrilling tale of espionage and intrigue, as a team of experts race against time to crack a powerful encryption code.
When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful ... (Goodreads)
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy
A former CIA analyst must protect his family from domestic terrorists, while thwarting a major international conspiracy.
A kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son occurs at the Mall in London . The attack is orchestrated by members of the Ulster Liberation Army , an ideologically ... (Wikipedia)
The House of Silk
by Anthony Horowitz
A thrilling detective story set in Victorian England, unravelling a devious criminal plot.
The House of Silk begins with a brief, personal recounting of events by Watson, much like that in, A Study in Scarlet, by the original author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The reader is informed of the ... (Wikipedia)
Split Second
by David Baldacci
An FBI agent races against the clock to prevent a terrorist attack that could change the world.
Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety ... (Goodreads)
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
A hacker teams up with a journalist to battle a criminal organization and save the world.
Computer scientist Frans Balder abandons a prestigious job in Silicon Valley and returns to Sweden to take custody of his autistic son August. Balder is informed by several law enforcement agencies ... (Wikipedia)
Casino Royale
by Ian Fleming
A secret agent is sent on a mission to defeat a dangerous criminal mastermind.
M , the enigmatic leader of the British Secret Service , assigns James Bond , a young agent newly promoted to "007" status after killing a Norwegian double agent during the war , to bankrupt Le ... (Wikipedia)
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
An all-out war between NATO and the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers.
Militants from Azerbaijan destroy an oil production refinery in Nizhnevartovsk , threatening to cripple the Soviet Union's economy due to oil shortages. After much deliberation, the Soviet Politburo ... (Wikipedia)
Plum Island
by Nelson DeMille
A mysterious investigation into a series of strange, unexplained events on a remote island.
In 1997, NYPD detective John Corey is on the back porch of his uncle's waterfront home on the North Fork of Long Island recovering from three gunshot wounds while working in his town of Manhattan, ... (Wikipedia)
The Enemy
by Lee Child
A retired military cop is tasked with finding a missing American soldier in Iraq.
In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and ... (Wikipedia)
Without Fail
by Lee Child
An ex-military investigator takes on a secret mission to locate a missing person.
Jack Reacher arrives in Atlantic City after hitching a ride cross-country with a couple of aging blues musicians who dream of playing at B.B. King 's club in New York City . He is approached there by ... (Wikipedia)
Running Blind
by Lee Child
A former military policeman is tasked with tracking down a dangerous criminal, learning secrets about his own past along the way.
Women are being murdered nationwide by a killer who leaves no trace of evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. All the victims have one thing in common: ... (Goodreads)
Gorky Park
by Martin Cruz Smith
A thrilling murder mystery, set in the Soviet Union, uncovering secrets and conspiracies.
The story follows Arkady Renko , a chief investigator for the Moscow militsiya , who is assigned to a case involving three corpses found in Gorky Park , an amusement park in Moscow. The victims - two ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Man
by Vince Flynn
A CIA operative's mission to stop a terrorist group from launching a devastating attack.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Mitch Rapp’s hunt for a missing CIA asset raises the stakes for his own survival—in Vince Flynn’s “tight, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Where Eagles Dare
by Alistair MacLean
A daring mission behind enemy lines during WWII to rescue a captured general.
In the winter of 1943 – 44 , U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby ( Robert Beatty ), a chief planner for the Western Front , is captured by the Germans . He is taken for interrogation to Schloß ... (Wikipedia)
The Lion's Game
by Nelson DeMille
An international terrorist gives chase to a CIA operative, with the fate of the world in the balance.
"The Lion" will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes ... (Wikipedia)
Best Kept Secret
by Jeffrey Archer
A thrilling story of political intrigue and espionage, culminating in a dramatic climax.
The book picks up after the events in, The Sins of the Father, , with the House of Lords having to decide who will be the heir to the fortune of Hugo Barrington. The vote ends with a tie, which ... (Wikipedia)
The Bourne Ultimatum
by Robert Ludlum
Secret agent Jason Bourne on a mission to uncover the truth behind his life and identity.
The novel follows David Webb, alias Jason Bourne , as he works to find his old enemy, Carlos the Jackal , who is trying to kill him. As the Jackal enters old age and his infamy fades, he decides that ... (Wikipedia)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
by John le Carré
A British agent's mission to infiltrate East Germany during the Cold War, full of suspense and intrigue.
In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge ... (Goodreads)
Smiley's People
by John le Carré
Retired spy Smiley is thrust back into the world of espionage to uncover a deadly conspiracy.
John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him – and his hero, British ... (Goodreads)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carré
A retired spy is called back into action to uncover a mole in the British Secret Service.
Control , chief of the Circus, suspects one of the five senior intelligence officers at the Circus to be a long-standing Soviet mole and assigns code names with the intention that should his agent ... (Wikipedia)
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
Detective searches for clues to an elusive crime to find a killer terrorizing Oslo.
The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The ... (Goodreads)
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
Two women in WWI join forces to unravel secrets of a spy network in search of a missing girl.
The plot follows pregnant American college student Charlie St. Clair in the aftermath of World War II , as she travels around France looking for her missing cousin, Rose. Her story intersects with ... (Wikipedia)
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
A thrilling journey through the past and present, combining tech, history and adventure.
The action takes place in two periods—World War II and the late 1990s, during the Internet boom and Asian financial crisis . In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, a young United States Navy code ... (Wikipedia)
The Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer
A daring mission to save a kidnapped friend, uncovering a dastardly plot.
The story opens at the Bay of Kola , just after the Russian Mafia have sunk the Fowl Star. Two low-ranking Mafia members discover the body of the former Irish crime lord Artemis Fowl I, who has ... (Wikipedia)
The Eternity Code
by Eoin Colfer
An exciting adventure story of a young genius trying to outwit a powerful criminal organization.
Artemis Fowl II , the 13-year-old criminal mastermind, has created a supercomputer which he calls the "C Cube", from the stolen fairy LEPrecon helmets confiscated by Butler in the siege of Fowl ... (Wikipedia)
Tripwire
by Lee Child
A retired military cop is drawn into a tangled web of intrigue, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.
The prologue describes Victor Truman "Hook" Hobie's carefully planned escape route in the event of somebody discovering his "really big, well-guarded secret". His "early-warning system" consists of ... (Wikipedia)
Drop Shot
by Harlan Coben
Detective uses unique tactics to investigate a murder, uncovering a criminal conspiracy.
A young woman is shot in cold blood, her lifeless body dumped outside the stadium at the height of the US Open . At one point, her tennis career had skyrocketed. Now headlines were being made by a ... (Wikipedia)
Out of Sight, Out of Time
by Ally Carter
A teenage girl's race against time to rescue her kidnapped friends and uncover secrets from her past.
With more than a million Gallagher Girls books sold, a legion of fans have fallen in love with the New York Times best-selling spy-girl series, and the fifth book delivers the most nerve-wracking, ... (Goodreads)
When the Wind Blows
by James Patterson
An ex-CIA agent is forced to go on the run when his past catches up to him.
The book centers on Frannie Devin O'Neill, a veterinarian , whose husband was killed three years before the story takes place. The action takes place in Bear Bluff, Colorado . She meets Kit Harrison, ... (Wikipedia)
Black Order
by James Rollins
A thrilling adventure across the globe, uncovering secrets of a mysterious ancient order.
Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0752876457 ISBN13: 9780752876450. A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt across four continents. Arson ... (Goodreads)
Child 44
by Tom Rob Smith
A gripping tale of a police detective's investigation of a series of child murders in Stalinist Russia.
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the ... (Goodreads)
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
A thrilling tale of espionage and wartime romance, set in the chaos of WWII.
In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto , is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. ... (Wikipedia)
The Fix
by David Baldacci
An ex-CIA agent must bring down a powerful cartel while unlocking secrets from his past.
David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker–the man who can forget nothing--was first introduced in the sensational #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man . Now Decker returns in a stunning ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.
The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)
Naked in Death
by J.D. Robb
A murder investigation set in a futuristic New York City, uncovering secrets about a criminal ring.
In 2058, Eve Dallas, Lieutenant in the NYPSD (New York Police and Security Department) Homicide division, is tasked with finding the culprit who killed Sharon DeBlass, a licensed companion (that is, ... (Wikipedia)
Reamde
by Neal Stephenson
A thrilling adventure story set in the world of online gaming, with an international cast of characters.
“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.” — Time The #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, Anathem, Neal ... (Barnes & Noble)
Memorial Day
by Vince Flynn
Action-packed political thriller, as an ex-military operative races to stop a terrorist attack.
Intelligence gathering has indicated unusual activity in financial markets, and Rapp, back in the field after a long stint on desk duty for insubordination, unearths a bomb plot during a daring ... (Wikipedia)
Separation of Power
by Vince Flynn
Political thriller centered on an ex-CIA agent's mission to stop a terrorist attack on the US.
About a month after the events in the previous book, CIA Director Thomas Stansfield has succumbed to cancer and has chosen Dr. Irene Kennedy, The director of the CIA's counterterrorism center, to ... (Wikipedia)
Term Limits
by Vince Flynn
Political thriller about a group of former special forces operatives who attempt to overthrow the government.
Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780671023188, here,, TAKING AMERICA BACK ... ONE POLITICIAN AT A TIME, In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with ... (Goodreads)
Deception Point
by Dan Brown
A thrilling political conspiracy involving a discovery made in the Arctic Ocean.
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory, a victory with profound implications for NASA ... (Wikipedia)
Phantom
by Jo Nesbø
Detective Harry Hole investigates a serial killer preying on young women.
Following from Jo Nesbø's electrifying international best-sellers, The Snowman, and, The Leopard, now comes, Phantom, which plunges the brilliant, deeply troubled, now former police officer Harry ... (Goodreads)
The Rembrandt Affair
by Daniel Silva
An art restorer embarks on a thrilling mission to uncover a conspiracy involving a stolen Rembrandt painting.
Gabriel Allon and his team seek a lost Rembrandt whose previous owners have included both Holocaust victims and terrorists. In addition to regularly recurring characters, Julian Isherwood in his role ... (Wikipedia)
House of Spies
by Daniel Silva
A thrilling spy novel of international deception and intrigue.
A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge — determined ... (Goodreads)
Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
An ordinary teen is thrust into an extraordinary mission to save the world.
The book begins with Alex Rider learning that his uncle and legal guardian, Ian Rider, has been killed in a car crash. Unbeknownst to Alex and his housekeeper Jack Starbright, Ian's job as a banker ... (Wikipedia)
Scorpia
by Anthony Horowitz
Teen spy Alex Rider's race against time to stop a ruthless criminal organization from enacting a devastating plot.
After the events of, Eagle Strike, , Alex Rider goes on a school trip to Venice , Italy in order to investigate Scorpia, having been told to do so by Yassen Gregorovich if he wished to learn about ... (Wikipedia)
The Key to Rebecca
by Ken Follett
A desperate mission to uncover a Nazi spy in Cairo during WWII.
Ken Follett’s The Key to Rebecca took readers and critics by storm when first published more than twenty years ago. Today, it remains one of the best espionage novels ever written. Look out for Ken’s ... (Goodreads)
Pursuit of Honor
by Vince Flynn
An action-packed thriller following a team of counterterrorism agents on a mission to save the country.
The action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA ... (Goodreads)
Extreme Measures
by Vince Flynn
CIA operative is sent on a mission to stop a terrorist threat.
The latest pulse-pounding thriller by #1 "New York Times" bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn explodes onto the scene with a deadly and charismatic hero fans will cheer for all the way to the last ... (Goodreads)
Consent to Kill
by Vince Flynn
An assassin is tasked with killing a powerful enemy of the United States, leading to a deadly international manhunt.
In Flynn's previous novel,, Memorial Day, , CIA counter-terror operative and assassin Mitch Rapp uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to use a nuclear weapon obtained from abandoned Russian nuclear storage ... (Wikipedia)
Executive Power
by Vince Flynn
An ex-Navy Seal embarks on a mission to save the President from a terrorist plot.
CIA field agent Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown following his last assignment, preventing Saddam Hussein from obtaining nuclear weapons. Rapp receives public acknowledgment by the president in ... (Wikipedia)
One False Note
by Gordon Korman
Young sleuths solve a centuries-old mystery of a missing musical masterpiece.
Dan, Amy, and their au pair Nellie, found music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the end of The Maze of Bones, leading them to Vienna, Austria, to learn about him and find a related clue. In Vienna, Amy ... (Wikipedia)
Moscow Rules
by Daniel Silva
An international thriller involving an Israeli secret agent on a mission to uncover a conspiracy in Moscow.
Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He’s playing by Moscow rules now. It is not the grim, gray Moscow of ... (Goodreads)
The Kill Artist
by Daniel Silva
An ex-Mossad agent is called back into service to take down a powerful terrorist leader.
Israel’s Prime Minister reinstates Ari Shamron as Mossad director. Shortly thereafter, Israel’s ambassador is murdered in Paris. The crime has all of the markings of Tariq al-Hourani, a terrorist ... (Wikipedia)
The English Assassin
by Daniel Silva
An art restorer is tasked with investigating a murder related to a long-lost masterpiece.
Art restorer, Gabriel Allon, who also works part-time for 'The Office', a semi-official Israeli intelligence agency, accepts an assignment from an anonymous Zurich banker. Arriving at his villa , he ... (Wikipedia)
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum
An ex-CIA agent must clear his name from charges of espionage and murder.
In the first book,, The Bourne Identity, , the title character suffers amnesia . Over the course of the book, he regains his memory with the help of a Canadian economist, Marie St Jacques, and ... (Wikipedia)
The Forgotten
by David Baldacci
A former CIA agent's mission to uncover the truth behind his family's mysterious past.
In Paradise, nothing is what it seems... Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the ... (Goodreads)
In Farleigh Field
by Rhys Bowen
A WWII story of British spies, unraveling a mystery that could turn the tide of the war.
“Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish—like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author Winner of the Agatha Award ... (Goodreads)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy
A daring rescue mission of victims of the French Revolution, under the disguise of a mysterious hero.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution . Marguerite St. Just, a beautiful French actress, is the wife of wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney, a ... (Wikipedia)
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
A former operative is called back into action to track down a terrorist plotting a global attack.
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the ... (Goodreads)
The Eagle Has Landed
by Jack Higgins
A daring mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from his English home in World War II.
In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler ... (Goodreads)
Lexicon
by Max Barry
A thrilling adventure through an underground world of secret language and mind control.
In a school in Virginia, children are taught the art of persuasion instead of usual subjects. They learn in detail how to handle the power of language to control other individuals by breaking them ... (Wikipedia)
Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn
An ex-CIA operative is called back to action to stop a political assassination plot.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Vince Flynn’s intensely suspenseful #1, New York Times, bestseller puts the young, hungry, and lethal ... (Goodreads)
Red Sparrow
by Jason Matthews
A female Russian spy's mission to uncover a dangerous double agent and prevent a global disaster.
In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking ... (Goodreads)
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie
A mysterious adventure to uncover a secret society, prevent a world war, and solve a murder.
In the Prologue, a man quietly gives important papers to a young American woman, as she is more likely to survive the sinking RMS, Lusitania, in May 1915. In 1919 London, demobilised soldier Tommy ... (Wikipedia)
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.
The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)
The Messenger
by Daniel Silva
A daring mission to uncover a conspiracy and prevent a terrorist attack.
Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. Allon is ... (Goodreads)
The Camel Club
by David Baldacci
A group of conspiracy theorists investigate a series of mysterious events, uncovering secrets at the highest levels of government.
The exciting beginning of a talked-about series. Existing at the fringes of Washington D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study ... (Goodreads)
Her Royal Spyness
by Rhys Bowen
A young woman in 1930s England stumbles upon a life of mystery and espionage.
Georgie, aka Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, cousin of King George V of England, is penniless and trying to survive on her own as an ordinary person in London in 1932. So far she has ... (Goodreads)
The Chemist
by Stephenie Meyer
An ex-secret agent is forced to come out of hiding to protect herself from those she once served.
In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few ... (Barnes & Noble)
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
A detective story set in the English countryside, featuring a mysterious murder, a missing manuscript and a secret that goes back generations.
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime ... (Goodreads)
Simple Genius
by David Baldacci
A brilliant scientist's discoveries lead to a dangerous secret as a special agent races to uncover the truth.
Sean King, financially hard-pressed and trying to help his professional and platonic partner Michelle Maxwell, is forced to seek an assignment from his ex-girlfriend Joan Dillinger, a fellow ... (Wikipedia)
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy
A team of elite international agents on a mission to stop a global terrorist threat.
CIA operative John Clark forms a secret multi-national counter-terrorist unit known as Rainbow. Based in Hereford , United Kingdom, the unit consists of two operational squads composed of elite ... (Wikipedia)
Turn Coat
by Jim Butcher
Wizard detective must uncover a traitor within the magical community to save his life.
Nearly a year and a half after the events in, Small Favor, , a wounded Warden Morgan shows up at Dresden's apartment, asking for protection from the other Wardens. Morgan reveals that he was drugged ... (Wikipedia)
The Hit
by David Baldacci
A retired secret service agent is recruited to track down a missing witness.
Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming ... (Goodreads)
No Man's Land
by David Baldacci
A disgraced ex-CIA agent must confront a deadly conspiracy in order to clear his name.
The protagonist, John Puller, Jr., a former Army Ranger who served at Iraq and Afghanistan and now works for the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigations Division , is spurred to investigate the unsolved ... (Wikipedia)
The Broker
by John Grisham
A lawyer on the run from the FBI and CIA must use his expertise to help them uncover a powerful conspiracy.
Joel Backman is "the Broker," a considered to be one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington, D.C. . However, Backman's life falls apart when a deal collapses involving a hacked spy satellite ... (Wikipedia)
Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
A teenage spy embarks on a mission to save the world from a criminal mastermind.
Maximilian Webber, a former SAS man, gives a speech denouncing an extreme eco-terrorist organisation known as Force Three (named after Earth being the third planet from the sun ). After the speech, ... (Wikipedia)
The Opal Deception
by Eoin Colfer
Artful master criminal Artemis Fowl must save a passenger spaceship and its passengers from a dangerous criminal.
The book begins with the pixie Opal Koboi faking a coma inside a hospital to avoid incarceration by the Lower Elements Police (LEP) after her failed rebellion and attempt of world domination (which ... (Wikipedia)
Last Man Standing
by David Baldacci
An ex-CIA agent's mission to reveal a powerful conspiracy and keep his family safe.
Web London and the FBI's super-elite Hostage Rescue Team are sent down an alley for a surprise attack on a drug dealer's lair. As they move with stealth precision towards the target, they are ... (Wikipedia)
United We Spy
by Ally Carter
A group of friends must team up to stop a dangerous organization from wielding its power.
Don't miss a moment of the beloved, bestselling series where spies-in-training navigate double crosses, secret missions, friendship, and first love-now with a bonus epilogue! , Cammie Morgan has lost ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie
A young woman's thrilling adventure of espionage and intrigue, uncovering a deadly secret.
Nadina, a dancer in Paris, receives a visit from Count Sergius Paulovitch. Both are in the service of "the Colonel", an international agent provocateur and criminal. "The Colonel" is retiring, ... (Wikipedia)
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
by Ally Carter
A thrilling adventure of identity and espionage, as a teenage girl attempts to uncover the truth about her past.
When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the ... (Goodreads)
Only the Good Spy Young
by Ally Carter
A teenage girl's mission to save her friends and foil a terrorist plot.
When Cammie Morgan enrolled at the Gallagher Academy, she knew she was preparing for the dangerous life of a spy. What she didn’t know was that the serious, real-life danger would start during her ... (Goodreads)
The Black Widow
by Daniel Silva
A thriller following an intelligence agent's pursuit of a dangerous assassin.
Gabriel Allon is expected to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service . However, on the eve of his promotion, ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris. He had ... (Wikipedia)
The Collectors
by David Baldacci
A thrilling mystery of international espionage, where nothing is as it seems.
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the curator of the rare books collection of the Library of Congress both are found dead. The Speaker has been killed by a sniper at a ... (Wikipedia)
Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly
A team of special forces soldiers on a mission to save an Antarctic research station from a mysterious enemy.
After a diving team at Wilkes Ice Station is killed, the station sends out a distress signal. A team of United States Force Recon Marines led by Shane Schofield , code named Scarecrow, arrives at the ... (Wikipedia)
Bad Luck and Trouble
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher and his team join forces to solve a dangerous mystery that threatens their lives.
A man with two broken legs is thrown out of a corporate helicopter from 3,000 feet above the California desert. Seventeen days after that, Reacher is roaming alone with no objectives, no phone, no ... (Wikipedia)
Point Blank
by Anthony Horowitz
An unconventional story of a teenage boy's search for answers about his past and future.
The book opens with the death of American electronics billionaire Michael J. Roscoe in an elevator shaft in his New York City office, arranged by a reputable contract killer known only as The ... (Wikipedia)
Eagle Strike
by Anthony Horowitz
A thrilling adventure of spies and espionage to protect the world from a dangerous terrorist organization.
In a prelude chapter that takes place fifteen years before the main series, two unnamed assassins (referred to as Hunter and Cossack) travel through the Amazon jungle in search of their target, a ... (Wikipedia)
Private
by James Patterson
A military investigation into a private security firm gone rogue, uncovering a secret conspiracy.
Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe, for maximum force and maximum discretion. Already deep into the investigation of a ... (Goodreads)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
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An adventurous teenage spy embarks on a dangerous mission to uncover secrets.
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