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23) The spymasters
Author
Series
Men at war volume 7
Language
English
Description
Tapped by FDR to assist the Allies' efforts to secure France and build an atomic bomb, OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan and top agent Dick Canidy coordinate a sabotage mission in Germany while countering a mole who is leaking Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets.
24) The real deal
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Fern Michaels delivers her signature mix of thrilling twists and relatable heroines in this exciting novel following an independent woman driven by passion and bound by duty in Washington, DC.
Resourceful and steadfast FBI agent Quinn Star has always relied on herself—how else could she have survived the boys club of the FBI or navigated the heartbreak of a thwarted...
Resourceful and steadfast FBI agent Quinn Star has always relied on herself—how else could she have survived the boys club of the FBI or navigated the heartbreak of a thwarted...
Author
Series
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now living in Echo, Max Frei joins the night shift secret police and tackles surreal criminal cases involving undead outlaws, alien representatives from another continent, and zombies in the cemetery.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury is only the beginning! Gary Soneji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read"--Publisher...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access, National Geographic cameras go behind-the-scenes. Shift agents, intelligence agents, counter-snipers, and canine explosive ordinance units create a 360-degree shield that covers President Trump wherever he goes. Well also bring to light stories never-before told, like the time President Clinton was nearly assassinated by Osama bin Laden, and how those moments forever changed the protective strategy of the agency.
30) A column of fire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love. Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious conflict dividing the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth....
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier, and gentler side of espionage and retribution. In this dual collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humor and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy dropped deep into enemy territory manages to disguise himself--quite...
33) The unlikely spy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A World War II spy novel about a beautiful Nazi secret agent and her pursuer, a former history professor turned spy catcher.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Author
Language
English
Description
One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately as "The Veg"); her brother Digby, the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor; Maudie Kitkat, maidservant; Taras, a hot-tempered visiting artist-build a theatre within the whale's skeleton....
37) The last town
Author
Series
Wayward Pines volume 3
Language
English
Description
Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town's creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get them killed. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying...
38) Live and let die
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Special 007 edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On this assignment, Bond arrives in the U.S. to match wits and fists with a gang of super villains who are about to engineer a mammoth Caribbean drug deal.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color, hi-fi ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Englishmen know him as Faber, but to the Fatherland, he's the loyal and lethal spy known as "The Needle." On his way back to Germany to report personally to Hitler, Faber is shipwrecked on an island outpost where he befriends Lucy, a beautiful Englishwoman who lives there with her family. Lonely and scorned by her bitter, crippled husband, Lucy falls for the enigmatic stranger, not knowing that he's a traitor determined to prevent the D-Day invasion....
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A look at the inner workings of the U.S. Secret Service shares insights into the reactionary approaches of the agency's increasingly politicized management and how new strategies are placing presidential security at risk.
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