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41) A name unknown
Author
Series
Shadows over England volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Rosemary Gresham has no family beyond the thieves that have helped her survive on the streets of London. Pickpockets no longer, they've learned how to blend into high society and now work as thieves for hire. But when a client assigns Rosemary to determine whether a friend of the king is loyal to Britain or Germany, she's in for the challenge of a lifetime.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause. December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C., along with special agent Maggie Hope. Posing as his typist, she is accompanying the prime minister as he meets with President Roosevelt to negotiate the United States' entry into World War II. When one of the First...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the latest book in Rhys Bowen's Her Royal Spyness Mystery series, Lady Georgiana Rannoch, a distant and impoverished relative of the British royal family, is a month away from her July 1935 wedding to Darcy O'Mara. As she juggles the guest list and her attire, not to mention her insecurities about Darcy's faithfulness, her godfather, Sir Hubert Anstruther, offers her a welcome gift: his Sussex country estate, Eynsleigh, as her home. But on arrival...
44) The takedown
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"An unrelentingly successful CIA field officer, she has spent the last five years pretending to be someone - anyone - other than herself. But this year, the festive season is coming with some added surprises. Sydney's beloved little sister has just announced that she's engaged to Johnny Jones, the heir of an organized crime dynasty. With her built-in cover and her best-in-class reputation, Sydney is approached by the FBI as their way to infiltrate...
Author
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Language
English
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Description
"In the wake of her parents' mysterious disappearance, a society girl discovers her dilettante father and flighty mother were leading double lives as government spies. With the help of her uncle and mentor, she determines to continue her parents' work-a decision that takes her from the ballrooms of London to the fox hunts and regattas and soirees of high society, chasing down artfully hidden clues while trying to keep her mission a secret from her...
46) Sleeper
Author
Series
Puller Monk novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 8
Language
English
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Description
Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the ominous Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband. Or he may have other, more sinister...
49) The last page
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
430 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Pink Carnation novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Masque of the Black Tulip opens with the murder of a courier from the London War Office, his confidential dispatch for the Pink Carnation stolen. Meanwhile, the Black Tulip, France's deadliest spy, is in England with instructions to track down and kill the Pink Carnation. Only Henrietta Uppington and Miles Dorrington know where the Pink Carnation is stationed. Using a secret code book, Henrietta has deciphered a message detailing the threat of...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas. Aunt Ermintrude hints that the queen would...
52) Blown
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Electra McDonnell novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an assumed identity to the port city of Sunderland and there await further instructions. In his usual infuriating way, the Major has left her task as vague and mysterious as possible. Ellie, ever-ready to aid her country, heads north, her safecracking tools in tow. But before she can rendezvous...
Author
Language
English
Description
"World War II London: Victoire "Paddy' Bennett walks into the Admiralty's Room 39, home to the Naval Intelligence Division, expecting nothing more than a secretarial position to the charismatic Commander Ian Fleming. But soon her job is so much more, and when Fleming proposes a daring plot to deceive the Germans about Allied invasion plans, he requests the newlywed Paddy's help. But could doing her duty for king and country come at too great a cost?...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"1963- Reeling from the death of her mother and President Kennedy's assassination, Catherine Gray shows up on Elizabeth Bentley's doorstep demanding answers to the shocking mystery just uncovered about her family. What she doesn't expect is for Bentley to ensnare her in her own story of becoming a controversial World War II spy and Cold War informer... Recruited by the American Communist Party to spy on fascists at the outbreak of World War II, a...
60) Shadow patriots
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
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