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Author
Series
Grafton volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
350p. 25cm.
Language
English
83) Blowback
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"No one should be above the law-not even the president-in Blowback, "The perfect beach read for political junkies"(Kirkus). US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders CIA agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure...
Author
Series
Scot Harvath volume 20
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The world's largest bounty has just been placed upon America's top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous mission ever--one that has already claimed the lives of the people closest to him, including his new wife--he's going to need help--a lot of it. Not knowing whom he can trust, Harvath finds an unlikely ally in Norwegian...
85) The other woman
Author
Series
Jane Ryland volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
416 p. : 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tracking down a candidate's secret mistress days before a pivotal Senate election, reporter Jane Ryland discovers links between her story and a serial killer investigation by detective Jake Brogan, with whom she partners to stop a killer in the face of dirty politics and betrayal.
Author
Series
Mitch Rapp novel volume 21
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook's power-hungry security adviser convinces him that...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
285 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frustrated by the Senate's rejections of his Supreme Court nominees for reasons of elitism and pettiness, the president of the United States brashly nominates a beloved reality-show judge, thrusting the judge into a heated confirmation battle.
88) House witness
Author
Series
A Joe DeMarco thriller volume Book 12
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of his employer's illegitimate son, political fixer Joe DeMarco begins to question the guilt of a chief suspect when he realizes that someone has been interfering with the case's witnesses.
89) Red war
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling series returns with Mitch Rapp racing to prevent Russia's gravely ill leader from starting a full-scale war with NATO. When Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, he's determined to cling to power. His first task is to kill or imprison any of his countrymen who can threaten him. Soon, though, his illness becomes serious enough to require a more dramatic diversion--war with...
90) The Devil's Hand
Author
Series
James Reece volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's been twenty years since 9/11, two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and set out to make the guilty pay with their lives. In the shadows, the enemy has been patient learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again.
A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He's a young, popular, self-made visionary&;but he&;s also a man with a secret.
Halfway across the globe a regional superpower struggles...
91) Deception point
Author
Language
English
Description
On the eve of a presidential race in which NASA's budget is a pivotal issue, the space agency announces the discovery of an ancient meteorite filled with fossils deep in the Arctic ice.
92) House blood
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
425 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Conducting an investigation into the murder conviction of a lobbyist while struggling with wrenching personal issues, political fixer Joe DeMarco unexpectedly frees the lobbyist only to become the target of two of the most callous killers he has ever encountered.
Author
Series
Charlie and Margaret Marder Mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation's capital can operate. But while they long to settle into the comforts of home, Attorney General Robert Kennedy has other plans. He needs them to look into a potential threat not only to the presidency, but to the security of the United States itself.
Charlie and Margaret quickly find themselves on a flight to sunny Los...
Author
Series
Dana Cutler volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Language
English
Description
D.C. fixer Joe DeMarco must clear Molly Mahoney's name and keep his boss, Senator Mahoney, clean. Before long, DeMarco uncovers that there's far more to Molly's case than meets the eye, and the risk to Mahoney is more than just a little political embarrassment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S edition.
Language
English
Description
""If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?" England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness...
97) Twenty
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novel volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
A nightmarish shooting at their daughter's school finds Jack Swyteck and his law-enforcement officer wife, Andie, investigating a chief suspect's alleged ties to Al Qaeda amid growing anti-Muslim fervor.
Author
Series
Peter Rena volume 4
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Billionaire entrepreneur and President of the U.S. David Traynor calls upon ruthless DC fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks, who must help him salvage American politics while dealing with cyberattacks and a world on the cusp of enormous change.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 672 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.
100) Arctic storm rising
Author
Series
A Nick Flynn novel volume 1
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity ... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible...