The president knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against...
Assassination
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Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary: -
Author:Binet, LaurentSummary:Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies--struck by a laundry van--after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. But was it an accident or murder?
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Author:O'Neill, RobertSummary:A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career, which included his involvement in attempts to...
- Author:Dando-Collins, StephenSummary:
The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history and one shrouded in mystery. Stephen Dando-Collins sorts out the puzzles as he recaptures the drama of Caesar's demise and the chaotic struggles...
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Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the US government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hit man, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin,...
- Author:Morrissette, GuillaumeSummary:
À Trois-Rivières, l’inspecteur Jean-Sébastien Héroux enquête sur une série d’explosions suspectes qui pourraient être provoquées par un groupe terroriste. Personne n’est à l’abri : tant les enfants que les personnes âgées sont pris pour...
- Author:Bergman, RonenSummary:
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud says: "If...
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Author:Wren, JacobSummary:Who hasn't, at one time or another, considered killing a billionaire? Rich and Poor is a novel of a man who washes dishes for a living and decides to kill a billionaire as a political act. It is literature as political theory...
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Author:Bogosian, EricSummary:In 1921 a small group of self-appointed patriots set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. Eric Bogosian casts fresh light on one of the great crimes of the twentieth century and one of history...
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Author:Coulthurst, AudreySummary:An atmospheric and romantic debut fantasy perfect for fans of Ash and The Winner's Curse. Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance...
- Author:Owen, Mark, Maurer, KevinSummary:
Mark Owen of SEAL Team Six has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history--including the assault on Osama bin Laden's compound. This book puts listeners alongside Owen and his team as they train for the...
- Author:Mary, LucSummary:
Parfois, une mort violente crée un mythe, met en lumière un personnage jusque-là sans importance et fait entrer dans l’Histoire le meurtrier (pensez à Lee Harvey Oswald, à Brutus, à Mark David Chapman) ou la victime. Qu’il s’agisse d’...
- Author:Ephron, DanSummary:
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin radically altered the future of both Israel and the Palestinians. In a riveting narrative, Ephron tells the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, for two years leading up to the...
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Author:Blehm, EricSummary:Blehm presents a deeply personal glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood that shows how these elite operators live out the rest of their lives, away from danger, as husbands, fathers, and friends. Adam Brown waged a war against his...
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Author:Patterson, James, Roughan, HowardSummary:Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons: the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of...
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Author:Quirk, MatthewSummary:A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast, a home invasion gone wrong in Brittany, someone is assassinating the members of America's most select kill/capture team, the last line of defense against foreign threats, and...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
In this timely and intriguing novel, a TV journalist and ex-Navy SEAL delve deep under the surface of political influence and power to uncover the corruption that lies beneath. Risk-taking investigative television journalist Alix...
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Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington DC's most corrupt: a dirty Congressman and a scheming lobbyist. Next, the...
- Author:Marusek, DavidSummary:
Life in the year 2134 is nearly perfect, with nanotechnology and medical science granting people near-immortality. But when Sam Harger is flagged as a terrorist, his powerful wife dies in a plane crash, and his daughter's...
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Author:Urban, Madeleine, Roux, AbigailSummary:Buch 1 n der Serie—Ty & Zane Eine Serie von Morden in New York City setzt FBI und Polizei gleichermaßen unter Druck. Hinter allen Morden wird ein einzelner Täter vermutet, der eine kryptische Botschaft zu senden scheint. Doch...
