Author: Andrew Raymond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A covert operative embarks on a global hunt to capture a legendary assassin who will teach him his most important lesson: trust no one. When an MI6 operation ends in murder, it doesn't take long to identify the killer: MI6 veteran turned rogue, Henry Marlow. Sent to capture him is the man being groomed to be Marlow's successor: elite covert operative Duncan Grant. But as Grant digs into Marlow's past, he uncovers a plot that links an agency mole and some of the world's most powerful people - a plot that they will do anything to keep secret. Tearing up the espionage rule book, Marlow's renegade mission pulls Grant into a world where kills don't come easily, and the line between good and evil is not as clear as his superiors would have him believe. With his life on the line, and the very future of MI6 at stake in a terrifying endgame, Grant will learn his most important lesson: trust no one. The epic journey starts here. From the acclaimed author of Official Secrets - an Amazon bestseller for three straight months, with millions of Kindle Unlimited pages read - Kill Day is 'an explosive mix of I Am Pilgrim meets Jack Reacher'. If you like Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, David Baldacci's Will Robie, and Daniel Craig's Bond, this addictive espionage series will leave you telling yourself 'just one more page'. _____________________________ What readers say about Andrew Raymond: ★★★★★ '[Raymond] explodes onto the scene with one of the best action-thriller debuts since Vince Flynn and Brad Thor... Seriously impressive.' ★★★★★ 'Jack Reacher eat your heart out. Duncan Grant has it all!' ★★★★★ 'Truly spectacular. One of the best thrillers I have read in a long time.' ★★★★★ 'So many twists and turns, I seriously didn't figure it all out until the end.' ★★★★★ 'Scotland's finest spy export since Sean Connery.'
Kill Day
Author: Andrew Raymond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A covert operative embarks on a global hunt to capture a legendary assassin who will teach him his most important lesson: trust no one. When an MI6 operation ends in murder, it doesn't take long to identify the killer: MI6 veteran turned rogue, Henry Marlow. Sent to capture him is the man being groomed to be Marlow's successor: elite covert operative Duncan Grant. But as Grant digs into Marlow's past, he uncovers a plot that links an agency mole and some of the world's most powerful people - a plot that they will do anything to keep secret. Tearing up the espionage rule book, Marlow's renegade mission pulls Grant into a world where kills don't come easily, and the line between good and evil is not as clear as his superiors would have him believe. With his life on the line, and the very future of MI6 at stake in a terrifying endgame, Grant will learn his most important lesson: trust no one. The epic journey starts here. From the acclaimed author of Official Secrets - an Amazon bestseller for three straight months, with millions of Kindle Unlimited pages read - Kill Day is 'an explosive mix of I Am Pilgrim meets Jack Reacher'. If you like Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, David Baldacci's Will Robie, and Daniel Craig's Bond, this addictive espionage series will leave you telling yourself 'just one more page'. _____________________________ What readers say about Andrew Raymond: ★★★★★ '[Raymond] explodes onto the scene with one of the best action-thriller debuts since Vince Flynn and Brad Thor... Seriously impressive.' ★★★★★ 'Jack Reacher eat your heart out. Duncan Grant has it all!' ★★★★★ 'Truly spectacular. One of the best thrillers I have read in a long time.' ★★★★★ 'So many twists and turns, I seriously didn't figure it all out until the end.' ★★★★★ 'Scotland's finest spy export since Sean Connery.'
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A covert operative embarks on a global hunt to capture a legendary assassin who will teach him his most important lesson: trust no one. When an MI6 operation ends in murder, it doesn't take long to identify the killer: MI6 veteran turned rogue, Henry Marlow. Sent to capture him is the man being groomed to be Marlow's successor: elite covert operative Duncan Grant. But as Grant digs into Marlow's past, he uncovers a plot that links an agency mole and some of the world's most powerful people - a plot that they will do anything to keep secret. Tearing up the espionage rule book, Marlow's renegade mission pulls Grant into a world where kills don't come easily, and the line between good and evil is not as clear as his superiors would have him believe. With his life on the line, and the very future of MI6 at stake in a terrifying endgame, Grant will learn his most important lesson: trust no one. The epic journey starts here. From the acclaimed author of Official Secrets - an Amazon bestseller for three straight months, with millions of Kindle Unlimited pages read - Kill Day is 'an explosive mix of I Am Pilgrim meets Jack Reacher'. If you like Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, David Baldacci's Will Robie, and Daniel Craig's Bond, this addictive espionage series will leave you telling yourself 'just one more page'. _____________________________ What readers say about Andrew Raymond: ★★★★★ '[Raymond] explodes onto the scene with one of the best action-thriller debuts since Vince Flynn and Brad Thor... Seriously impressive.' ★★★★★ 'Jack Reacher eat your heart out. Duncan Grant has it all!' ★★★★★ 'Truly spectacular. One of the best thrillers I have read in a long time.' ★★★★★ 'So many twists and turns, I seriously didn't figure it all out until the end.' ★★★★★ 'Scotland's finest spy export since Sean Connery.'
Kill Joy
Author: Holly Jackson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593426231
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
You're invited to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will love Pip’s final detective case in this mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Jackson. Six suspects. Three hours. One murder… Pip is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn’t the only case on her mind …
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593426231
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
You're invited to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will love Pip’s final detective case in this mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Jackson. Six suspects. Three hours. One murder… Pip is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn’t the only case on her mind …
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Author: Kiese Laymon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982170832
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the “star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful” (NPR). Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon’s first work of nonfiction looks inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family’s experiences, while simultaneously examining the world—Mississippi, the South, the United States—that has shaped their lives. With subjects that range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen insightful essays highlight Laymon’s profound love of language and his artful rendering of experience, trumpeting why he is “simply one of the most talented writers in America” (New York magazine).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982170832
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the “star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful” (NPR). Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon’s first work of nonfiction looks inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family’s experiences, while simultaneously examining the world—Mississippi, the South, the United States—that has shaped their lives. With subjects that range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen insightful essays highlight Laymon’s profound love of language and his artful rendering of experience, trumpeting why he is “simply one of the most talented writers in America” (New York magazine).
A Day to Kill
Author: Ben Coes
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447247493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The clock is ticking for Dewey Andreas Dewey Andreas, a former Delta working as an agent for the CIA, is still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancée. Dewey has lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors. Cloud, a high-level Russian hacker, perhaps the best in the world, has acquired a nuclear weapon which has the power to devastate a major city. Fuelled by a dark and personal vendetta, Cloud has put the weapon onto an anonymous trawler headed straight to the US. Learning of the missing nuke, and picking up on rumours of an impending terrorist attack on American shores, the best and most talented CIA agents are now chasing the bomb. Two highly trained teams are sent into Russia in a two-pronged mission to seize Cloud. But it's a trap. Now America's last hope of stopping the bomb is unofficial rogue agent Dewey Andreas. Dewey will risk everything to find the most dangerous and skilled enemy he's ever faced because, if he fails, America will suffer its most deadly terrorist attack on the fourth of July - Independence Day.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447247493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The clock is ticking for Dewey Andreas Dewey Andreas, a former Delta working as an agent for the CIA, is still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancée. Dewey has lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors. Cloud, a high-level Russian hacker, perhaps the best in the world, has acquired a nuclear weapon which has the power to devastate a major city. Fuelled by a dark and personal vendetta, Cloud has put the weapon onto an anonymous trawler headed straight to the US. Learning of the missing nuke, and picking up on rumours of an impending terrorist attack on American shores, the best and most talented CIA agents are now chasing the bomb. Two highly trained teams are sent into Russia in a two-pronged mission to seize Cloud. But it's a trap. Now America's last hope of stopping the bomb is unofficial rogue agent Dewey Andreas. Dewey will risk everything to find the most dangerous and skilled enemy he's ever faced because, if he fails, America will suffer its most deadly terrorist attack on the fourth of July - Independence Day.
I Kill the Mockingbird
Author: Paul Acampora
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596437421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Best friends Lucy, Elena, and Michael are excited to see "To Kill A Mockingbird" on their summer reading list. But not everyone in their class shares the same enthusiasm. So they hatch a plot to get the entire town talking about Harper Lee's classic novel.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596437421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Best friends Lucy, Elena, and Michael are excited to see "To Kill A Mockingbird" on their summer reading list. But not everyone in their class shares the same enthusiasm. So they hatch a plot to get the entire town talking about Harper Lee's classic novel.
A Good Day To Kill A Byrnes Family Ranch Western
Author: Dusty Richards
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786035323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In the thrilling saga from the Western Heritage and Spur Award–winning author, Chet Byrnes stands his ground—with his courage, guns, and blood. For Chet Byrnes, building a ranching empire means adding new land, hiring good men, finding water, and trying new breeds of cattle. But outlaws and Tucson’s idle rich want to take it all away—and Arizona just may be too lawless to stop it. So while the Byrnes family expands its reach, Chet must do his job hunting down outlaws on either side of the border. Chet’s cowboys prove to be tireless fighters, going up against former Mexican military men, a powerful family with bad in their blood. Then Chet takes on the most dangerous risk of all: a bloody, all-out shooting war—with everything to lose, and one last enemy to kill . . . “Dusty takes readers into the real west at full gallop.” —New York Times-bestselling author Jodi Thomas “Dusty Richards writes . . . with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 0786035323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In the thrilling saga from the Western Heritage and Spur Award–winning author, Chet Byrnes stands his ground—with his courage, guns, and blood. For Chet Byrnes, building a ranching empire means adding new land, hiring good men, finding water, and trying new breeds of cattle. But outlaws and Tucson’s idle rich want to take it all away—and Arizona just may be too lawless to stop it. So while the Byrnes family expands its reach, Chet must do his job hunting down outlaws on either side of the border. Chet’s cowboys prove to be tireless fighters, going up against former Mexican military men, a powerful family with bad in their blood. Then Chet takes on the most dangerous risk of all: a bloody, all-out shooting war—with everything to lose, and one last enemy to kill . . . “Dusty takes readers into the real west at full gallop.” —New York Times-bestselling author Jodi Thomas “Dusty Richards writes . . . with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton
All You Need Is Kill
Author: Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421542447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death? Now a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421542447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death? Now a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise! -- VIZ Media
Providence
Author: Caroline Kepnes
Publisher: Lenny
ISBN: 0399591443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
“Part love story, part supernatural thriller and completely engrossing” (People)—from the acclaimed author of You, now a hit Netflix series IN DEVELOPMENT AS A PEACOCK ORIGINAL SERIES FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF YOU “A dark beauty of a book, Providence kept me up at night with characters that made my heart a little bigger.”—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive Best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe share an intense, near-mystical bond. But before Jon can declare his love for his soul mate, he is kidnapped, and his plans for a normal life are permanently dashed. Four years later, Jon reappears. He is different now: bigger, stronger, and with no memory of the time he was gone. Jon wants to pick up where he and Chloe left off—until the horrifying instant he realizes he possesses strange powers that pose a grave threat to everyone he cares for. Afraid of hurting Chloe, Jon runs away, embarking on a journey for answers. Meanwhile, in Providence, Rhode Island, healthy college students and townies with no connection to one another are inexplicably dropping dead. A troubled detective prone to unexplainable hunches, Charles “Eggs” DeBenedictus suspects there’s a serial killer at work. But when he starts asking questions, Eggs is plunged into a shocking whodunit he never could have predicted. With an intense, mesmerizing voice, Caroline Kepnes makes keen and powerful observations about human connection and how love and identity can dangerously blur together. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE “Providence is a novel that doesn’t fit into one box—it’s tender and dark, eerie and cool, heartbreaking but also an affirmation of the power of love. Kepnes perfectly captures each character’s struggle and pain in such a unique, unconventional way that every page—every sentence—is a delightful surprise.”—Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars “Caroline Kepnes is cool right this minute. . . . [Providence is] terrifically conceived and executed. . . . Kepnes has an exhilarating, poppy, unexpected voice.”—The New York Times Book Review “An addictive horror-tinged romance that’ll keep you guessing.”—Entertainment Weekly
Publisher: Lenny
ISBN: 0399591443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
“Part love story, part supernatural thriller and completely engrossing” (People)—from the acclaimed author of You, now a hit Netflix series IN DEVELOPMENT AS A PEACOCK ORIGINAL SERIES FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF YOU “A dark beauty of a book, Providence kept me up at night with characters that made my heart a little bigger.”—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive Best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe share an intense, near-mystical bond. But before Jon can declare his love for his soul mate, he is kidnapped, and his plans for a normal life are permanently dashed. Four years later, Jon reappears. He is different now: bigger, stronger, and with no memory of the time he was gone. Jon wants to pick up where he and Chloe left off—until the horrifying instant he realizes he possesses strange powers that pose a grave threat to everyone he cares for. Afraid of hurting Chloe, Jon runs away, embarking on a journey for answers. Meanwhile, in Providence, Rhode Island, healthy college students and townies with no connection to one another are inexplicably dropping dead. A troubled detective prone to unexplainable hunches, Charles “Eggs” DeBenedictus suspects there’s a serial killer at work. But when he starts asking questions, Eggs is plunged into a shocking whodunit he never could have predicted. With an intense, mesmerizing voice, Caroline Kepnes makes keen and powerful observations about human connection and how love and identity can dangerously blur together. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE “Providence is a novel that doesn’t fit into one box—it’s tender and dark, eerie and cool, heartbreaking but also an affirmation of the power of love. Kepnes perfectly captures each character’s struggle and pain in such a unique, unconventional way that every page—every sentence—is a delightful surprise.”—Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars “Caroline Kepnes is cool right this minute. . . . [Providence is] terrifically conceived and executed. . . . Kepnes has an exhilarating, poppy, unexpected voice.”—The New York Times Book Review “An addictive horror-tinged romance that’ll keep you guessing.”—Entertainment Weekly
The Day of the Jackal
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780745133430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Frederick Forsyth's unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him... He is known only as "The Jackal"--a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world--Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing--only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780745133430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Frederick Forsyth's unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him... He is known only as "The Jackal"--a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world--Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing--only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
Level Five
Author: William Ledbetter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953736109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In the mountains of Pakistan, a high-tech mission aimed at preventing another nuke on US soil goes off the rails - with deadly results. At a Wall Street investment firm, a computer intelligence takes the first tentative steps to free itself from its digital restraints. In a basement workshop, an engineer sees visions of a god who instructs him to defend the human race - by any means necessary. In Level Five, the debut near-future thriller by Nebula Award winner William Ledbetter, AIs battle for dominance, and nanotechnology is on the loose. And all that stands in the way of the coming apocalypse is a starry-eyed inventor who dreams of building a revolutionary new spacecraft and an intelligence agency desk jockey faced with the impossible choice of saving her daughter - or saving the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953736109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In the mountains of Pakistan, a high-tech mission aimed at preventing another nuke on US soil goes off the rails - with deadly results. At a Wall Street investment firm, a computer intelligence takes the first tentative steps to free itself from its digital restraints. In a basement workshop, an engineer sees visions of a god who instructs him to defend the human race - by any means necessary. In Level Five, the debut near-future thriller by Nebula Award winner William Ledbetter, AIs battle for dominance, and nanotechnology is on the loose. And all that stands in the way of the coming apocalypse is a starry-eyed inventor who dreams of building a revolutionary new spacecraft and an intelligence agency desk jockey faced with the impossible choice of saving her daughter - or saving the world.