Political / legal thriller
Oceanview Publishing Fatal Complications
Book SynopsisAnyone Can Put You to Sleep—It’s the One Who Wakes You Up That’s Important When a colleague’s patient suffers a bizarre reaction in the operating room, Luke Daulton, a newly minted anesthesiologist, volunteers to help. Despite the surgical team’s best efforts, the patient succumbs to a rare anesthetic complication. Luke becomes perplexed, even suspicious, over their inability to save the woman. Is it possible that the diagnosis was wrong? Or, worse yet, was the diagnosis faked? Luke even wonders if his boss Dr. Katz is involved. Too busy with the rigors of a new job and his impending fatherhood, Luke is forced to put his suspicions on hold. When his wife, Kim, faces a C-section, his fears are reignited. Could there be a murderer—or murderers—operating in his hospital? Could his wife’s obstetrician be involved? When the C-section goes horribly wrong, Luke must launch into action to save his wife and baby and expose the conspiracy he’s uncovered.Perfect for Fans of Robin Cook and Tess GerritsenTrade Review"An action packed medical thriller from the opening page to its stunning end." -- Robert Dugoni, New York Times best-selling author"When anesthesiologist Luke Daulton becomes the newest member of the hospital staff, he is quickly confronted with a series of bizarre anesthetic deaths and a conspiracy that just might cost him his life, as well as those of his wife and unborn child. Fatal Complications is a medical thriller that will keep you up late into the night." D P Lyle, Benjamin Franklin and Macavity Award-winning author"With Fatal Complications, a taut medical thriller that is equal parts King and Koontz, John Benedict delivers a devastating tale of infidelity, deception, and bad intentions, proving nothing paints a soul darker than desire, and trying to outrun the past is always the fastest way to fall." -- Joe Clifford, Foreword INDIES Award-winning author"A terrifically entertaining medical thriller, Fatal Complications by novelist John Benedict is highly recommended" -- Midwest Book Review"In a medical thriller that is equal parts King and Koontz, John Benedict delivers a devastating tale of infidelity, deception, and bad intentions, proving nothing paints a soul darker than desire, and trying to outrun the past is always the fastest way to fall." -- Joe Clifford, award-winning author of the Jay Porter Series
£13.25
Oceanview Publishing Odyssey's End
Book SynopsisBrain disease worsening, Rick Cahill risks everything— even his life— to provide for his fractured family’ s futureSan Diego private investigator Rick Cahill’ s past comes back to haunt him when he’ s at his most vulnerable. His wife, Leah, has fled with their daughter, Krista, to her parents’ home in Santa Barbara. She fears Rick’ s violent outbursts brought on by his potentially fatal brain disorder, CTE— and she doesn’ t trust that he’ ll ever be able to tame his manic desire to bring his own brand of justice to an unjust world.Rick desperately wants to reunite his family and help provide for Krista’ s future— one he fears he won’ t be alive to see. A jumpstart toward that future appears in the form of Peter Stone, Rick’ s longtime enemy. Stone offers Rick $50,000 to find a woman he claims can save his life with a bone marrow transplant. Rick can’ t pass up the chance to buttress Krista’ s future.When what seems like a simple missing person case spirals out of control into cryptocurrency machinations, dead bodies, and an outgunned faceoff, Rick is forced to battle evil from his past. Can he stay alive long enough to see his family one last time?
£22.46
Oceanview Publishing Bones Under the Ice
Book SynopsisJhonni Laurent is the first female sheriff of Field’s Crossing, Indiana—and now she has her first murder case Two days after a blizzard hits Field’s Crossing, Indiana, Sheriff Jhonni Laurent discovers the frozen body of a high school senior under a fifteen-foot pile of snow and ice. Murder is rare in farm country, and this death marks the beginning of Jhonni’s first homicide case. Just as the investigation gets underway, Jhonni’s opponent for sheriff from four years prior wages a bitter reelection battle to oust her. Then, Jhonni finds another body, and further complications arise when a century-old feud between two families reaches its breaking point. Soon, a slew of newspaper articles causes the Indiana State Election Board to doubt her credibility. Jhonni must fight to maintain her reputation, keep the small farming community together, and find the murderer at large—all while demons from her own past threaten to crush her. Can she find the killer and mend her battered spirit before it’s too late?Perfect for fans of J. A. Jance and C. J. Box
£22.46
Oceanview Publishing Deadly Depths
Book SynopsisA notable archaeologist, close to finding a priceless artifact, meets his untimely demise—Matthew Shane vows to find his murderer. Matthew Shane is a law professor in Salem, Massachusetts, where he enjoys fruitful mentorship from Professor Barrington Holmes, a well-known archaeologist. So when Professor Holmes is found dead in his office and the police rule it a suicide, something doesn’t sit right with Matthew. He becomes determined to find the true cause of Holmes’ death and bring closure to his widow. Matthew soon learns that Professor Holmes belonged to a group of notable archaeologists dubbed “The Monkey’s Paw,” who were all entangled in an expedition to find an unknown object of unprecedented historical and financial value. Each member had been given one piece of the instructions to find the object, but some of the men had encountered horrific twists of fate before the group could reunite to continue in their search. Joining forces with the remaining members, Matthew’s quest for the cause of the apparent curse of The Monkey’s Paw leads him on a global wild goose chase that culminates in a turn of events not even Professor Holmes could have predicted.Perfect for fans of Michael Crichton and Dan Brown.
£22.46
Oceanview Publishing Wayward Son
Book SynopsisA PI goes hunting for a missing boy—and ends up being prey. Ed Runyon, a former sheriff’s deputy haunted by past missing child cases that went horribly wrong, is struggling to launch a PI agency and still live in the Ohio farm country he loves. His love life is in shambles, too, as his partner turns to someone else. His best friend got roughed up by a rogue cop, so Ed is in a fighting mood. Ed finds a new focus when he is hired to find a runaway chess aficionado who is keeping secrets from his homophobic, religious parents. Finding kids is the reason he became a PI, so Ed is determined to succeed and put the demons and other problems behind him. But Jimmy Zachman made a bad move and ran into far more trouble than he was already in, and the hunt for him leads Ed to a deadly and desperate confrontation. Everything comes down to determination—and one very risky move. Ed must find Jimmy at all costs.Perfect for fans of John Sandford and Robert Crais. While the novels in the Ed Runyon Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:City Problems Wayward Son Go Find Daddy
£14.20
Oceanview Publishing Abiding Conviction
Book SynopsisLawyer Dutch Francis faces an impossible situation— search for your missing wife or defend your high-profile clientDutch Francis is a defense attorney in the case of a judge accused of killing his wife. Just as the trial is about to begin, Ginnie Turner, Dutch’ s wife and TV news broadcaster, goes missing.Under extreme duress, Dutch tries to extricate himself as the judge’ s attorney— or at least postpone the trial. The judge insists that the trial proceed without delay and that Dutch remain his attorney.Exhausted by the murder trial, Dutch confronts an ineffectual police department, suspicious that he is involved in his wife’ s disappearance. He takes matters into his own hands as he struggles to balance both responsibilities— the trial and finding his wife— pushing him to the brink of losing everything he holds dear.At first Dutch suspects that Ginnie was kidnapped in retaliation for her recent stories about sex scandals. But after receiving bits of her in the mail— fingernails, hair— he realizes the kidnapper’ s intent may be to punish him.Could his defense of the judge be the reason?Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will love the courtroom drama
£14.20
Oceanview Publishing The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
Book SynopsisCIA agent Bill Hefflin is back in Bucharest— immersed in a cauldron of spies and crooked politiciansThe CIA is rocked to its core when a KGB defector divulges that there is a KGB mole inside the Agency. They learn that the mole’ s handler is a KGB agent known as Boris. CIA analyst Bill Hefflin recognizes that name— Boris is the code name of Hefflin’ s longtime KGB asset. If the defector is correct, Hefflin realizes Boris must be a triple agent, and his supposed mole has been passing false intel to Hefflin and the CIA. What’ s more, this makes Hefflin the prime suspect as the KGB mole inside the Agency.Hefflin is given a chance to prove his innocence by returning to his city of birth, Bucharest, Romania, to find Boris and track down the identity of the mole. It’ s been three years since the bloody revolution, and what he finds is a cauldron of spies, crooked politicians, and a country controlled by the underground and the new oligarchs, all of whom want to find Boris. But Hefflin has a secret that no one else knows— Boris has been dead for over a year. Perfect for fans of John le Carré and Brad Thor
£23.36
Oceanview Publishing Remi Bone: A Novel
Book SynopsisSingle father Remi Bone knows that his daughter’ s Ivy League education will cost an arm and a leg . . . or a few bodiesRemi Bone is a good guy. He’ s a hardworking mechanic, a single father raising his late wife’ s daughter, and now, he’ s dying of heart failure. But his daughter Kayla was just admitted to the college of her dreams. How will she afford college with two dead parents?Before he dies, Remi decides to stockpile as much money as possible for Kayla’ s future. When a chance to participate in a lucrative gun-for-hire scheme arises, Remi, out of desperation, agrees to execute a hit on a shady Philadelphia drug dealer.This becomes only the first of several murders Remi is hired for, and soon, Remi’ s the most sought-after hitman in town— both by his clients and by the police. He leaves investigators little to work with, but ear witnesses identify him by the phrase he recites before each killing: “ Tick tock says the clock, time’ s up . . .” With the police catching on to the “ Tick Tock Killer,” Remi has to work quickly to earn enough money for Kayla’ s school— all while ensuring he dies with a clean record. Tick tock.
£23.70
Oceanview Publishing Incentive for Death: A Novel
Book SynopsisThey all sold their life insurance policies to the same company— and now they’ re all dead. Mac and Oliver are on the case.On a beautiful spring morning in Washington, D.C., a high-profile attorney is found dead in his office. McDermott “ Mac” Burke and Oliver Shaw, homicide investigators for the Metropolitan Police Department, are called to investigate. There appear to be no signs of foul play, but there is also no obvious sign of a natural cause of death.The detectives are perplexed until the medical examiner notices a tiny pin prick on the lawyer’ s neck and theorizes that the man was injected with succinylcholine— aka “ sux” — which is a common horse tranquilizer that dissipates quickly in the body.As Mac and Oliver begin to look further, they discover that the lawyer had sold his life insurance policy to a large viatical company. Then, they realize that more deaths under mysterious circumstances have occurred among those who’ ve sold their policies to the same company.Trade Review Praise for James Spoonhour “An ominous tale about need and greed, the tension ratcheted up by a single question, ‘Are they really going to do that?’ Yes, they are. Enjoy this pulse-pounding treat.” —Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
£23.36
Oceanview Publishing Mystic Wind: A Legal Thriller
Book Synopsis2022 American Fiction Award Winner for Legal ThrillerThe last remaining fragment of truth— hidden in the mire of the Mystic CreekBoston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino has risen fast and far from his upbringing in the Mystic housing projects. But after he’ s savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney’ s Urban Gang Unit, he’ s fired because his powerful boss is running for governor and fears the beating may have shaken Jack’ s formidable confidence.Jack lands a plush suite at his father-in-law’ s mega law firm, making big money practicing corporate law. Although he seemingly has everything— money, privilege, and an heiress for a wife, what he doesn’ t have is his own self-respect.When he is given a chance to get back into criminal law— this time as defense counsel in a capital murder case— he finally feels alive again. But to save his client from death row, he’ ll face a criminal network far more organized and powerful than he could have imagined.The case will take Jack back to the projects he thought he’ d escaped. He’ ll risk personal and professional ruin, and ultimately his very life, to fight the corrupt forces determined to see his client go down— forces that may have already given absolute immunity to the real killer.Perfect for fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow
£14.95
Oceanview Publishing Doomed Legacy
Book SynopsisA sinister private detective agency, a shady shell corporation, and a dead friend— Rick Cahill is on his most dangerous mission yetPrivate investigator Rick Cahill has been running from his past and chasing the truth his whole life. But his past is relentless— and so is his CTE, a disease caused by repeated head traumas that has attacked his body and his mind. As his CTE progresses, he realizes that the disease not only threatens his life, but it also endangers his family’ s wellbeing.As Rick struggles to keep his family together, he does a favor for Sara Bhandari, a business contact. Then, Sara is murdered, and the police believe her to be yet another victim of a serial rapist who has been terrorizing greater San Diego. But Rick has reason to question their theory. Determined to find the truth at any cost, and against his wife’ s warnings, he investigates on his own.Along the way, he bumps up against a sinister private investigative agency and a shady shell corporation that may be hiding more than company secrets. As Rick digs for the truth about Sara’ s death, he risks his own life and the lives of countless innocents caught in his relentless crusade.
£14.20
Unbridled Books The Unmade World: A Novel
Book SynopsisSet against a backdrop of the current political and cultural upheaval in the US and Eastern Europe, The Unmade World is a thoughtful, scope-y literary novel with a dose of suspense that moves from Poland to California to the Hudson Valley and back to Poland. It covers a decade in the lives of an American journalist and a Polish small businessman turned petty criminal and the wrenching aftermath of an accidental, tragic encounter between these two on a snowy night in 2006 on the outskirts of Krakow. The accident costs the lives of the American journalist Richard Brennan’s wife and daughter, an event that colors the rest of his life. It also leads to a downward spiral for Bogdan Baranowsk, leaving emotional scars as he suffers the seemingly inevitable loss of his business, his home, and his wife. The Unmade World is a story of ordinary, otherwise decent people from various backgrounds and circumstances who must learn how to live with the personal grief, sense of guilt, and the emotional consequences of violence. Along the way, the novel grapples with a spectrum of cultural and political issues. It includes a murder mystery wrapped around the corruption of major college sports, the pressures on immigrants and refugees in both the US and Poland, the fallout of political change, economic upheavals and armed conflicts--including the horrific destruction of Luhansk, Ukraine in 2014. It also references the 2016 presidential campaign, cultural politics in the American university, and the demise of print journalism, etc., though never in a dogmatic or overtly partisan way.Trade Review“Oh my what a wonderful novel that grows and grows in power as one goes along. Fueled by beautiful writing The Unmade World swirls in a mixture of suspense, pathos and heartbreaking love where characters suffer losses, make mistakes, live misfortunes and take a stab at choices seemingly to reverse their fortunes but with decidedly mixed results. Ultimately characters find themselves faced with trying to figure out what is the right thing to do and then how to do it each knowing that humans have some broken parts and repairing what is possible to repair takes using a form of courage thought out of reach. This is the kind of novel that treats is inhabitants with tenderness and its readers with grace. It will not easily be forgotten.” –Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfields Books, California“In The Unmade World, Steve Yarbrough seamlessly blends a moving story of love, loss and recovery with a page-turning mystery that keeps the reader on the edge of her seat.” --Emily Russo, A Bookstore, Maine“Just a dynamite novel, one I admire and frankly had trouble putting down.” –Richard Howarth, Oxford Books, MS“The Unmade World by Steve Yarbrough is an atmospheric novel of the first degree. Spanning the world from Poland to California to New York, Yarbrough writes of two men, Richard and Bogdan, who glimpse each other at the height of a tragedy. Both hope for and dread the day when they might meet again. A study of the human condition, this redemptive novel is timely and riveting. In 2016 Chicago Now said of author Steve Yarbrough, `He’s a contemporary, damn good author whose books need to be read.’ Here’s your chance!” --Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault, Iowa“Steve Yarbrough is a master novelist, and this may be his finest work. Every word of The Unmade World rings true. Its settings are indelible. Its characters live and breathe. For a long time to come, I'll be pondering what this book has taught me about the human heart.” –Amy Greene“The Unmade World is tone perfect, skillfully constructed and consummately realized. It's the work of an extraordinary novelist. I'm fortunate to have read it.” -- Richard Ford“This many-layered novel is a thriller, a love story, a travelogue full of richly observed scenes, a morality tale replete with betrayal, remorse and lust for revenge, and a hilarious comedy. The tight control Yarbrough exercises over the ten-year span of the story kept me turning the pages and left me full of admiration.” –Colm Toibin“With elegant, economic prose Steve Yarbrough has fashioned a thriller wrapped in a literary novel. It brings to mind Graham Greene and Charles McCarry, with the crackling dialogue of George Higgins or Elmore Leonard . . . . This rich, multi-layered novel is deeply evocative: its compassionate melancholy will haunt you. Yarbrough is a smart, humane writer and his empathy shines on every page of The Unmade World. Also, the novel, in the right hands, would make a crackerjack movie.” --Corey Mesler, Burke’s Book Store, Memphis TN
£12.99
Bancroft Press Dissection: A Medical & Political Thriller
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£17.05
Bancroft Press The Billionaires' Club
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£25.16
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Clean Hands
Book SynopsisCorporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on a high-stakes case, defending a prominent bank accused of fraud. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone - and the secret documents that were on it - she needs help. Badly.Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when wealthy people, corporations and governments need their problems solved discreetly. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents and blackmail is underway.Mysterious leaks to the press and an unlikely suicide further complicate the situation. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must outmanoeuvre their tormentors, all the while keeping their hands clean.From the corporate boardrooms of Manhattan to the city's gritty outer boroughs, a sharply drawn cast ofcharacters - including dirty lawyers, black-market traders and Russian criminals - take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense and impossible to put down, Clean Hands shows a talented crime writer hitting his stride.Trade ReviewHoffman is a private investigator and his time on the shady side of the street informs every bit of this gripping financial thriller...[a] smart, fast-moving tale. * The Sun *Edge-of-the-seat stuff, with two memorable female leads. * Sunday Times Crime Club *Exhilarating...with its crisp pace and superb timing, Clean Hands is a special treat * Wall Street Journal *The fun is in the details...It becomes increasingly clear that the whole thing is far more complicated, with much higher stakes, than most of the pawns in this grand chess game understand. * New York Times Book Review *Clean Hands is a terrific combination of noir mystery with financial thriller plus dirty-ops espionage, staking a claim to a highly compelling intersection of grit and glamour, with an unforgettable cast that's rich in both low lifes and the high life, and devious twists galore. Highly enjoyable. -- Chris Pavone, author of THE EXPATSClean Hands is an old-fashioned private investigator yarn - a terrific story - but skilfully brought up to date. Patrick Hoffman never slows the pace and always keeps the reader guessing. I admired the strong female characters, especially the P.I., Valencia Walker, a take-charge dame who's been around the block too many times to count. -- Susan IsaacsEverything you could want in a thriller - lightning pace, dead-on dialogue and a twisting, high-torque plot. But, most of all, this novel is smart and authentic, a welcome jolt at a time when so much fiction reads like it rolled off an assembly line. -- Carl Hiassen, on EVERY MAN A MENACESubtle characterization, tricky narrative switchbacks . . . vivid, moody prose . . . closer to Denis Johnson than to Elmore Leonard * Paris Review on EVERY MAN A MENACE *Everything in his unpredictable fiction has the dissonant clink of alarming truth . . . The White Van, with its quick and scary turns, provides a hell of a ride; the action never stops - even after the final page * Wall Street Journal on THE WHITE VAN *
£8.54
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press The Club
Book SynopsisA blistering, timely and gripping novel set at Cambridge University, centring around an all-male dining club for the privileged and wealthy.Hans Stichler's uncomplicated German childhood ends abruptly when his aunt invites him to study at Cambridge, where she teaches. She will ensure his application is accepted, but in return he must help her investigate an elite university society, the Pitt Club, which has existed for centuries, its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned. But there are secrets in the club's history, as well as in its present, and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of an increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right.Trade ReviewA cunning, sinuous tale, Takis Würger's The Club is so wildly entertaining that, at first, it's easy to miss its deeper mysteries. But, as it unfolds, brutal truths about class and gender and violence emerge, take hold and shudder through the novel's final pages. -- Megan AbbottA guilty pleasure, but one we can leave sitting out on our coffee tables without a whiff of embarrassment. * New York Times Book Review *Filled with love, sorrow, and beauty - from the cover to the final sentence. * Elle (Germany) *Würger artfully circles the dark secret of the university campus . . . His language is so transparent that the story is never weighed down with a sense of its significance . . . Skillfully choreographed. * Die Zeit *An enthralling book. * Welt am Sonntag *Refined, gripping, and elegant all at once. Würger's language is precise and impressive in its clarity and concision. * Weser-Kurier *The Club, Takis Würger's exquisite debut, is a novel as rare as a phoenix, a story both beautifully told and white-knuckle thrilling. A tale of pain, privilege and revenge, The Club reads like something both mythical and modern, a fable whose pages demand to be turned. -- Christopher J. Yates, author of BLACK CHALK and GRIST MILL ROAD
£8.54
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Clean Hands
Book SynopsisCorporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on a high-stakes case, defending a prominent bank accused of fraud. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone - and the secret documents that were on it - she needs help. Badly.Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when wealthy people, corporations and governments need their problems solved discreetly. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents and blackmail is underway.Mysterious leaks to the press and an unlikely suicide further complicate the situation. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must outmanoeuvre their tormentors, all the while keeping their hands clean.From the corporate boardrooms of Manhattan to the city's gritty outer boroughs, a sharply drawn cast ofcharacters - including dirty lawyers, black-market traders and Russian criminals - take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense and impossible to put down, Clean Hands shows a talented crime writer hitting his stride.Trade ReviewHoffman is a private investigator and his time on the shady side of the street informs every bit of this gripping financial thriller...[a] smart, fast-moving tale. * The Sun *Edge-of-the-seat stuff, with two memorable female leads. * Sunday Times Crime Club *Exhilarating...with its crisp pace and superb timing, Clean Hands is a special treat * Wall Street Journal *The fun is in the details...It becomes increasingly clear that the whole thing is far more complicated, with much higher stakes, than most of the pawns in this grand chess game understand. * New York Times Book Review *Clean Hands is a terrific combination of noir mystery with financial thriller plus dirty-ops espionage, staking a claim to a highly compelling intersection of grit and glamour, with an unforgettable cast that's rich in both low lifes and the high life, and devious twists galore. Highly enjoyable. -- Chris Pavone, author of THE EXPATSClean Hands is an old-fashioned private investigator yarn - a terrific story - but skilfully brought up to date. Patrick Hoffman never slows the pace and always keeps the reader guessing. I admired the strong female characters, especially the P.I., Valencia Walker, a take-charge dame who's been around the block too many times to count. -- Susan IsaacsEverything you could want in a thriller - lightning pace, dead-on dialogue and a twisting, high-torque plot. But, most of all, this novel is smart and authentic, a welcome jolt at a time when so much fiction reads like it rolled off an assembly line. -- Carl Hiassen, on EVERY MAN A MENACESubtle characterization, tricky narrative switchbacks . . . vivid, moody prose . . . closer to Denis Johnson than to Elmore Leonard * Paris Review on EVERY MAN A MENACE *Everything in his unpredictable fiction has the dissonant clink of alarming truth . . . The White Van, with its quick and scary turns, provides a hell of a ride; the action never stops - even after the final page * Wall Street Journal on THE WHITE VAN *
£11.64
Story Plant A Thick Crimson Line: A Mike Walton Thriller
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£21.84
The Story Plant Give Us This Day: A Brooke Burrell Thriller
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£9.20
The Story Plant American Coup: A Political Thriller
Book SynopsisIt is 2030, and America is on the brink. In the face of an ever-more-perilous environmental crisis and ever-more-tenuous global tensions, President Herbert Chase Hastings is stoking the fires of unrest as no American leader ever has before. His alignment with militias and religious extremists, his intolerance for diversity and science, and his ties to dangerous regimes and unscrupulous businesses have made him the champion of a bold, vocal, and deadly minority. Meanwhile, the remainder of America and much of the world either raises its voice in protest or quakes in fear.Journalist Jay Patterson has been following Hastings since before his election, and he knows the risks the president poses better than most. And when a secret source starts feeding Jay information that suggests that the country is in even greater peril, he chooses to risk everything to act. But even Jay has underestimated the reach of America''s chief executive . . . and it may be too late for anyone to stop what Hastings has set into motion.Written with the perspective only available to a true Washington insider, AMERICAN COUP is a political thriller unlike any other. It sheds light on what really happens behind the scenes at the highest levels of government, illuminates the forces at work all across the American landscape, and tells an edge-of-your-seat story that will leave you breathless.
£9.15
The Story Plant Forgive Us Our Trespasses: A Brooke Burrell
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£12.34
Amazon Publishing The Leveling
Book SynopsisThese days, Mark Sava spends more time in tutoring sessions than in cloak-and-dagger rendezvous. The former CIA station chief of Azerbaijan has settled into the modest life of a professor in Baku…until an assassin makes a brazen attempt on his life in the hallowed halls of the national library. The Azeri government deems Sava, with his complex past, a security threat and orders him out of the country immediately. At the same time, the CIA orders Sava back to the US. But when he receives cryptic photos that lead him to believe his friend John Decker has been kidnapped—Sava knows he has no option but to find Decker. He teams up with ex–CIA spy and former girlfriend Daria Buckingham, and the two soon find themselves being chased by Chinese intelligence agents through the underworlds of Turkmenistan and Iran, caught in the middle of a secret conflict over oil that has the US and Iran tumbling headlong into war. Filled with the espionage intrigue and pulse-pounding action that made The Colonel’s Mistake a runaway hit, The Leveling brings to life in electrifying detail one of the most dangerous regions of the globe.Trade ReviewPraise for Dan Mayland: “Mayland beautifully captures the high stakes games played in an increasingly complex world.” —Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists “Dan Mayland has an excellent understanding of modern Iran.” —Gene Garthwaite, author of The Persians “Mayland’s insight into Central Asian espionage and his ability to craft a breathless thriller are exceeded only by his understanding of the human heart. Think you can guess what The Leveling refers to? Think again.” —Orest Stelmach, bestselling author of The Boy from Reactor 4
£8.99
Bywater Books Dust
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£14.36
Bywater Books Last Chance Chicago
£16.96
Penzler Publishers Central Park West: A Crime Novel
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£21.02
Penzler Publishers Kennedy 35
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£20.69
Wordfire Press Mark Coffin, U.S.S.
£14.99
Progressive Press Instruments of the State
Book SynopsisThe Cold War is a fading memory and a New World Order looms. As the Millennium approaches, a gang of power-brokers scheme to control the world''s resources. But first they need to convince the American people -- the paymasters of the lone remaining military superpower -- that their security is at risk. Americans need to fear that a new enemy is lurking like none they have ever known. And so they shall. . . A shadowy operative named Vu has been activated for the plan. Decades ago, his family was killed in a napalm attack during the Vietnam War, yet Vu still struggles with his violent past. Now a skilled assassin and a veteran of countless espionage operations, he has a chance at redemption. . . The global drug trade, mind control and the corporate media are all connected as Vu, his underworld associates and the power-brokers work their evil magic. Framed in historical events from Vietnam to the 1983 Invasion of Lebanon to the Gulf War and culminating in the events of 9/11, it''s a winner-take-all proposition, and murder and mayhem make for a surprise ending in this epic tale of espionage and suspense.
£8.54
Akashic Books,U.S. The Devil's Song
Book SynopsisThere's a killer on the loose in Mission County, Pennsylvania... whose next victim might be the prosecuting attorney.
£14.36
Post Hill Press Rogue Mission: A Jordan Sandor Thriller
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£20.80
Turner Publishing Company Rampage
Book Synopsis From bestselling crime novelist (and deputy district attorney) William P. Wood . . . A killer so savage (and so sly) that the brutal frenzy of his crimes makes an unassailable insanity defense—such is the opponent facing Tony Fraser, a young district attorney willing to risk anything, everything, for a sentence of death. Plotted against by court psychiatrists, tormented by vanishing evidence and fugitive witnesses, his own wife a target, Fraser finds himself checkmated by the accused—until he seizes an opportunity to go beyond the letter of the law. To experience the final, stunning climax of Rampage is to thrill to the tensions of a high-stakes capital case, to go behind the scenes of our justice system, and to find a dark and terrifying clockwork there.Trade Review“A feeling of truth permeates this book . . . one of the better courtroom dramas of recent years.” —New York Times “Clear and compelling.” —Newsday “From first to last, Rampage is superior . . . Please do not miss this one.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “A taut courtroom drama . . . Hard to put down.” —William J. Caunitz, Author of One Police Plaza and Cleopatra Gold “A story of shocking realism . . . ” —George E. Paras, former Justice, California Court of Appeals “A powerful courtroom drama . . .” —Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General and Head of Criminal Division, State of California
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Turner Publishing Company Gangland
Book Synopsis Hector Molina controls Gangland. From behind prison bars, he rules a ruthless gang of renegades who deal in extortion, drugs, and death. U.S. attorney Claude Massingill is determined to expose Gangland. He’s got Molina locked up as a protected witness for a trial that’s sure to make headlines—and Molina couldn’t ask for a better hideout than the one the government is giving him. Now, Assistant D.A. Mike Swanson needs to penetrate Gangland . . . and fast. He’s got to break through the federal fence, get to Molina, and convict the notorious prison ganglord of murder . . . before someone ends up dead. Trade Review“A unique legal thriller . . . Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, government witness programs . . . Gangland demonstrates graphically the tensions, frustrations, and personal dangers often endured by the families of crime victims.” —Deltona Enterprise (FL) “Compelling . . . a bloody showdown between manipulative killer and dedicated prosecutor from which no one emerges unscathed . . . Wood knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story, convincingly plotted and crisply told.” —San Diego Union “The nonstop action and relentless pace will satisfy fans of the hard-boiled thriller genre.” —Publishers Weekly “Suspense-filled . . . Realistic, fast-moving . . . Molina is the kind of criminal that you love to hate.” —Daily News (Newport News, VA)
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Turner Publishing Company Fugitive City
Book Synopsis A one-man crime wave is shaking the peaceful city of Santa Maria, California, and no place is safe. Kenny Trask, an unpredictable, high-strung, shockingly violent convict, has just escaped from prison and is intent on putting together enough cash to bankroll a new life for himself, his ex-cellmate, and the female defense attorney he believes they must “rescue.” Only one man is willing to stand in the way: Robby Medavoy, a cop who’s been called a hero, whose unorthodox style has fueled the resentment of rival officers and the suspicions of his superiors. With a contract on his life from his department’s SWAT team, Medavoy must put everything on the line to pull Trask in—his reputation, his survival, and, unexpectedly, the woman he comes to love.Trade Review“The author knows how to manipulate the legal angles and he keeps the story moving at a frantic pace.” —Richmond Times Dispatch ""Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, and government witness programs.” —Deltona Enterprise (FL) “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter “A natural storyteller!” —Norman Katkox, Author of Blood and Orchids “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World
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Turner Publishing Company Broken Trust
Book SynopsisSuperior Court Judge Timothy Nash thought the brutal murder trial in his court would be like many he’d presided over before. He didn’t know it might lead to his own murder. Nash has been tapped as point man in a federal sting operation against the most powerful and dangerous of prey: corrupt judges. Risking his reputation and his life, Nash digs deep into a morass of dirty deals and uncovers a devastating plot of betrayal. The closer he gets to the truth, the more desperate the judges become—until they fight back with all the power at their command. It’s all coming to a head as the murder trial nears its verdict, a verdict that could spell death for not only the defendant but also for Nash himself.Trade Review“A spellbinding tale about the men and women who dispence justice from the bench.” —Associated Press “Wood combines colorful, behind-the-scenes details with a nonstop plot.” —Library Journal “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World “Fast-moving . . . Fascinating . . . Convincing . . . Chillingly informative.” —Sacramento Bee
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Turner Publishing Company Stay of Execution
Book SynopsisSmall-time operator Bobby Carnes took a shot at a big score, setting up a major drug sale with some high rollers in Marina del Ray. He went in with a few bags of crank-methamphetamine and a .44 and walked out a stone-cold killer: a suitcase full of cash in his hands and four bodies in his wake. Now Carnes is up for trial, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Keegan has decided to prosecute the case himself, prompted by his own private anguish. It’s a move that guarantees him media coverage in a brutal reelection campaign—a strategy that could easily backfire. For Keegan’s star witness is running scared, and if he loses the case, a brutal murderer will go free . . . and all of George Keegan’s dreams will turn to dust.Trade Review“Wood delivers a compelling moral tale disguised as an intelligent legal thriller.” —Publishers Weekly "No one writes a better police procedural than Bill Wood." —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Juror and The Hunt Club “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World
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Turner Publishing Company Quicksand
Book SynopsisAs head of California’s task force on narcotics and organized crime, Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of informants, his team has successfully brought down some of the country’s most violent and powerful criminals. But it’s Brock’s superior who’s about to become his greatest adversary. Her name: Alison Andrews, First Assistant United States Attorney . . . and Brock’s wife. Publicly, Alison and Brock Andrews are a dynamic power couple at the pinnacle of federal law enforcement. Privately, their marriage is on the rocks. And the growing tension between them has only worsened with Alison’s release of Edward Nelson, the disgraced CIA employee and international arms dealer Brock arrested months earlier in the biggest bust of his career. What Brock doesn’t know is that Alison has recruited Nelson as her most important undercover operator in a plot to ensnare a ring of domestic terrorists smuggling arms overseas. Nelson, a master manipulator skilled at deadly games, has a plan of his own—to turn Alison’s undercover operation inside out, unleash a secret army of heavily armed militiamen, and target Washington’s high-powered political arena for a terrorist act of unparalleled proportions. Nelson is once again number one on Brock’s most wanted list. But with Alison protecting him from arrest, the only way to get to him is through an informant Brock has taken into custody. And while crucial information from this secret source helps Brock put together the pieces of Nelson’s insidious plan, it lays open more questions—and even more disturbing possibilities, including Alison’s complicity in criminal activity. Soon, Brock finds himself deep in a morass of shifting loyalties, outright betrayals, and hidden agendas that leave him running out of trust—and time. One thing is certain. Each hour matters, as Brock sets a dramatic trap to capture Nelson . . . and stop a terrifying attack on the heart of the nation. But first, he has to uncover the most dangerous truth of all . . .Trade ReviewA senior federal investigator battles the even more senior federal investigator blocking his attempt to bring a big-time villain to justice. The switch: these investigators are wedded. Not that there's much left for them in the bliss department. It's a marriage under severe pressure from dueling egos and irreconcilable ambitions. Brock Andrews, head of a task force on organized crime, wants desperately to nail Ed Nelson, once a CIA super spook but now a sleazy, tacky, fast-buck operator who'll sell anything to anybodyarms, drugs, secrets, whatever a well-heeled buyer's heart desires. And if the prospective buyer happens to be a rogue government or right-wing US terrorist organization, so be it. Nelson's problems are never ethical, only tacticalwhere to get the wanted stuff, how to kill whoever stands in his way. First Assistant US Attorney in California Alison AndrewsBrock's wife and bossstarts out wanting Nelson's hide as much as her husband does. But that changes when a certain highly placed Washington powerbroker convinces her that there's a better plan. Turn the bad guy. Use the evidence Brock has compiled to make an informer out of Nelson. Go after the sharks, he says. There's corruption on the loose even more dangerous than what Ed Nelson represents. Alison is drawn to the idea; Brock hates it. ``Nelson's somebody you just stop. Period,'' he insists. So the gulf between them remains intact, actually growing wider as the tide of events washes away good will and mutual understanding. But then, finally, shockingly, the gulf closesafter a violent climax neither of the two foresaw or wished. A good story, twistier than it has to be, but held together by a sturdy spine: the intriguing war between the Andrewses, who love passionately even when they no longer dare to trust. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.“A fiendishly clever…downright brilliant book. I recommend it highly.” —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of The 13th Juror“COMPELLING . . . A bloody showdown between manipulative killer and dedicated prosecutor from which no one emerges unscathed... Wood knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system.” —San Diego Union “SUSPENSE-FILLED . . . Realistic, fast- moving . . . Molina is the kind of criminal that you love to hate.” —Daily Press (Newport News, VA) “A unique legal thriller . . . Wood knows the ins and outs of prisons, courts, government witness programs . . . Gangland demonstrates graphically the tensions, frustrations, and personal dangers often endured by the families of crime victims.”—Deltona Enterprise (FL) “William P. Wood . . . knows the intricacies and ironies of the legal system. He also knows how to employ them to weave a compelling story.” —San Diego Union “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, international bestselling author of Helter Skelter “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa WorldDespite its somewhat ludicrous premise?a husband-and-wife team of assistant U.S. attorneys (she's his boss) who lie to each other, withhold vital information and then wonder why their marriage is in trouble?Wood's (Broken Trust) new thriller offers a great deal of action and a worthy villain. Arms dealer and former CIA agent Ed Nelson is a credible and deadly combination of softness and guile. He's more than a match for Alison Andrews, the ambitious first assistant U.S. attorney general, and her tougher, more pragmatic husband, Brock, who work out of Sacramento, live in a restored mansion where nude swimming keeps their sex life active and generally share everything but the important stuff. "Perhaps," Alison wonders, "they no longer shared the same dreams." In fact, Alison has been arm-twisted into letting Nelson walk after Brock and his team risked their lives to nail him. Justifiably miffed, Brock keeps secrets from Alison about his ongoing investigation into one of Nelson's associates?another believably weak but dangerous con named Denny Lara. In fluid prose, former deputy district attorney Wood is at his best showing how government operatives often trip over their own guns. He's on much shakier ground trying to make us care if the Andrews marriage can or should be saved. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Turner Publishing Company Pressure Point
Book SynopsisIt started as a tragic but simple murder, an old woman killed in the street for her handbag. But as police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya investigate, they find very little that makes sense, and nothing that leads where they expect. Even stranger, Nye and Tafoya are pretty sure they’ve been under surveillance ever since they showed up at the crime scene. And when they discover some shocking forensic evidence, they know they’re in way over their heads. Dennis Cooper has been prosecuting homicides in the D.A.’s office for years, but he’s never seen a case like this one. The suspect that Nye and Tafoya have given him is no run-of-the-mill mugger. And there’s much more at stake than a conviction. This case has some very powerful people very concerned—and determined to stop Cooper at any cost.Trade Review“Gripping . . . bleeds with tension and suspense!” —Steve Martini, bestselling author, for Quicksand “Wood, a former prosecutor, really shows his expertise of writing about the legal system with this spellbinding, gripping novel.” —The Best Reviews “Wood clearly knows the inner workings of the judicial system.” —Publishers Weekly “William P. Wood, a former prosecutor, knows well how to surprise and engross us.” —Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter “A natural storyteller!” —Norman Katkox, Author of Blood and Orchids “What Joseph Wambaugh did for law enforcement, William P. Wood will do for the judiciary.” —Tulsa World
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Turner Publishing Company The Bribe
Book SynopsisHe was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he’s dead—shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just twenty-four hours to find out if the congressman was killed because of his speech . . . or something far worse. Dennis Cooper is acting District Attorney during these critical twenty-four hours. He’s in for the fight of his career, with the FBI withholding vital information, a recklessly ambitious U.S. Attorney, and a nation poised on the brink of hysteria. Time is running out for everyone—and they know it.
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Angelico Press Confessions of the Antichrist (A Novel)
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Regnery Fiction Liberty's Last Stand
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Regnery Publishing Inc The Russia Account
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Regnery Fiction Checkmate
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Regnery Fiction Gambit
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Pressing Freedom
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Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc. Day of Wrath
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American Bar Association Supreme Ambitions: A Novel
Book SynopsisSupreme Ambitions details the rise of Audrey Coyne, a recent Yale Law School graduate who dreams of clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court someday. Audrey moves to California to clerk for Judge Christina Wong Stinson, a highly regarded appeals-court judge who is Audrey’s ticket to a Supreme Court clerkship. While working for the powerful and driven Judge Stinson, Audrey discovers that high ambitions come with a high price. Toss in some headline-making cases, a little romance, and a pesky judicial gossip blog, and you have a legal novel with the inside scoop you’d expect from the founder of Above the Law, one of the nation’s most widely read and influential legal websites. Supreme Ambitions is the first novel by David Lat, founder and managing editor of Above the Law. This is legal fiction with an ‘insider’ scoop, a page-turner that will have readers both within and outside of the legal community enthralled. In addition, fans of Lat’s incredibly successful and influential Above the Law blog will find this a real treat from one of their favorite writers. What others are Saying About Supreme Ambitions "This fine novel by a leading Internet commentator and analyst of the courts provides disquieting insight into the secretive world of federal judges, and their brilliant anxious young law clerks." --Judge Richard A. Posner “So realistic, it makes your teeth hurt. So much fun, you can’t put it down. A sprightly, gripping novel with a serious message about the rewards and dangers of unbridled ambition.” --Chief Judge Alex Kozinski “Lat’s novel is a cross between a serious look into the heart of darkness and an insouciant study of Manolo Blahnik footwear.” --Judge Richard G. Kopf, Hercules and the Umpire “[A] legitimate page-turner. Overall, it’s a smashing success.” --Steve Klepper, Maryland Appellate Blog
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Arcade Publishing The Sacrificial Man: A Thriller
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Arcade Publishing The Rataban Betrayal: A Novel
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