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1) Slow horses
Author
Series
Slough House volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
London, England: Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. The "slow horses," as they're called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated here. Maybe they messed up an op badly and can't be trusted anymore. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle--not unusual in this line...
2) Dead lions
Author
Series
Slough House volume 2
Language
English
Description
London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their washed-up careers. Maybe they messed up an op badly and can't be trusted anymore. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle--not unusual in this line of work. But they have one thing in common: they all want to be back in the action. And they'll do anything to...
4) The spymaster of Baghdad: a true story of bravery, family, and patriotism in the battle against ISIS
Author
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS"--
5) Slough house
Author
Series
Slough House volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At Slough House-MI5's London depository for demoted spies-Brexit has taken a toll. The "slow horses" have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House wiped from Service records-and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets? With a new populist movement taking a grip on London's streets and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Since 1947, the CIA has worked to gather and evaluate intelligence. This information is vital: it helps shape both domestic and foreign policy. This disclosing book examines how the leader of the CIA works to keep the organization at the cutting edge. It also explains how someone becomes CIA Director and traces a typical work day.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
568 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Revealing disconnects in the chain of command, examines the intelligence tools and techniques that have provided warnings of threats to the U.S. over the past sixty years and why they have often failed to prevent attacks.
8) CIA
Author
Series
Publisher
Bolt is published by Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Secret meetings and spying around the world are just the beginning of what members of the CIA do. Find out what CIA agents do to keep the United States safe"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An official handbook for kids who dream of one day becoming a spy or working in the intelligence field. Have you ever wondered what spies really do: What kind of training is involved? Do you have to go to a special school or take a polygraph test? How do you live your 'cover'? How does your work life affect your relationships with your friends and family? Is there danger involved? This fun, fact-filled book answers all these questions and more while...
Author
Series
James Bond volume 40
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traveling behind the Iron Curtain, James Bond must convince the Russians, including a beautiful Soviet psychiatric analyst, that he is a double agent to infiltrate a group planning a major act of terrorism, which, if successful, will destabilize relations between the East and West.
Only one person is missing from M's funeral: James Bond, the man who pulled the trigger. Behind the Iron Curtain, former SMERSH agents want to use Bond in an operation...
Author
Series
KGI volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
x, 339 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Shea has been on the run from people who will stop at nothing to exploit her unique abilities. She never wanted to drag Nathan into more danger, but she doesn't have a choice, so she reaches out to him for help. Finally face-to-face after having already formed a soul-deep bond in hell, their emotion connection is even more powerful than their telepathic one. Nathan refuses to let her go again, but she worries they can never have a life free of the...
Author
Series
Ernst Grip volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the terrorist- and pirate-infested world of the Horn of Africa, Swedish security agent Ernst Grip can count on only his own shrewdness to survive when he must investigate the suspicious death of a Swedish army lieutenant.
13) Quantico: #1
Author
Series
Quantico volume 1
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
14) Firethorn: #4
Author
Series
Discarded heroes volume 4
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
348 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former Marine Griffin "Legend" Riddell, a fugitive from injustice, finds it difficult to trust anyone. Covert operative Kazi Faron, the woman sent to free him, has a dangerous secret that may jeopardize her life, mission, and the only man she respects. As Griffin and Kazi race around the globe to save Nightshade, the danger mounts. Will they find the culprit sabotaging their black ops team? Can their newfound feelings and trust survive when Griffin...
Author
Series
KGI volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Grace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline--an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister--has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out... Enlisted to bring Grace home is Rio, relentless member of the KGI. He's unprepared for his reaction to this wounded, damaged woman, and he's fiercely...
16) Divine Justice
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
With a master spy and the U. S. government after him, former CIA assassin Oliver Stone is America's most wanted man-but escaping D.C. won't protect him from a lethal world of political corruption in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.
But...
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.
But...
17) Karla's choice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway. It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyze foreign intelligence. But within a few years, the Agency was engaged in other operations: bolstering pro-American governments, overthrowing nationalist leaders, and surveilling anti-imperial dissenters at home. The Cold War was an obvious reason for this transformation-but not the only one....
Author
Series
Mrs. Pollifax volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urgent orders for a daring mission to aid an escape. Soon, the unlikely-looking international spy was sporting a beautiful new hat that hid eight forged passports....