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A most wanted man: a novel
Par John Le Carré. 2008
Issa Karpov, a Chechen Muslim who has entered Germany illegally, uses human rights lawyer Annabel Richter to obtain his late…
father's millions from a shady British bank. Meanwhile the English, German, and American intelligence agencies all pursue Issa. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008The diplomat's wife
Par Pam Jenoff. 2008
Polish resistance member Marta Nedermann, from The Kommandant's Girl (DB 77659), is rescued from a Nazi prison by American soldier…
Paul Mattison. Later, alone and pregnant with Paul's child, Marta marries a British diplomat and volunteers for a spy mission in Prague. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2008L'heure des loups: roman
Par Shane Stevens. 2011
Paris, 1975. Un homme est découvert pendu à une corde à piano. Son nom : Dieter Bock, ancien capitaine de…
la Waffen SS. La thèse du suicide est rapidement abandonnée, et linspecteur Dreyfus, figure du Quai des Orfèvres, hérite de lenquête. A son grand désespoir, celle-ci soriente vite vers le passé de lancien SS. Dreyfus a en effet perdu toute sa famille à Auschwitz, et pour rien au monde il ne souhaite affronter de nouveau le cauchemar nazi. Les pistes sont nombreuses et complexes, depuis une opération du Mossad jusquà limplication de services secrets occidentaux qui auraient employé Dieter Bock après la guerre. Lorsque Dreyfus découvre que trois autres morts sont liées à son enquête, celles dun banquier suisse, dun industriel belge et dun diplomate anglais, nous sommes à lorée du premier dune longue série de coups de théâtre. Toutes les apparences vont en effet savérer trompeuses et Dreyfus, en plein dilemme moral, devra venir à bout de ses démons, pour assembler toutes les pièces dun incroyable puzzle... -- 4e de couvCet instant-là (Littérature étrangère)
Par Douglas Kennedy. 2011
" À la fois drame psychologique, roman d'idées, roman d'espionnage mais surtout histoire d'amour aussi tragique que passionnée, une oeuvre…
ambitieuse portée par le talent exceptionnel de Douglas Kennedy. Écrivain new-yorkais, la cinquantaine, Thomas Nesbitt reçoit à quelques jours d'intervalle deux missives qui vont ébranler sa vie : les papiers de son divorce et un paquet posté d'Allemagne par un certain Johannes Dussmann. Les souvenirs remontent... Parti à Berlin en pleine guerre froide afin d'écrire un récit de voyage, Thomas arrondit ses fins de mois en travaillant pour une radio de propagande américaine. C'est là qu'il rencontre Petra. Entre l'Américain sans attaches et l'Allemande réfugiée à l'Ouest, c'est le coup de foudre. Et Petra raconte son histoire, une histoire douloureuse et ordinaire dans une ville soumise à l'horreur totalitaire. Thomas est bouleversé. Pour la première fois, il envisage la possibilité d'un amour vrai, absolu. Mais bientôt se produit l'impensable et Thomas va devoir choisir. Un choix impossible qui fera basculer à jamais le destin des amants. Aujourd'hui, vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Thomas est-il prêt à affronter toute la vérité ? " -- 4e de couvThe spies of Warsaw: a novel
Par Alan Furst. 2008
Warsaw, 1937. Colonel Jean-Franúois Mercier, French military attaché to Poland, spends his time socializing and recruiting spies. Mercier alerts his…
superiors to the threat of Nazi invasion but is ignored. Meanwhile he falls in love and rescues an agent. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Devil may care
Par Sebastian Faulks, Ian Fleming. 2008
James Bond is sent to prevent Dr. Julius Gorner from flooding England with heroin. Bond meets Scarlett Papava, who wants…
to save her twin sister from Gorner's clutches. But Gorner has plans to provoke a nuclear war with Russia. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Les gestionnaires de l'apocalypse.n4: 2 La faim de la terre (Les gestionnaires de l'apocalypse. #4.2.)
Par Jean-Jacques Pelletier. 2009
« Les fléaux prédits par Gizmo Gaïa s’abattent l’un après l’autre sur la planète, menaçant des populations, saccageant les dernières…
ressources disponibles ; quant aux terroristes, après les églises et les musées, ils s’attaquent maintenant aux écoles - à Montréal, les HEC sont visées [...] ». -- 4e de couvUp in Honey's room: A Novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2007
Federal marshal Carl Webster, from Hot Kid (DB 60336, BR 16125), travels to Detroit in 1944 to search for escaped…
German POWs. Webster interviews beautiful Honey Deal, the divorced wife of Nazi meatcutter Walter Schoen, and investigates Ukrainian spy Vera Mezwa. Strong language and some violence. 2007The cleaner
Par Brett Battles. 2007
Loner Jonathan Quinn makes his living as a professional cleaner--disposing of unwanted bodies. But when he's dispatched to a Colorado…
cabin to investigate an arson case, Quinn finds his life in danger. He hopes a woman from his past can help. Some violence and some strong language. 2007Goldfinger: 007, a James Bond novel
Par Ian Fleming. 2002
British secret service agent James Bond is pitted against Auric Goldfinger--one of the world's richest men, who is obsessed with…
gold. Bond infiltrates Goldfinger's organization and foils a plan to rob Fort Knox. Some violence and some strong language. 1959Angels in the gloom: a novel (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2005
Cambridge, England; 1916. After being wounded at Flanders, chaplain Joseph Reavley returns home to recuperate. When someone murders scientist Theo…
Blaine, Joseph searches the Scientific Establishment for the traitor, who may have also betrayed his parents. Sequel to Shoulder the Sky (RC 59439, BR 15592). 2005The great divide
Par T. Davis Bunn. 2000
Attorney Marcus Glenwood retreats to North Carolina following a devastating tragedy. He agrees to prosecute New Horizons, a local multinational…
conglomerate. Gloria Hall has disappeared while investigating the company's Factory 101 in China. Glenwood uncovers an international web of deceit that circles back to North Carolina. Christy Award. 2000Storm warning
Par Jack Higgins. 2000
1944. During World War II, some loyal German expatriates trapped in Brazil plot to return to their homeland on the…
three-masted sailing ship Deutschland. With five nuns also aboard as passengers, captain Eric Berger and his crew attempt an impossible voyage across an ocean dominated by British and American navies. 1976Secret father
Par James Carroll. 2003
Germany, 1961. Three American teenagers--Michael, Rick, and Kit--venture into East Berlin, where they are detained by the secret police. Michael's…
father and Rick's German mother rush to rescue them. But Rick has information that will endanger everyone. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003No graves as yet: a novel of World War I (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2003
England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents'…
suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document--now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003Money for nothing
Par Donald E. Westlake. 2003
After cashing mysterious $1,000 monthly checks for seven years, New York ad executive Josh Redmont discovers that he's a sleeper…
spy for the former Soviet Union. When ordered to assassinate an eastern European politician, Josh tries to find an escape from his predicament and to save his family. Some violence. 2003Short stories about Union and Confederate spies. In "Hobson's Choice," a captain from Tennessee hangs only one spouse after both…
were declared enemies. In "The Dead Line," an old man discovers his wife, a Confederate spy who betrayed him, alive almost fifty years later. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Secrets and other stories of suspense
Par Carolyn G Hart. 2002
Four short stories of intrigue and treachery. In the title piece, set in Oklahoma during World War II, twelve-year-old Gretchen…
works to clear her friend Millard of theft charges--but he joins the service to escape. In "Turnaround," a Hollywood screenwriter discovers that her trophy husband plans to murder her. Some strong language. 2002The guns of Navarone ; Force 10 from Navarone (Cinema classics)
Par Alistair MacLean. 1983
Two classic World War II adventures. In The Guns of Navarone, a British sabotage team must destroy Nazi weapons so…
that a small Greek island can be evacuated. In Force 10 from Navarone, three allied spies are assigned an impossible mission in Yugoslavia. Some violence and some strong language. 1968