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The Honk and Holler opening soon
Par Billie Letts. 1998
Caney Paxton, a Vietnam vet who has lost the use of his legs, runs a small roadside cafe in Sequoyah,…
Oklahoma. The regulars at the Honk and Holler are surprised when Caney hires first a Native American waitress and later a Vietnamese cook. The two newcomers soon bring life to the cafe's humdrum routine. 1998.The honourable schoolboy
Par John Le Carré. 1977
The heart is a lonely hunter
Par Carson McCullers. 1967
John Singer, a deaf-mute whose only friend has been committed to an insane asylum, is forced to listen and not…
"talk." He becomes the confidant of several people, but they do not recognize his problems.The hidden target
Par Helen MacInnes. 1980
Robert Renwick of NATO'S undercover counterterrorist organization is reunited briefly in Amsterdam with Nina O'Connell, whom he has not seen…
for years. Before they can become reacquainted, Nina is off on an expense-free tour with a group of students who, Renwick suspects, are not what they seem. Nina, the daughter of a U.S. government official, becomes the pawn of the tourists' leader, a veteran terrorist. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1980.The heist: a novel (Gabriel Allon. #14.)
Par Daniel Silva. 2014
Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon learns his friend, art dealer Julian Isherwood, has stumbled upon a murder scene…
in Lake Como and is being held as a suspect. To save him, Gabriel must find the real killer and the most famous missing painting in the world. Bestseller. Sequel to "The English girl", followed by "The English spy". 2014.The Gunners: a novel
Par Rebecca Kauffman. 2018
The Halifax connection: A Novel Of Canada And The American Civil War
Par Marie Jakober. 2007
1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…
Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.The Echelon vendetta (Micah Dalton. #1.)
Par David Stone. 2007
When his "company" friend is gruesomely slain in a sleepy Tuscan village and the dead man's family later butchered in…
their London home, CIA "fixer" Micah Dalton takes action. Soon he is on the trail of an elusive fiend whose flair for ornamental blade-work suggests a link to American Indian mysticism. As the body count rises, the targets include active and inactive CIA agents and independent contractors - all with some connection to Echelon, an enigmatic Langley enterprise. Followed by "The Orpheus deception". 2007.The domino principle
Par Adam Kennedy. 1985
Tucker, a con with a 20-year sentence in a maximum security prison, is given an opportunity to escape. Who were…
the men who had this power to release him, and what did they want in return? Followed by "The Domino vendetta".1985.The disinformer: two novellas
Par Peter Ustinov. 1989
In "The disinformer," a retired spy, embittered by the changing face of espionage, sets a trap for a group of…
Arab terrorists, only to find himself caught up in his own web of deceit. In "A nose by any other name," Thamar had received everything from her wonderful parents, including her enormous nose. But, even when she rebels against her heritage she finds that no surgeon's knife can cut deep enough to remove her parents' influence. 1989.The disciples: A Novel
Par Joseph J Andrew. 1993
T.C. Steele is called out of retirement by the National Security Agency when one of its recruiters, beautiful Rebecca Townsend,…
seems to have gone over to the other side. He finds that she is working not for another government but for a mysterious group called the Disciples. Loyal to no nation, the Disciples buy and sell secrets to influence the balance of power, which leads to the end of the cold war. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1993.The dogs of war
Par Frederick Forsyth. 1974
A minute-by-minute account of a coup involving the takeover of Zangaro, an emergent African state. Cat Shannon, a tough, cool…
mercenary leader is up against Sir James Manson, a shrewd London money-manipulator. 1974.The doll's house
Par Evelyn Anthony. 1992
With the Cold War over Harry Oakham, experienced spy, is out of a job, bitter at what the service has…
done to him after a lifetime of danger, and at the erosion of his personal life. Contacting colleagues, enemies, killers and moles, he builds up a syndicate of ruthless professionals for hire to anyone who can pay, but he hasn't reckoned with Rosa, a bright new Foreign Office talent, reeling from a broken marriage and seconded to check on an old spy. Neither wants their future changed, or emotional complications, but after they meet things begin to go wrong for Harry, the syndicate, and most of all for Rosa. Strong language, violence and descriptions of sex. 1992.The dossier
Par Leonard Gross, Pierre Salinger. 1984
An American journalist learns of a dossier, kept in Moscow, that could topple a former French Resistance hero who now…
is running for the presidency of France. Some strong language. 1984.The delta star
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 1983
When a soviet submarine runs aground in Swedish waters, detective Villalobos links the sub to a homicide in Los Angeles.…
Strong language, violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1983.The defector (Davina Graham series ; #1)
Par Evelyn Anthony. 1980
A man and a woman arrive at a quiet country house to spend the week-end; he is a top KGB…
agent and she is one of the British intelligence's key operatives. Their professional relationship soon becomes charged with strange emotions. Followed by "The avenue of the dead" (DC32936). 1980. (Davina Graham series ; 1)The cripples' club
Par William Bell. 1988
Fifteen-year-old George Ma, a recently adopted Asian, is crippled by loss of memory, the result of a horror-filled escape from…
his war-torn country. He becomes friends with "Hook", a paraplegic; Amy, a blind computer whiz; and Heather, who is deaf. Together they face the challenge of a motorcycle trip to Algonquin Park. For junior and senior high readers. c1988.The Crazy Horse Electric game
Par Chris Crutcher. 1987
A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to…
mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls. Junior and Senior High. 1987.The custodian of paradise
Par Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The conformist: a novel
Par Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson. 1983
As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in violent acts - like killing lizards - and his…
desire to be "normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Some violence. 1983, c1951. Uniform title: Conformista.