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Dead Eye

Mark Greaney · 279 pages

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The Defector

Daniel Silva

In the #1 New York Times bestseller Moscow Rules, Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world. But he made one mistake. Leaving him alive…Over the course of a brilliant career, Daniel Silva has established himself as the “gold standard” of thriller writers (Dallas Morning News), a “master writer of espionage and intrigue” (The Cincinnati Enquirer), and the creator of “some of th

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Assassin's Game

Ward Larsen · 384 pages

"A high-octane thriller from Ward Larsen, the author of The Perfect Assassin.David Slaton has a good life. He has a new wife and a house in the Virginia suburbs. But he also has a dark past. Slaton is a former kidon, the most lethal Israeli assassin ever created. After decades of work, a brilliant scientist has taken Iran to the threshold of its dream--a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. Mossad mu

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Bad Luck and Trouble

Lee Child · 422 pages

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is pulled out of his wandering life by a code that few other people could understand. From the first shocking scenes in Lee Chi

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Death of a Citizen

Donald Hamilton · 142 pages

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Killers of a Certain Age

Deanna Raybourn · 368 pages

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Noble Beginnings

L.T. Ryan · 233 pages

**THE CIA UNLEASHED HIM...NOW THEY WANT HIM DEAD.** *Some men are trained for war. Jack Noble was trained for something darker.* When a simple surveillance operation in Iraq goes violently wrong, Marine-turned-covert-agent Jack Noble finds himself caught in a deadly web of betrayal, conspiracy, and cover-ups. Branded a fugitive and pursued by the very government he served, Jack must rely on

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In the Blood

Jack Carr · 459 pages

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Casino Royale

Ian Fleming · 194 pages

Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" -- by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to "retire" him. It seems that lady luck is taken with 007

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Robert Ludlum · 691 pages

David Webb must once again assume the identity of assassin Jason Bourne as he matches wits with his mortal enemy, Carlos, a deadly and elusive terrorist known as "the Jackal," in a final confrontation.

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Sleeping Dogs

Thomas Perry · 343 pages

Action packed...The butcher's boy at his best

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The Hunter

Tom Wood · 400 pages

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American Assassin

Vince Flynn · 435 pages

Follow Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first, explosive counterterrorism assignment.

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Man On Fire

A.J. Quinnell · 320 pages

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The Target

David Baldacci · 464 pages

"The next blockbuster thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, featuring assassin Will Robie"--

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The Winter of Frankie Machine

Don Winslow · 320 pages

Frankie Machianno, a hard-working entrepreneur, passionate lover, part-time surf bum, and full-time dad, is a widely recognized pillar of his waterfront community. He is also a retired hit man. Once better known as Frankie Machine, he was a brutally efficient killer. Now someone from his past wants him dead, and after a botched attempt on his life, Frankie sets out to find his potential killers. H

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Enemy of the State

Kyle Mills · 400 pages

After 9/11, the United States made one of the most secretive and dangerous deals in its history. The evidence against the powerful Saudis who coordinated the attack would be buried. In return, King Faisal would promise to keep the oil flowing and deal with the conspirators in his midst. When the king's own nephew is discovered funding ISIS, the US president suspects that the Saudis never intended

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Without Remorse

Tom Clancy · 750 pages

Clancy shows how an ordinary man crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend Mr. Clark. John Kelly, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran, is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before, when he befriends a young woman with a decidedly checkered past. When that past reaches out for her in a particularly horrifying fashion, he vows revenge and, ass

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Buy a Bullet

Gregg Hurwitz

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The Night Angel Trilogy

Brent Weeks · 1,258 pages

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The Survivor

Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills · 400 pages

Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn's New York Times bestselling series. Joseph "Rick" Rickman, former boy wonder at the CIA, stole a massive amount of top secret and hugely compromisin

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The Silencer

Mike Ryan · 248 pages

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True Conviction

James P. Sumner · 342 pages

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The American

Andrew Britton · 408 pages

CIA agent Ryan Kealey has no time to wrestle his demons. Former U.S. soldier Jason March, one of the world's deadliest assassins and Ryan's former protege, is now working with a powerful terror network whose goal is nothing less than the total annihilation of the United States.Ryan puts together the pieces of a terrifying puzzle. With the fate of the country resting on his shoulders, he finds hims

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