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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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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carre · 416 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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The Bourne Objective

Eric Van Lustbader · 437 pages

The Central Intelligence training program Treadstone produced two graduates of equal skill and determination--Jason Bourne and a vicious Russian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin. As Bourne's destiny circles closer to Arkadin's, it becomes clear that the eventual collision of these men is not of their own making. Someone else has been watching and manipulating them. Someone who wants to know, "Who is the

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Without Sanction

Don Bentley · 373 pages

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The Sum of All Fears

Tom Clancy · 914 pages

Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East -- as Jack Ryan lays the groundwork for a plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play; with one terrible act, distrust mounts, forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to cope with the crisis. With the world on the verge of nuclear disaster, Ryan must frantically seek

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Scorpia

Anthony Horowitz · 368 pages

Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex's father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by He

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The Tears of Autumn

Charles McCarry · 276 pages

Influential secret agent Paul Christopher pursues a dangerous theory about the assassination of President Kennedy, an investigation that threatens American foreign policy.

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The Third Option

Vince Flynn · 402 pages

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Simple Genius

David Baldacci · 434 pages

In a world of secrets, human genius is power.And sometimes it is simply deadly...A three-hour drive from Washington, D.C., two clandestine institutions face each other across a heavily guarded river. One is the world's most unusual laboratory, whose goals and funding are a mystery. The other is an elite CIA training camp shrouded in secrecy. Now a man and a woman are about to run a gauntlet betwee

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Holy Spy

Rory Clements · 472 pages

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Divide and Conquer

Jeff Rovin · 372 pages

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I Am Pilgrim

Terry Hayes · 612 pages

"The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time . . . and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smoldering human remains on a remote mounta

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Boy Nobody

Allen Zadoff · 337 pages

Sixteen-year-old Boy Nobody, an assassin controlled by a shadowy government organization, The Program, considers sabotaging his latest mission because his target reminds him of the normal life he craves.

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From Russia With Love

Ian Fleming · 258 pages

James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Fleming’s masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favourite books of all time. SMERSH stands for ‘Death to Spies’ and there’s no secret agent they’d like to disgrace and destroy more than 007, James Bond. But ensnaring the British Secret Service’s most lethal opera

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Masquerade

Gayle Lynds · 449 pages

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The Broker

John Grisham · 422 pages

With 14 years left on a 20 year sentence, notorious Washington powerbroker Joel Blackman receives a surprise pardon from a lame duck President. Smuggled out of the country, he is given a new identity and tucked away in a small town in Italy.

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The Janus Reprisal

Jamie Freveletti · 356 pages

Oman Dattar, a Pakistani warlord being tried for crimes against humanity, escapes prison and puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all--unless Covert-One and operative Colonel Jon Smith can stop him.

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Rise of the Enemy

Rob Sinclair · 294 pages

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Sacrilege

S.J. Parris · 423 pages

Summer, 1584. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth, has long suspected an undercurrent of Catholic resistance in the city that was once England's greatest centre of pilgrimage. He calls Giordano Bruno, his maverick secret agent, away from his post at the French Embassy to investigate. But when Bruno arrives in Canterbury, he has no idea of the dark secrets he's about to uncover. He

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Adrenaline

Jeff Abbott · 480 pages

Sam Capra lives an idyllic life. An American, living in London, he has a perfect job with the CIA and a perfect wife, Lucy - who is seven months pregnant with their first child. But then it all goes up in flames. At work, Sam receives a call on his cell from Lucy. She tells him to leave the building immediately, which he does - just before it explodes, killing those inside. Lucy vanishes, and Sam

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Nomad

James Swallow · 533 pages

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The Increment

David Ignatius · 392 pages

From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself Dr. Ali sends encrypted messages to the CIA, he then discovers he's being followed. To get his agent out, Pappas turns to a secret British spy team known as 'The Increment' whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O 'license to kill.'

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