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An elderly woman of striking beauty is found murdered in Orleans, France. Her identity has been cleverly erased, but the method of her death is very specific: she has been killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two. Tracking down her murderer leads police inspector Inès Picaut back to 1940s France, where the men and women of the Resistance were engaged in a desperate fight for survival against the Nazi invaders.

Move fast. Stay dark. These are the instructions sent to new operative Emma Makepeace. She's been assigned to track down a man wanted by the Russians and bring him into MI5. It should be easy. But the Russians have eyes everywhere. Emma knows that if spotted she and her target will be killed. What follows is a perilous chase through London's night-time streets. But in a city full of cameras, where can you hide?

Der zweite Fall für Geheimagentin Emma Makepeace. In London wird ein MI6-Agent ermordet in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden: getötet mit Nervengift. Er hatte gegen zwei russische Oligarchen ermittelt, die verdächtigt werden, mit chemischen Waffen zu handeln. Emma Makepeace, Agentin der geheimen Regierungsorganisation »Agency«, erkennt sofort, dass der Mörder ein Profi war – und dass es einen Maulwurf in der britischen Regierung geben muss. Um die Wahrheit herauszufinden, wird Emma undercover auf die Superjacht eines der Oligarchen eingeschleust und gerät in tödliche Gefahr.

Der zweite Fall für Geheimagentin Emma Makepeace. In London wird ein MI6-Agent ermordet in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden: getötet mit Nervengift. Er hatte gegen zwei russische Oligarchen ermittelt, die verdächtigt werden, mit chemischen Waffen zu handeln. Emma Makepeace, Agentin der geheimen Regierungsorganisation »Agency«, erkennt sofort, dass der Mörder ein Profi war – und dass es einen Maulwurf in der britischen Regierung geben muss. Um die Wahrheit herauszufinden, wird Emma undercover auf die Superjacht eines der Oligarchen eingeschleust und gerät in tödliche Gefahr.

The dead spy had been investigating two Russian oligarchs suspected of selling chemical weapons from within the UK, and it seems likely there was a third man in the conspiracy - someone working from deep within the British government.

By the Sunday Times best-selling author of The Lie. Forbidden love, intimate betrayal and the devastating power of exposure drive Helen Dunmore's remarkable new title. London, November 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets and arrested.

Liz Carlyle has been transferred to Counter-Espionage, along with her research sidekick Peggy Kingsolving. Although the department has downsized since the end of the Cold War, there are still spies: including Russian spies who now keep an eye on the international financial community as well as the wealthy, influential Russian "oligarchs" in London. Liz is assigned to stop a Russian government plot to "silence" one of these oligarchs.

MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings have been taking place at an Islamic bookshop. She feels instinctively that a terrorist cell is at work and when she reports this to Charles Wetherby, the Director of Counter Terrorism, a surveillance operation is immediately put into place. An attack seems imminent.

Sie ist Agentin, ihr Deckname lautet Emma Makepeace, und sie arbeitet für die Regierungsorganisation »Agency« in London. Gleich bei ihrem ersten großen Einsatz geht es um Leben und Tod: Sie soll Michael Primalov, einen jungen Arzt und Sohn russischer Überläufer, in Sicherheit bringen, bevor ein Attentäterteam ihn zu fassen bekommt. Aber die Russen haben das Überwachungssystem der Stadt gehackt. Emma und Michael können weder Bus, U-Bahn oder Auto fahren noch Handys oder EC-Karten nutzen – das könnte ihren Aufenthaltsort verraten.

On the surface, Anna Witherall has the perfect life. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has an enviable job, beautiful home, and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. Their competent and capable nanny, Maria, is practically part of the family. But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. Only one thing is certain: to protect her children, she must betray them.

Start einer neuen, actiongeladenen Thriller-Reihe. Sie ist Agentin, ihr Deckname lautet Emma Makepeace, und sie arbeitet für die Regierungsorganisation "Agency" in London. Gleich bei ihrem ersten großen Einsatz geht es um Leben und Tod: Sie soll Michael Primalov, einen jungen Arzt und Sohn russischer Überläufer, in Sicherheit bringen, bevor ein Attentäterteam ihn zu fassen bekommt. Aber die Russen haben das Überwachungssystem der Stadt gehackt. Emma und Michael können weder Bus, U-Bahn oder Auto fahren noch Handys oder EC-Karten nutzen – das könnte ihren Aufenthaltsort verraten.

1967: Vier junge Menschen zwischen Verrat, Spionage und dem Kampf um die Demokratie. Sechs Jahre nach dem Mauerbau lernt die erfolgreiche Dolmetscherin Emma auf einem West-Berliner Senatsempfang die aus dem Ostteil der Stadt geflohene Sängerin Irma Assmann kennen. Als sie ihrer Zwillingsschwester Alice von der Begegnung erzählt, wird diese hellhörig. Alice recherchiert als Journalistin in der Studentenbewegung und steht in Kontakt mit verschiedenen Fluchthilfe-Organisationen.

Gray Langtry is on the run. As the only child of the British prime minister, Gray's life has been in turmoil ever since her mother was chosen to lead the country. Both she and her mother are targets of a Russian assassination plot. And what's worse, members of her mother's own cabinet are involved. A team of bodyguards never leaves her side. The press attention is relentless. And then there are the death threats.

This is an Emma Lathen political mystery featuring House Rep. Ben Safford, D-Ohio, who is caught up in a mystery and solves it skillfully as he does in her other six mysteries featuring him, much like John Putnam Thatcher does in her 26 Wall Street mysteries. The New York Times called Emma Lathen “The American Agatha Christie.”

Gray’s life has been in turmoil ever since her mother was chosen to lead the country. First, they had to leave their home and move into the prime minister’s official residence at Number 10, Downing Street. Now, everywhere she goes, she must be accompanied by bodyguards. Worst of all, the media won’t leave her alone - she’s in every tabloid, and her behavior, appearance, the length of her skirts...everything is judged.

Emma St. Claire is only weeks away from an important election when she is approached by a total stranger to spearhead an investigation of a soldier held in a POW camp for five decades. Immortalized in granite while being proclaimed alive, the young representative grapples with the idea that America would have left one of hers behind. The two countries involved, Vietnam and the United States, can't decide what to do with the Army veteran because of an alleged document signed by a dead president that awards the prisoner's descendants a large county in southwest California. 

The 25th of 37 Emma Lathen best sellers. The political power games going on in the California and Washington, DC, worlds. Elizabeth Thatcher, like her father, cuts through the emotions to get to the money and power motives.

Maire Anne McCartney is recruited for a one-off IRA mission as a honey trap. She is told there will be no violence. But she has been lied to. To save herself, 18-year-old Maire must flee across the border alone and start a new life. Human rights lawyer Anne-Marie Gallagher is appointed Minister of State for Security and Immigration. At the same time, the police in Belfast receive an anonymous tip-off. The password is verified from the Troubles - and the coordinates lead DCI Jon Carne to a field. And a body.

Imagínese a un par de jóvenes hacktivistas, ambos ex miembros del grupo de lucha por la libertad de Internet Anonymous, y uno de ellos ex oficial de operaciones encubiertas, separándose de Anonymous y creando un grupo militante de anarquistas comprometidos con el cambio social. Pero el cambio social es acelerado por actos de violencia contra los directores ejecutivos de las principales corporaciones responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad.

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