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Caleb Marlowe novels volume 2
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In the fledgling town of Elkhorn, Caleb Marlowe is commissioned to bring a railroad robber baron to justice who happens to be his father-a ruthless and abusive man he will bring to justice-or he'll die trying.
62) High treason
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When Saudi Prince Omar bin Talal visits Houston to seek cancer treatment for his mother, an attempt on his life puts all agencies on high alert. FBI Special Agent Kord Davidson is the lead on the prince's protective detail because of their long-standing friendship, but he's surprised--and none too happy--when the CIA brings one of their operatives, Monica Alden, in on the task force after the assassination attempt.
64) Philippa
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Friarsgate inheritance volume 3
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In the third Friarsgate Inheritance novel, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small takes us back to the sensuality, drama, and intrigue of King Henry's sixteenth-century court to tell the story of the daughter of one of her most beloved characters.
The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden...
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"Amid the idyllic scenery of Hawaii, rookie Secret Service agent Alana Preston is attacked, and a sinister plot to assassinate the president begins taking shape. But nobody seems to believe Alana, and she doesn't know who she can trust--except Secret Service director James Locke. Now, with an assassin hiding in plain sight on the island, she and James may be the president's last line of defense. The closer they get to cracking the case, however, the...
66) Double deal
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Elmo Finn, first introduced in McClister's Victim's Choice, is a former CIA commando as well as a number of other things, although very few people could tell you exactly what. An old Vietnam buddy of Elmo's, now the governor of Tennessee, has been receiving death threats. As the governor and his 'body men' struggle to improve security, little do they expect that the immediate threat is posed by Elmo Finn himself.
But, as Elmo stealthily penetrates...
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Jason Bourne, international assassin of deadly repute, was an identity assumed by covert agent David Webb. Retired from the CIA and now a professor at Georgetown University, Webb's life is finally his own--until he becomes the target of an assassin and is framed for the murder of his two closest associates. Fighting for his life against unseen assailants, the Bourne identity asserts itself, leaving Jason Bourne in control. Barely a half step ahead...
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"After surviving several attempts on her life, Skye Anderson knows Detective Jake Reed's suspicions of foul play about the accident that killed her husband must be true. Someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden--and all signs point to a drug ring Skye's late husband was investigating. Can Jake keep Skye alive and identify the killers pursuing her?"--Page 4 of cover.
69) Diamond & dawn
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Mirage has returned to Coeur d'Or, triumphant in battle, and ready to claim her rightful place as the Amber Empress, and resume her tentative romance with Sunder; but the city's people are afraid and not welcoming, somebody is trying to assassinate her, the previous empress, Severine, is in a coma and not as dead as Mirage would wish, and a distant cousin Gavin d'Ars has turned up with a rival claim to the throne--and in the turmoil all her alliances...
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As President Jack Kennedy takes power, the mob decides to succeed where the CIA has failed and take out Fidel Castro. They dispatch a hit man, but it soon turns out that he has his own agenda and target - the President. But is the hitman operating alone, or does someone else want Kennedy dead?
71) Trust but verify
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"Samantha Reid, the brilliant Director of the White House Office of Homeland Security, is enjoying a rare evening away from Washington at a Florida charity ball when a bomb sends the well-heeled attendees stampeding into the night. Narrowly escaping the blast, Reid returns to the White House, where she has been trailing the massacres and illicit arms sales of a shadowy group of Russian oligarchs... all of whom want her dead. Caught in an ever-tightening...
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Assassin bug thrillers volume 2
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All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck with a big fiberglass bug on the roof. All he had to do was survive half a dozen assassination attempts, pull a $10 million con on a Bolivian drug lord, and then fall off the face of the earth with his family and his new best friend, Klaus. Six years later,they surface in Oregon where they continue Bob's work creating an all-natural means of pest control.
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O'Malleys of Texas volume 4
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"It begins with a spectacular train robbery--a brilliantly planned, brutally executed heist masterminded by a shadowy gang of conspirators with far deadlier motives than money or gold. Their mission: to steal the train's shipment of powerful explosives. Their goal: to assassinate Mexico's legendary resistance leader Benito Juarez--at a small stagecoach station owned and operated by the O'Malley family ... As a lifelong patriot himself, Joe O'Malley...
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Jason Bourne series volume 4
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Jason Bourne, now a professor at Georgetown University, feels life is finally his own-until he becomes the target of an assassin.
77) Triggers
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When an experimental memory-modification device goes awry and affects the president of the United States, the race is on to determine if someone has obtained the president's memories, including secret military plans.
79) DEEP BLACK
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Stephen Coonts' Deep black volume 1
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When a spy plane gathering information on a new Russian weapon is shot down by a mysterious MiG, Deep Black, the covert operations team of the National Security Agency, is sent to uncover the truth about the incident.