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The English Spy By Silva, Daniel 2015-06 - Harper 9780062320131 Check Our Catalog She is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her beauty and charitable works, resented by her former husband and his mother, the Queen of England. But when a bomb explodes aboard her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon. Gabriel's target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

The Laughing Monsters By Johnson, Denis 2014-11 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374280598 Check Our Catalog Denis Johnson's "The Laughing Monsters "is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game. Roland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years' absence, he returns to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to reunite with his friend Michael Adriko. They once made a lot of money here …More

The King's Deception By Berry, Steve 2013-06 - Ballantine Books 9780345526540 Check Our Catalog Cotton Malone is back! Berry's new international adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. …More

Warlord: An Alex Hawke Novel By Bell, Ted 2010-09 - William Morrow & Company 9780061859298 Check Our Catalog Gentleman spy Alex Hawke has all but given up on life. The British-American M16 counterterrorism operative lost the woman he loved on his last mission, almost a year ago, and has sought refuge at the bottom of a rum bottle ever since. But late one night at his home on Bermuda, he receives a wake-up call . . . literally. HPL patron:  Lots of …More

Rules of Vengeance By Reich, Christopher 2009-08 - Doubleday Books 9780385524070 Check Our Catalog In this sequel to the "New York Times"-bestselling thriller "Rules of Deception," Doctors Without Borders physician Jonathan Ransom is once more on the run. The only way to clear his name is to locate his wife Emma, but finding her may prove more dangerous than he knows. …More