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c2014., Adult, Ballantine Books Call No: MYS Fic Per Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Perry, Anne Volume: 20Summary Note: "Though Monk is witness to the terrible bombing of an afternoon pleasure boat on the river that leaves 200 people dead, much to his dismay the case is taken from his hands and given over to the commissioner of police. An Egyptian man is quickly caught, tried, and sentenced to death--and then just as swiftly murdered in prison. When evidence surfaces that proves the dead man innocent, the case is handed back to Monk, who must now rely on his own memory of the event to help piece together what really happened. His investigation leads him down a dangerous road, one in which wealthy and powerful men gamble for control of the Suez Canal, so crucial to the Empire's future. With his wife Hester and friend Oliver Rathbone, Monk soon reveals that the attack is not quite what it seems--but as he begins to unravel the motives behind it, he finds himself treading the dangerous waters of international political intrigue, where justice always comes with a price...and inadvertently makes himself the next target."--Publisher.
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c2008., HarperCollins Call No: Fic Hum Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Harriet, a widow, stands on the roof of Coventry Cathedral as part of the nightly fire watch, when first the factories and then the church itself are set on fire in an air attack. In the ensuing chaos Harriet and a young man have to find the way back to his home where he left his mother.
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c2013., Adult, G. P. Putnam's sons Call No: MYS Fic Par Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: V.I. Warshawski mysteries Volume: 16Summary Note: "V.I. Warshawski's closest friend in Chicago is the Viennese-born doctor Lotty Herschel, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust. Lotty escaped to London in 1939 on the Kindertransport with a childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. When Kitty's daughter finds her life is in danger, she calls Lotty, who, in turn, summons V.I. to help. The daughter's troubles turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg of lies, secrets, and silence, whose origins go back to the mad competition among America, Germany, Japan and England to develop the first atomic bomb. The secrets are old, but the people who continue to guard them today will not let go of them without a fight."--Publisher.
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2018., Adult, Hodder & Stoughton Call No: Fic Sey Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A new cold war is raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers - gang-members working freelance for the FSB, successor to the KGB. Massive thefts of personal information, electoral interference, catastrophic disruption with banks, airlines, even whole countries disabled - this is happening now. Nicknamed 'Boot' because of his obsession with the Duke of Wellington, Edwin Coker is a case officer of MI6. When a young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting, Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back - not with a computer virus of his own, but with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation, spreading fear and distrust. Now Boot and his little team need a 'deniable' handler to deliver the explosives across the border from Estonia into Russia and bring the hacker back out. They turn to Merc, an ex-soldier who knows how to get out of a tight spot. They hope. From the moment Merc sets out to cross the River Narva things do not go to plan and when the hacker's sister becomes involved, his mission turns from tough to almost impossible. The scene is set for a classic story of pursuit and evasion and an epic battle for survival."--Publisher's description.
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c2010., Adult, Grand Central Call No: Fic Bal Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Camel Club Volume: 5Summary Note: "The mysterious attackers in a seeming terrorist plot in Washington, D.C., might have another target in their sights, and if the Camel Club is unable to stop them, the results would be nothing less than catastrophic."--Publisher.
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-- The school2016., Adult, House of Anansi Press Call No: Fic Bec Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Kabul--10 years after 9/11: When a car bomb explodes in a crowded part of the city, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the vehicle's passengers were acquaintances--three fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle. Alexandra was a Canadian human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan women. Justin was a born-again Christian from Louisiana who taught at a local school. Clay was an ex-soldier who worked as a private contractor. The car's driver, Idris, one of Justin's most promising pupils, is missing. Convinced the events that led to the fatal explosion weren't random, and curious to know more about what led each of them to Afghanistan, the journalist follows a trail from Kabul to Louisiana, Maine, Québec, and Dubai, determined to uncover why they were targeted and who is responsible."--From publisher.
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2006., Forge Call No: MYS Fic Gre Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Nuala Anne McGrail Volume: 9
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By Flynn, Vince2012., Emily Bestler Books/Atria Call No: MYS Fic Fly Edition: 1st Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Young Mitch Rapp sets out on a deadly mission to hunt down the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack.
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2019., Crown/Archetype Edition: eBook ed. Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats . Kate Moore is back in a pulse-pounding thriller to discover that a massive terror attack across Paris is not what it seems ? and that it involves her family American expat Kate Moore drops her kids at the international school, makes her shopping rounds, and meets her husband Dexter at their regular caf?: a leisurely start to a normal day, St-Germain-des-Pr?s. Across the Seine, tech CEO Hunter Forsyth stands on his balcony, perplexed that his police escort just departed, and frustrated that his cell service has cut out; Hunter has important calls to make, not all of them technically legal. And on the nearby rue de Rivoli, Mahmoud Khalid climbs out of an electrician's van, and elbows his way into the crowded courtyard of the world's largest museum, in the epicenter of Western civilization. He sets down his metal briefcase, and removes his windbreaker. That's when people start to scream. Everyone has big plans for the day. Dexter is going to make a small fortune, finally digging himself out of a deep financial hole, via an extremely risky investment. Hunter is going to make a huge fortune, with a major corporate acquisition that will send his company's stock soaring. Kate has less ambitious plans: preparations for tonight's dinner party?one of those homemaker obligations she still hasn't embraced, even after a half-decade of this life?and an uneventful workday at the Paris Substation, the clandestine cadre of operatives that she's been running, not entirely successfully, increasingly convinced that every day could be the last of her career. But every day is also a fresh chance to prove her own relevance, never more so than during today's momentous events. And Mahmoud? He is planning to die today. And he won't be the only one.
![The Paris diversion [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT100546.JPG "The Paris diversion [eBook]")
