Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6664&N=7431+4294966273 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703818 Forced by her family into an engagement with a man she can never abide, Antigone Preston knows only a scandal will save her from a loveless marriage. But knocking a man down to the ballroom floor with her fists brings dangerous consequences. She may have ruined her reputation, but now shes endangered her heart. The son of an earl and a career navy man, Captain William Jellicoe has no interest in the frivolities of London-and even less in the institution of marriage. But theres something steering him toward Antigone. He has never met anyone as brazen and unconventional as...himself. But will he risk it all for a woman who still has the breath of scandal hot on her lips?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735914 In the aftermath of an audacious terrorist attack that has been linked to him, renegade MI6 officer Daniel Marchant forges a dubious agreement with Salim Dhar, the worlds most wanted terrorist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545196 The intended buyer of a dirty bomb stolen by a KGB operative sixteen years prior begins to suffer Stockholm syndrome after traveling with an undercover agent with the MI6. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628567 August 1936: The eyes of the world are on Berlin, where Adolf Hitler is using the Olympic Games to showcase his powerful new regime. Cynical British journalist Richard Denham knows that the carefully staged spectacle masks the Nazis ruthless brutality, and hes determined to report the truth. Sparks fly when the seasoned newspaperman meets the beautiful and rebellious American socialite Eleanor Emerson. A superb athlete whose brash behavior got her expelled from the U.S. Olympic swim team, Eleanor is now covering the games as a celebrity columnist for newspapers in the States. While Berlin welcomes the world, the Nazi capital becomes a terrifying place for Richard and Eleanor. Their chance encounter at a reception thrown by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels leads them into the center of a treacherous game involving the Gestapo and the British Secret Intelligence Service. At stake: a mysterious dossier that threatens to destroy the leadership of the Third Reich. Drawn together by danger and passion, surrounded by enemies, Richard and Eleanor must pull off a daring plan to survive. But one wrong move could be their last.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685911 Cunning, reclusive Yard man Phineas Gunn is as skilled at capturing surly criminals as he is at charming beautiful women. But the dashing agents latest assignment is really testing his mettle. Officially, hes investigating beguiling prima ballerina Catriona de Dovia Willoughby, a suspected anarchist. Unofficially, his attraction to his devilish former flame is hotter than ever. Unsure whether to trust the enigmatic lover who betrayed her once, Cate nevertheless enlists Finns help to recover some priceless family jewels. Their pursuit erupts into a cross-continental adventure that begins with a double cross and crackles with secrets, lies, and sexual tension. The crime is clear--breaking and entering each others hearts--but as the clock ticks down, who will be the first to surrender?-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556868 A latest installment in the series that includes Tongues of Serpents continues the fantastical Napoleonic War experiences of Captain Will Laurence and his indefatigable fighting dragon, who travel to South America to negotiate with the Incas as part of a plan to stop the Emperors campaign for world domination. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585452 King Charles II sends Captain Matthew Quinton on a voyage to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680103 Undercover agent Evangeline Quill knows the dangers of getting personally involved in her cases. But this one is unavoidable: someone murdered her parents, and shes sure she knows the killer. To hunt him down, shell need evidence...and someone to lead her straight into the murderers lair. Enter handsome and elusive Oliver McCrea. Evangeline is the first good thing that battle-weary McCrea has touched in five long years. And even though he knows he should evade her pursuit, he cant bring himself to turn her away. She reminds him of the man he used to be -- a man hes not sure he can be again. The closer the two get, the hotter their forbidden desire burns. But theyll need more than passion to escape a deadly mastermind who wants them both dead--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557851 This mystery novel embroils Kincaid and James in the case of the puzzling drowning of a rower, a Met detective, on the Thames. It is twisting tale of psychological suspense, a story rich in deadly secrets, salacious lies, and unexpected betrayals. When an Olympic rowing hopeful and a detective with the Met is found dead in the Thames, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, along with his wife and his team, is submerged in a complex case involving political and ethical issues that put both his career and reputation on the line. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624817 A lady in disguise: For generations, the Kents have served proudly with the British Royal Navy. So when her younger brother refuses to report for duty, Sally Kent slips into a uniform and takes his place--at least until he comes to his senses. Boldly climbing aboard the Audacious, Sally is as able-bodied as any sailor there. But one man is making her feel tantalizingly aware of the full-bodied woman beneath her navy blues. A man overboard: Dedicated to his ship, sworn to his duty--and distractingly gorgeous--Lieutenant David Colyear sees through Sallys charade, and hes furious. But he must admit shes the best midshipman on board--and a woman who tempts him like no other. With his own secrets to hide and his career at stake, Col agrees to keep her on. But can the passion they hide survive the perils of a battle at sea? Soon, their love and devotion will be put to the test. -- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684684 A tale set in 1940 London marks the beginning of Detective Bill Traves career and follows his investigation into an MI6 former chiefs murder, which is linked to an assassination plot against Churchill. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523574 Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled mountain of gold, Quinton has his doubts. But King Charles II cant resist the chance to outstrip the Dutch with a limitless source of wealth. With the devious pirate ODwyer in tow, Quinton embarks on a voyage beyond the maps edge, still convinced that the mountain is mere legend. But as attempts to sabotage his mission draw closer to the mark, he begins to wonder. Back in England, the king has arranged a wedding between Matthews elder brother, the Earl of Ravensden, and a mysterious lady rumored to have murdered her previous two husbands. Resolved not to fail his meddlesome sovereign, and to return home in time to protect his family and his home, Captain Quinton approaches the coast of Africa with a troubled mind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711678 Former MI5 officer Harry Tate is charged with finding the truth about a war atrocity that allegedly took place under his watch in Kosovo in 1999, but a skillful assassin is taking out potential witnesses before Harry can discover the facts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523584 For years, the memory of a deadly bombing at Kings Cross has haunted brilliant Scotland Yard detective Zeno Zak Kennedy. In London, 1887, his investigation zeroes in on a ring of aristocratic rebels campaigning for Irish revolution, and pulls him into the arms of free-spirited Cassandra St. Cloud, an impressionist painter with very modern ideas about life and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565296 Having been made the scapegoat for a botched drugs intercept operation, MI5 officer Harry Tate is dispatched to Red Station, a remote outpost in the Balkans, ostensibly to avoid press scrutiny, but where in effect the security services send problem agents theyd like to be rid of. But the outpost is thrust into the international spotlight when troops begin massing in the area; and, as the situation becomes increasingly dangerous, Tate discovers the real, truly shocking, purpose behind Red Station - and decides to fight back . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622771 When Amelie Levene, who in six weeks is due to take over as the first female Chief of MI6, disappears without a trace while in the south of France, it is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade. Britains top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced former MI6 officer Thomas Kell. The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and its allies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660665 When a Russian intelligence officer insists on speaking to no one but her about cyber sabotage that has brought down a U.S. communications satellite, MI5 agent Liz Carlyle learns of a plot to hack into the Wests military and reignite the Cold War. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647886 When her former fiance, detective Raphael Rafe Lewis, is assigned to investigate her fathers gruesome death, beautiful heiress Fanny Greyville-Nugent must elude an anarchist group hell-bent on destroying her fathers mysterious entry into the London Industrial Exposition with Rafes help. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565294 When Burt Miller of Cougar, the powerful private intelligence company that overshadows the CIA, discovers Russias plans to destroy the Ukraines independence, he calls upon Anna Resnikov to run interference, pitting her against a gifted and unusual KGB spy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554199 In an absorbing thriller that combines the nuances of Cold War espionage with the ejector-seat excitement of Top Gun, renegade MI6 officer Daniel Marchant discovers that treachery is the greatest game of all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572005 Russias attempts to destabilize Ukraines fledgling democracy are countered by Cougar--a private intelligence company enlisted by the CIA-- in whose employ ex-KGB officer Anna Resnikov risks danger to rid her homeland of a resurgence of Russian influence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681480 Following the final performance of Carmen by the amateur operatic group on the military base, theres a party for the cast and crew. In the early hours a young woman staggers into the Royal Military Police post claiming to have been viciously assaulted by Sergeant Phil Piercey of the Special Investigation Branch. Max Rydal, recently back from Spain, seizes the chance to return to his job and clear Pierceys name. But as further evidence emerges, its clear that either Piercey is guilty, or hes the victim of a very clever set-up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1426378 Captain Nathan Peakes adventures continue as he charts a perilous course into the dangerous waters of post-Revolutionary Paris. There, he encounters two of the most beautiful and scandalous courtesans in history and their playmate, laughingly dubbed Captain Cannon, who is about to win enduring fame as Napoleon Bonaparte. Back at the helm of the Unicorn, Peake joins Captain Horatio Nelson, another young glory-seeker, in a bid to wreck Bonapartes plans for the invasion of Italy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481968 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1526989 War widow Ruth Taylor, volunteering at a mansion-turned-RAF military hospital, experiences strange visions that suggest her late husband is causing malevolent accidents. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1204613 Stone Barringtons undercover dealings with MI6 have brought in a big new client for the Woodman & Weld law firm, and the firm is willing to pay Stone a huge bonus and make him a partner. But a murder close to home and a request from the CIA to help transport a fugitive, Erwin Gelbhardt, from Spain to the U.S., bring him back to earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480905 1812: A Christmas in paradise: To save nurse Laura Ortiz from destitution, British naval surgeon Thomas Wilkie offers her a marriage of convenience. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1352134 South Africa, May 1879. Ensign Sebastian Early of the 24th Foot is warming to his role as the Provost-Marshal in the British army encampment at Landmans Drift. So, when an unidentified corpse turns up in camp after a reported hunting accident and is hurriedly buried, he resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery.--From book jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1374407 A soldiers second chance. Captain Gabriel Deane has known his fair share of pain, but hed take a dagger to the chest rather than relive the torture of rejection from the woman he loves. Saying no to Gabriel broke Emmaline Mableaus heart, but being a soldiers widow had already cost her family too much. Now she wears Gabriels ring around her neck: a reminder of the man who can never be hers. Two years later, Emmalines hand trembles as she goes to knock on Gabriels door. Now she has a proposal for him, but will he say yes?--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368960 Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongroves residence has become the target of New Age cosmologists. And pint-sized terrier Freddie de la Hay is being recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378337 Liz Carlyle, MI5s liaison with French intelligence, investigates Birminghams New Springfield mosque, which has disturbing ties to Pakistan and terrorism. Meanwhile, UCSO in Athens, worried that its ships are being specifically targeted by pirates, wonders if theres a leak in the organization. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1359839 Meg eloped to escape her reverend fathers iron rule. Now widowed, shes desperate to return to her sisters. When Major Brandon is left unconscious on the Bordeaux docks, Meg grabs her chance--posing as his wife, she boards a ship to England. Meg might have saved his life, but does she have to be so bossy--or downright irresistible? Years of killing weighing heavily on his soul, Ross has nothing to offer as a husband, but he can make Meg his housekeeper--with access to the masters bedroom!--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055606 Discovering a scientist who claims to have information about an elaborate terrorist attack, [MI6 agent] Lennox brings him in. But when the man is spirited away by Lennoxs superiors and the CIA, it becomes clear that this mans secrets detail a plot much larger and darker than anyone can imagine. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1301714 On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1100378 On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works on the case in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest--and to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1164291 Basking in the warmth of an Indian summer, the British Military in Germany hold an Open Day to ease the stress of constant movements of personnel to and from war zones. Entertainments include medieval knights, jousting, and, for children, a diver in a water tank fighting synthetic oceanic monsters. At midnight, guards discover a body in the tank with the tentacles of a lifelike jellyfish wound tightly around his throat. Captain Max Rydal, wrestling with personal problems, is faced with a bizarre collection of clues as he investigates the crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427084 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1191021 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282280 Terence Moongroves estate is turned upside down by the cosmological experiments of two New Age operators, while literary agent Barbara Ragg takes on a companion of the Abominable Snowman and Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay is recruited by MI6. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1189365 In the wake of a bomb threat in London, intelligence groups throughout the world trace leads to a secret CIA black site in Poland before discovering a massive assassination plot in India that threatens to destabilize global politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1131359 Sebastian Early serves in the British army in South Africa, but his desire to fight with his comrades and climb the military ladder is sidetracked when his best friend is accidentally killed. He takes over his friends job as provost-marshal, acting as a military policeman during the Zulu Wars. He finds himself investigating the bizarre murder of a captain, even though the C.O. believes the man committed suicide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1133176 Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleons invasion of England, Temeraire the dragon and his friend and rider, Capt. Will Laurence, are transported to the prison colony in Australia. They carry with them three dragon eggs intended to help establish a covert in the colony. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129800 Learning of a plot to attack a major peace conference in Scotland, MI5 officer Liz Carlyle follows a series of elusive clues only to realize that the threat is much greater than anticipated and has a potential to permanently destabilize the Middle East. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277992 On leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed in an isolated London cemetery. While Lynley works in London, his colleagues follow the murder trail south to the New Forest. There they discover a beautiful and strange place where outsiders are not welcome. What they dont know is that more than one dark secret lurks among the trees, and that their investigation will lead them to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.-- amazon.com http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1192193 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1090398 Nathan Peake, an officer in the British Royal Navy, fights against the French during the French Revolution--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021557 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021532 Ingrid Langley isnt pleased when her husband and working partner, Patrick Gillard, late of MI5 and now with the Serious Organized Crime Agency, is sent on assignment days after the birth of their new son. A local crime provides a welcome distraction, but before long Ingrid has a bigger problem to deal with--Pangborne is murdered and all clues point to Patrick as the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1299423 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=989717 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=832618 Discovering a scientist who claims to have information about an elaborate terrorist attack, [MI6 agent] Lennox brings him in. But when the man is spirited away by Lennoxs superiors and the CIA, it becomes clear that this mans secrets detail a plot much larger and darker than anyone can imagine.--P. [4] of container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=715832 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652602 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=671865 The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in the thousdands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future. In Sydney, Australia, four women join six-hundred and fifty other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England--aboard HMS Victoria, which also carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. Rules of honor, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carriers Captain down to the lowly young stoker. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined in was the Navy could never have imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=663912 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=619840 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=667946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=627242 Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonapartes invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=624610 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294969 When an adolescent boys mutilated body is found, it doesnt take long for the police to realize that this is the work of a serial killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=569119 In 1797, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, a small group of English ships, including the HMS Argonaut, plays a key role in preventing a fleet of twenty-seven Spanish ships from linking up with the French at Brest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=625279 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=592064 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=621042 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=590332 The Second Secretary of the embassy in Istanbul has died in decidedly strange circumstances while attempting to swim the Dardanelles Straits, the passage between Europe and Asia, heavily used by warships, liners, tankers and cargo vessels of all kinds. A romantic attempt to repeat the legendary feat of Leander, as the embassy claims? Or an attempt to spy out a possible landing place for a British military expedition, as the Turks insist? Whichever, Cunningham has ended up with a bullet in his head. The suspicious circumstances of his death have to be investigated so the Foreign Office sends out an officer of the Special Branch: Seymour. Istanbul is an interesting place in 1911. It is of course famously the place where East meets West, a matter of some significance as the old Ottoman Empire crumbles and, in the run-up to possible war, the Great Powers circle for the kill. Very soon Seymour comes to suspect that Cunningham may have been swimming in deeper waters than the Dardanelles. As Seymour tries to untangle the threads of the case, their ends lead him all around this exotic city, from the little coffee shops of the Avenue of Slippers to Les Petits Champs des Morts, where fashionable Turkish ladies loiter among the tombs to eat sweets; from the crowded coffee houses around the Galata Bridge where men sit all day smoking bubble pipes, to the heart of the Topkapi Palace itself.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=603195 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653185 In London, a woman parliamentarians daughter is kidnaped and a newspaper editor with whom the parliamentarian had an affair receives a call, threatening the girls life unless he admits paternity. Inspector Lynley suspects the girl is behind it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=560943 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302906 A tale which chronicles the lives of four men over the course of three decades of bitter rivalry, during which they battle to attain Great Britains most powerful office, that of Prime Minister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=455619 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=467084 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=467082 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=467600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=388882 D day is approaching. They dont know where or when, but the Germans know itll be soon, and for Felicity Flick Clairet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britains most effective operatives in northern France. She knows that the Germans ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communication, and in the days before the invasion, no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe. But when Flick and her Resistance leader husband try a direct, head-on assault that goes horribly wrong, her world turns upside down. Her group destroyed, her husband missing, her superiors unsure of her, her own confidence badly shaken, she has one last chance at the target, but the challenge, once daunting, is now near-impossible. The new plan requires an all-woman team, none of them professionals, to be assembled and trained within days. Codenamed the Jackdaws, they will attempt to infiltrate the exchange under the noses of the Germans - but the Germans are waiting for them now and have plans of their own. There are secrets Flick does not know - secrets within the German ranks, secrets among her hastily-recruited team, secrets among those she trusts the most. And as the hours tick down to the point of no return, most daunting of all, there are secrets within herself.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=513817 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=467599 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=297253 Leading from the front, George Markham, Lieutenant of Marines, is winning the grudging respect of his men -- if not his old enemy Colonel Hanger, who still considers him a dangerous, cowardly Irish rake. Markhams bravery shines through again as he leads his men into battle to wrest Corsica from the French. But Markham learns that the sting of conflict can be less dangerous than the deceit and treachery of espionage, with the French always one step ahead of the British. With Colonel Hanger eager to send Markham into the breach, Markham needs all his cleverness, ingenuity, and allies to find and foil the enemies within his own ranks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=334995 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=278368 Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently. To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, brought in to investigate by special request, this grisly crime promises to be one of the toughest assignments of his career. For the unfortunate Nicola Maiden was the daughter of a former officer in an elite undercover unit, a man Lynley once regarded as a mentor. Now, as Lynley struggles to find out if Nicolas killer was an enemy of her fathers or one she earned herself, a disgraced Barbara Havers, determined to redeem herself in the eyes of her longtime partner, crisscrosses London seeking information on the second murder victim. Yet the more dark secrets Lynley and Havers uncover, the more they learn that neither the victims nor the suspects are who they appear to be. And once again they come up against the icy realization that human relationships are often murderous...and that the blood that binds can also kill.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=166648 Hailed as the king of sleaze, tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. Ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford does not admit publicly to having fathered her, she will die. But Charlottes existence is Luxfords most fiercely guarded secret, and acknowledging her as his child will throw more than one life and career into chaos. Luxford knows that the story of Charlottes paternity could make him a laughingstock and reveal to his beautiful wife and son the lie hes lived for a decade. Yet its not only Luxfords reputation thats on the line: its also the reputation - and career - of Charlotte Bowens mother. For she is Undersecretary of State for the Home Office, one of the most high-profile Junior Ministers and quite possibly the next Margaret Thatcher. Knowing that her political future hangs in the balance, Eve Bowen refuses to let Luxford damage her career by printing the story or calling the police. So the editor turns to forensic scientist Simon St. James for help. Its a case that fills St. James with disquiet, however, for none of the players in the drama seem to react the way one would expect.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=250593 Charlie Muffin, most devious of spies, has lived through the Cold War, outlasted the Soviet Union, circumvented the most lethal schemes of the late KGB, and survived a love affair with former KGB agent Natalia Fedova. Is it time to put him out to pasture? Director General Peter Miller, Charlies new director, thinks so and turns Charlie into a schoolmaster, a teacher of spies. All seems set for Charlie in his new role until his apprentice, John Gower, is sent to Beijing to extract a British agent. Gowers mission quickly becomes a failure as he is imprisoned within days of his arrival, and Miller reluctantly dispatches Charlie to rescue Gower before he reveals all in the face of certain torture. But in espionage, the truth is elusive, dangerous, and never what you expect, and as Charlie gets more deeply involved he begins to wonder who is really pulling the strings now that the Cold War is over.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=804304