Craig Thomas
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The downing of a Russian military plane has dangerous global consequences in this spy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling "master of suspense" (The Pittsburgh Press).
Spymaster Sir Kenneth Aubrey thinks operative Patrick Hyde is dead. Hyde is, in fact, alive, but after witnessing a military airline being shot down by a team including both KGB and CIA, he may not be for long.
As Hyde tries to elude capture and get evidence to...
4) Wolfsbane
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"While on vacation at a resort hotel, Richard Gardiner is suddenly thrust back into the world of deception and violence that he had known as a member of British Intelligence during World War II." --
5) Wildcat
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An East German officer's defection goes fatally awry in this "adroit, densely plotted spy novel" by the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
MI6's Kenneth Aubrey is on the verge of retirement, but not before he's tasked with extracting Kurt Winterbach, an East German intelligence officer who wants to defect-and has valuable military secrets to share. Unfortunately, things go sideways when Brigitte Winterbach, Kurt's mother...
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Trying to track down mercanaries smuggling high-tech equipment into the Soviet Union. British agents pursue a network of double agents and amoral businessmen. Their trek takes them from Moscow to London, from Venice and Johannesburg to the wasteland of Namibia.
7) Winter hawk
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New York Times Bestseller: "A thrill ride . . . The technical details and intricate depiction of Soviet life fascinate." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
American pilot Mitchell Gant barely escaped the USSR alive after stealing its cutting-edge stealth fighter. Nevertheless, he's going back again-this time, to rescue an American agent with evidence of a looming threat. A group of highly placed, power-hungry Soviets, who want to undermine any...
8) Snow falcon
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New York Times–Bestselling Author: A suddenly uninhabited Finnish village sparks a mystery-and foreshadows an epic threat . . .
An international agreement to slow the arms race is in the works, but not everyone is happy about it. The KGB and MI6, with CIA support, begin to take action as suspicions about a mutiny within the Red Army swirl. Under Kenneth Aubrey's direction, Snow Falcon will be a high-risk mission to investigate strange developments...
9) Lion's run
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The upper echelon of British Intelligence has just collapsed. Director-General Sir Kenneth Aubrey has been charged with treason. It seems a ludicrous mistake, until the damming evidence piles up: a videotape shows Aubrey begging the KGB for asylum and a top-secret Moscow file called Teardrop reveals a long-hidden history of Aubrey's treachery dating from 1946. Aubrey's survival depends on the only man who believes in his innocence: Patrick Hyde, his...
10) Jade tiger
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New York Times–Bestselling Author of Firefox: At the height of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall may finally fall-but who's really pulling the strings?
Sir Kenneth Aubrey remembers Wolfgang Zimmerman from a dramatic encounter back in World War II. In the intervening decades, Zimmerman has risen to become a top advisor to the West German chancellor. Thanks to Zimmerman, the prospect of a reunified Germany is now on the horizon. Until he falls ill...
11) Firefox
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The Soviet Mig-31 is the deadliest warplane ever built. Codenamed FIREFOX by NATO, it can fly over 4,000 mph, is invisible to radar--and has a lethally sophisticated weapons system that its pilot can control by thought impulses. There's only one way for the West to fight the greatest threat since the Second World War: hijack the Firefox!--From publisher description.
12) Firefox down!
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New York Times Bestseller: The follow-up to the classic Cold War thriller continues the story of spies, stealth technology, and survival . . .
The plan was to steal the Soviet Union's prototype for the world's most advanced stealth fighter from under their noses. What could go wrong?
A lot, it turns out. A crash landing in remote, frigid Finland leaves daredevil pilot Mitchell Gant fighting for survival and trying to elude his pursuers....
13) Emerald Decision
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In this New York Times–bestselling thriller, the son of a WWII spy delves into an explosive decades-old secret amid tensions between England and Ireland . . .
1940: McBride, an Anglo-Irish spy, discovers a secret nest of Nazi submarines in Guernsey. As a minefield on the Irish coast is breached and German agents flow into the country-a desperate decision must be made in order to prevent the impending invasion in Britain. The consequences are...
14) Moscow 5000
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New York Times–Bestselling Author of Firefox: As Olympic runners prepare to compete in Moscow, a more dangerous race is happening behind the scenes . . .
Amid the 1980 Moscow Olympics, a double agent is seeking to defect to the USA-and the CIA needs to take action before the KGB does. Meanwhile, Ukrainian nationalists hope to disrupt the internationally televised events with a spectacular bomb plot. Athletes from around the globe, each facing...
15) A Wild Justice
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New York Times–Bestselling Author: "A winner . . . Mixing the grittiness of a police procedural with the high-concept tension of a spy thriller." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Ex-CIA agent John Locke's sister and brother-in-law, Billy, have been murdered. To find the killer and take revenge, he travels to a remote gas-field town in Siberia, where Billy's company had business connections. Once there, Locke finds an unlikely partner in...
16) Sea Leopard
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New York Times–Bestselling Author: A captured submarine must be retrieved from the Russians before they can decode its cutting-edge technology . . .
The Royal Navy is testing Sea Leopard, an anti-sonar device that can make its subs virtually undetectable. But before the work can be completed, their nuclear submarine Proteus is targeted and trapped by the Soviet Union-whose military is determined to figure out, and steal, this new technology.
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17) A Different War
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A test flight goes down and suspicions of corruption are raised in this "high-octane thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling author of Firefox (Daily Express).
When a new American airliner crashes on its final test flight, ex-military pilot Mitchell Gant-whose former father-in-law is the CEO of the aircraft company-is called in to investigate, and sets out on the dangerous task of trying to recreate the fatal malfunction in the Arizona...
18) Rat Trap
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New York Times–Bestselling Author: A hijacking at a London airport leads to a manhunt for an arms dealer as the clock ticks down to disaster . . .
Engine troubles start just as the jet is approaching Heathrow. Then, after a harrowing landing, just as everyone breathes a sigh of relief, the hijackers rise up . . .
Their demand: the release of arms smuggler Shafiq Nasoud from a British prison. Authorities decide to transport him to London...
20) Firefox
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[2002]
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A high-flying thriller of a desperate plot to steal the top-secret Russian warplane code-named "Firefox"--And fly it out of the Soviet Union through the world's most lethal air defense system.