Resultados para "Max" en Espías y políticos

En Ciudadano Max, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa se sirve del suceso real de la muerte del millonario Robert Maxwell, sucedida en 1991 en Canarias, para urdir una trama de intriga, secretos y espionaje internacional. El comisario Arcadio Baeza es sacado de su excedencia para investigar la muerte en extrañas circunstancias del magnate Max Campbell. Pronto su investigación revelará que Campbell era más de lo que parecía ser. Baeza se verá atrapado por una red internacional de espionaje, servicios secretos, estafadores y asesinos en cuyo centro se encuentra el enigmático Max Campbell.

The delegates—or as Kirill thought of them, “The Seven Deadly Sins”—were not people who had brought happiness into the world. For the sake of his own survival and longevity, he had to remain on guard for the entire duration of the conference. Some periods in life are quite literally life-or-death moments, and this conference would be a long series of such moments.

In Eastern Europe four CIA agents are dead - geopolitical pawns caught in border dispute cross fire. Why were they there? Who sent them? Not even the President knows. Back in Washington, the Secretary of the Interior dies from an apparent allergic shock. As details emerge, so do suspicions that she was murdered. Investigating their respective cases, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder and FBI Special Situations Task Force leader Patti Rogers recognize a dangerous conspiracy is in play.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln set off a hysterical burst of international conspiracy theories, with all eyes turning first to Canada - once a hotbed of Confederate plots - and then, as evidence mounted, to the Catholic Church and Rome. Now from best-selling author Max Byrd, comes a long forgotten true story: a confidential mission to track down and capture any Europeans (and fugitive Confederates) who may have aided John Wilkes Booth.

The most coveted combat decoration in all Germany, the Blue Max was a symbol of power, fame, and prestige beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Bruno Stachel is a nobody, a newly recruited junior officer in a First World War combat squadron. But he is determined not to remain a nobody for long. He has his sights on the Blue Max, the most coveted of all German decorations, and he will do anything to get it. From the very moment he shoots down his first plane, everything he does is aimed at that goal.

Kuumuutta hohkava Turku. Mielipuolinen sarjamurhaaja. Kaksi vahvatahtoista naista. Hirvensalon rannasta löydetään julmasti tapetun koiran ruho. Sadistinen tapaus on vasta alkusoittoa: pian löytyy paloitellun naisen jäänteet. Komisario Anna Mäki joutuu elämänsä hirveimpään rikostutkintaan. Kumpaankin ruumiiseen on kirjoitettu tussilla merkintä K18, mutta muita johtolankoja murhaaja ei ole jättänyt.

Keneen voit luottaa? Annika Malm on jäänyt Norjaan rikosylikonstaapeli Stein Storesenin luo toipumaan Ringeriken verilöylystä. Traumatakaumista ja vainoharhoista kärsivä Annika ei luota hoidostaan vastaavaan neurokirurgiin ja epäilee tatuoitujen miesten varjostavan häntä. Mistä voi tietää, onko kyse todellisesta uhkasta vai vaurioituneen mielen harhoista? Samoihin aikoihin Stein saa Turun poliisilta tiedon tyttärensä Ninan kuolemasta.

Kolme vuorokautta suoraan helvetistä. Annika Malm on palannut tositoimiin muuttuneena niin kasvoiltaan kuin koulutukseltaankin. Salainen erikoiskoulutus vaarallisiin tehtäviin tarkoittaa, että korkeimman kansallisen tason suunnitelmia laadittaessa Annika hoitaa kyselemättä likaisen työn. Ongelma on vain siinä, ettei hän ole koskaan piitannut määräyksistä.

When SEC Investigator Barrett Johnson uncovers a sinister scheme to profit from America’s downfall, he knows he has to act fast. Someone is making secret financial trades from the Middle East that could only benefit in the event of a catastrophic terrorist attack on America. But when the CIA refuses to listen, Johnson realizes only one other person in the world can help him: The Hangman, an elusive assassin now more known for the noose left wrapped around his victim’s neck than his brilliant banking skills.

After a large bank is attacked with no sign of the perpetrators, MI5 Cyber is called in to help the Met investigate. Max must follow his instincts, and in chasing down leads, he infiltrates a suspect data company. His personal, military, and professional loyalties are tested. To maintain his cover, he’s forced to participate in a daring crime of passion. A foreign power then blackmails them to undertake an outrageous heist for revenge, striking at the seat of power to humiliate the United Kingdom. To find out what they’re planning, Max must join them in the crime of the century!

Sierra Kane—who has bounced from one foster family to another—faces an uncertain future when she receives an unapplied-for scholarship to Barnard College specifically designed for orphans whose academic records are merely above average. A second unexpected boon comes her way when another recipient of that somewhat mysterious scholarship offers her a part-time courier job. Soon, Sierra is caught up in a whirl of espionage and murder, with a new boyfriend who may or may not be part of a plot, a college mentor with a possible agenda of her own, and an FBI agent who rebuffs Sierra’s plea for help.

Max investigates the surprising assassination of an influential chief executive of a large utility firm. As he digs into the victim’s background, associates, and business dealings, the likelihood of favoritism, bribery, and insider trading becomes more apparent. Max chases down evidence and suspects in the UK, Italy, West Indies, and America, whilst the Order decides he must be silenced. Culminating in a deadly mix of infiltration, cunning, and bluff, with a race to secure vital proof, can Max bring down and expose the dangerous sect?

After a year spent in Special Operations, Jackson Stone is a man hardened by combat. He is recalled to Polaris and paired with Alabama for one more assignment. When the mission becomes Jackson’s father, he leads an expedition to solve one of greatest mysteries of all time. Agent Alabama Wren has seven days to live. One artifact holds the key to her survival; another spells extinction for the human race. When faced with the decision to choose between them, an ancient conspiracy is set in motion.

Jackson Stone’s life changed forever when he received a heart transplant. He’s a man torn between those who saved him and his search for the truth. When Jackson interrogates a rogue operative, he uncovers a horrific worldwide conspiracy. The countdown to Armageddon begins. When Jackson meets the enemy, he is given a choice: Join him and stop Flynn, or die. But nothing is what it seems.

Agent Jackson Stone has been searching for UFOs his entire life. When he’s saved by a clandestine organization, he becomes their weapon. Desperate for answers, will he betray the agency to uncover his past? Agent Alabama Wren’s uncanny empathic abilities set her apart from other agents in the field. She’s tough, smart, and remarkably lethal. But will she have the strength to face the Others? What they uncover begins a race around the globe.

Former special-ops soldier and now an analyst for the think tank Vektor, Max Anger would kill to move on from the scars of his past - if only for the sake of Pashie, his girlfriend and fellow operative, who wants out of the battle zone. For them, a normal life is just one more dangerous uncertainty. Especially now that evil is hitting closer to home. Sofia Karlsson of the Swedish police wants Max’s help in a high-profile and high-stakes murder investigation: the hunt for a serial killer stalking the streets of Stockholm, who’s eliminating his victims in gruesome ways.

Max Anger is a man on the edge. The former fighter in an elite band of special-ops soldiers in Sweden, Anger is haunted by battle scars, a childhood spent in the Stockholm archipelago, and his own mysterious family past. Now behind a desk at Vektor, a think tank conducting research on Russia, he’s met his match - and fallen in love - with fierce fellow operative Pashie Kovalenko. Like all of Vektor, she’s set her sights on the tenuous future of her country.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came in from the Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame. A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country tested when they realize they must work together to prevent the destruction of the world at the hands of the Flame.

When a retired colleague dies of an apparent suicide, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder knows there must be far more to the story. Why did the man leave a desperate message for Reeder moments before dying? And what could possibly make such a seasoned veteran fear for his life? FBI Special Agent Patti Rogers has a mystery of her own to solve: she's leading a task force investigating a brutal series of similar but seemingly unconnected murders across the DC area.

John Cross is a small-town pastor, bent on leading his flock to follow God's calling. He's not the sort of man one would expect to have a checkered past. But the truth is that the man behind the pulpit preaching to his sheep was once a wolf - an assassin for the CIA. When John decided to follow Christ, he put that work behind him, determined to do penance for all the lives he took. He vowed never to kill again. Now someone wants the peaceful pastor to pay for his sins with his own life. And when a terrorist out for revenge walks into the church, John's secrets are laid bare.