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Canberra bomb toll 'horrific' – Amongst those believed killed were the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, the Indonesian Chief of Army Staff, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs and… <br /> <br />Tension between Australia and Indonesia, the world's largest Moslem nation, brings the two countries to the brink of war. East Timor's sovereignty and rich oil fields shared by the two neighbouring countries become key elements in one man's ambitions....
| Автор | Kerry B Collison |
The Reader is introduced to Charlie Hall, a young Englishman, recently married, dealing with his first year as a Management Trainee in Corporate South Africa. He is invited to join a group of young South African men drawn from various associated industries to meet on a weekly basis for a social drink and general discussion. The agenda of these meetings changes and he quickly finds himself caught in a web of blackmail and corruption. Unable to extricate himself from this sensitive but explosive...
| Автор | Glenn Edward Kirk |
Indonesia – Intrik Perebutan Takhta Istana, 1965-1967<br /> <br />"Bagaimana kalau kita memanfaatkan tanggal Lima Oktober?" Saran Yani, ketika Dewan Jenderal mengadakan rapat untuk melakukan perlawanan terhadap Komunis pada 5 Oktober.<br /> <br />"…kita harus melangsungkan gerakan sebelum 5 Oktoberodan menangkap (anggota) Dewan itu pada hari Kermerdekan Cina," kata Soebandrio, ketika mereka (Aidit, Soebandrio dan Omar Dhanai) membahas...
| Автор | Kerry B Collison |
Спецагент разведки Сергей Францев вместе с дочерью Никой спешно покидают Лондон, оставляя за собой два трупа и идущий по следам Скотленд-Ярд. В России начала 1990-х, где царят большие деньги и кровавый хаос, кажется, легко затеряться. Но это иллюзия. От Лондона до Москвы, от Давоса до Токио, от Киева до Женевы идёт жестокая схватка за бесценные якутские алмазы и гонка за тайными архивами личного врача Сталина. На кону – не только победа, на кону сама жизнь. Об этом – в захватывающем романе Нины...
| Автор | Нина Пушкова |
Justice must prevail…Aiden Connelly has settled in to life in Avalon and is developing a reputation as an attorney who will fight for the truth … no matter what enemies he makes along the way.…whatever the cost.But when he is asked to look into the tragic death of an old friend ten years before, Aiden is drawn back to his hometown of Greensburg, the town he eagerly fled as a teenager. As the ghosts from Aiden’s past resurface, and new dilemmas rise up to challenge him in Avalon, Aiden begins to...
| Автор | Carys Jones |
A princess in peril must choose between duty and desire in this electrifying romance No one believes Princess Serena has the strength to rule Acacia…least of all Serena. But the assassins that placed her in line for the throne have turned their sights on her. And the mysterious Casimir Cullen–who's already saved her life once–is the only man she trusts. Serena is drawn to Casimir with overwhelming ferocity. But affairs of state require that she marry King Warrington of Rizari.Casimir's...
| Автор | C.J. Miller |
A king’s secret daughter is swept into romance and danger in this tale of royal intrigue.The ruler of Icarus is cunning and ruthless, yet Iliana Kracos has seen another side of Demetrius DeSante. And after an explosive night of passion together, she agrees to marry him. Yet when he reveals her true parentage—she’s heir to the thrown—it puts her bridegroom in a new light.Iliana isn’t sure how she can trust Demetrius. Does he truly love her, or is she merely a pawn in his royal game? Though,...
| Автор | C.J. Miller |
SAVING HIS SONWhy is a dead woman's phone–evidence in a murder investigation–in Jonas Parker's son's bedroom? Dangerous thugs are after that phone and his terrified teenager, so the single father turns to Capitol K-9 Unit officer Brooke Clark. Years ago, Brooke broke Jonas's heart without explanation. But he has to trust her and her highly-trained golden retriever to keep his son safe. When the boy goes missing, Jonas and Brooke must make peace with their past to find the...
| Автор | Lynette Eason |
EXPLOSIVE SECRETSWhen a bomb explodes at the Washington Monument, the Capitol K-9 Unit goes on high alert. Though injured in the blast, K-9 cop Isaac Black is determined to get to the bottom of the situation. He'll follow every lead, including investigating his ER nurse's suspicious behavior. He soon learns Daniella Dunne has long been in a witness protection program. And it's apparent that her identity has been compromised. The killer she once sent to prison–her own father–has...
| Автор | Valerie Hansen |
INTRUDER AT THE WHITE HOUSEWhen White House tour director Selena Barrow is attacked in her office, the Capitol K-9 Unit goes on high alert. Selena's cousin is a person of interest in a congressman's shooting, and Selena has been collecting evidence to exonerate her. Could this be the break they're looking for? Officer Nicholas Cole and his dog, Max, step in to safeguard Selena–and to keep an eye on the evidence. As the attacks escalate, Selena finds it increasingly difficult to...
| Автор | Margaret Daley |
Reunion with the king turns forbidden…and dangerous Internationally renowned actress Juliana Richardson should be concentrating on the role of a lifetime, not on the man who broke her heart years earlier. Yet King Andre Alexei IV is no longer a young prince-in-training–he's an undeniably sexy monarch with seduction on his mind. Juliana's heart is at risk, but after a series of deadly coincidences, it becomes clear her life is on the line, too.Andre vows to protect the stubborn star...
| Автор | Amelia Autin |
In the Man on a Mission series, a special agent becomes one woman's most dangerous weakness…Bodyguard to the queen of Zakhar, lieutenant Angelina Mateja is unwilling to risk her reputation or her job for US special agent Alec Jones–no matter how sexy and irresistible he is. Alec's been recruited by the king to root out a human trafficking ring–not get up close and personal with a stunning woman who practically radiates touch me and die. But after sharing a mind-blowing kiss, Alec...
| Автор | Amelia Autin |
INNOCENT FUGITIVEErin Eagleton has been on the run for months after her ex-boyfriend was killed in front of her. She escaped from the killer once, but the police consider her a prime suspect. She is determined to prove her innocence and bring down the real criminal…before he finishes the job. Her high school sweetheart, Capitol K-9 officer Chase Zachary, has been searching for her with his trusty police dog. Now that he's found her, he vows to keep her safe at all costs. He'll stop at...
| Автор | Lenora Worth |
Maybe the doctors in Washington should have told the truth. Maybe the American people had a right to know. Maybe the truth was called for with things in the country as bad as they were. What was the truth about Edward? What was the dilemma he faced and why would his ultimate decision affect the country? And was Megan the true example of the new liberated female or did she exist to serve men–the men she chose? Why was she called a meddling tramp by Eithne and the lovingest woman on earth by...
| Автор | Mildred Cram |
Ripped from today’s headlines, Capitol Crimes is a gripping tale of political intrigue, espionage and personal destruction. Callie Wheeler always seemed destined for great things. She landed the job of her dreams straight out of Law School and rose to prominence as the top lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Mike Ferguson is Callie’s fiancé and a CIA operative. He is in pursuit of terrorists who threaten to destroy America and in the process, discovers information that hits a little too close to home....
| Автор | H.L. Katz |
North Korea is readying a ballistic missile for launch and intelligence sources have informed Admiral William Hallam, Chief of Naval Operations Western Pacific, that the missile may be tipped with a nuclear warhead. Yet Admiral Hallam's orders, direct from the President of the United States, are to take no action to stop the launch. <br><br>Acting without authority, Admiral Hallam sends a clandestine SEAL team into North Korea to disable the missile's guidance. If the...
| Автор | Mike Trial Trial |
In 2023, Australia reversed its closed border policy and said to the world:<br /> ‘Welcome! You are free to come to Australia, but you must spend the first seven years in the Temporary Citizenship Zone around the Ord River.’<br /><br /> Seven years later, Ord City is a teeming Asian metropolis with 2.5 million people preparing for the First Wave – the first tranche of refugees gaining full citizenship – on Australia Day 2030. But mainstream Australia is passionately divided...
| Автор | Adrian Deans |
For readers who love Screwtape Letters and books by Joel Rosenberg like The Copper Scroll [b]A battle rages for the Soul of America… [/b]In the first pages, readers are placed amid a terrorist attack in Chicago and the planning of more attacks in the Homeland on a massive scale. Congress is ready to sell-out and cave to terrorist demands. Threats from the sky are looming, and a strike on Israel is imminent. How will America deal with this new axis of evil? Will they suffer the same fate as...
| Автор | David T. Maddox |
Con man Max O’Brien gets pulled into a grisly conspiracy while investigating his lover’s murder. Distraught by the murder of Tanzanian lawyer and ex-lover Valéria Michieka and her daughter Sophie, Max O’Brien travels to Tanzania to track down those responsible. What starts as a fight for justice quickly becomes entangled with the persecution of albinos in the East African state. Thought by some to have supernatural powers, many albinos find themselves targeted for their body parts, and Max has...
| Автор | Mario Bolduc |
A journalist who travels the world exposing heinous crimes makes enemies. Olivia Wolfe has more than most.<br /><br /> When her anonymous source is murdered, Wolfe must unravel the terrible secret that connects a British Cabinet Minister, a Vietnamese billionaire, and a poor South African teacher to a series of gruesome murders.<br /><br /> Soon Wolfe is hunted by a terrifying assassin. With governments in the balance and the survival of one of the most magnificent...
| Автор | L. A. Larkin |
Polityczne rozgrywki, lokalne układy i dziennikarskie śledztwo. W podejrzanych okolicznościach ginie były poseł Krystyn Kunicki. Śmiercią tak ważnej osobistości interesują się wszyscy lokalni politycy. Jednak prokuratura bardzo szybko umarza śledztwo, orzekając samobójstwo. Media zaś dostają nieformalny zakaz pisania na ten temat. Dziennikarz śledczy Daniel Jung – były glina – nie wierzy w oficjalną wersję ani tym bardziej nie zamierza ulegać naciskom. Zaczyna prywatne śledztwo, a tajemnice,...
| Автор | Alfred Siatecki |
Stołeczni policjanci odnajdują ciało prezesa Narodowego Funduszu Ochrony Środowiska. Choć poszlaki wskazują na samobójstwo, to fakty zdają się temu przeczyć. Wkrótce giną kolejne ważne osobistości świata polityki. Warszawska prokuratura jest bezradna w obliczu zagadkowych zgonów. W tym samym czasie do stolicy, w poszukiwaniu pracy i lepszej przyszłości, przyjeżdża Adam Zaręba. Spotyka dawnego kolegę z liceum. Mężczyźni zostają uwikłani w rozgrywki między warszawską prokuraturą, próbującą...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Henri lived only a few short years in Europe before the family moved to the Belgian Congo, a country deep in the heart of Africa. These were the early 1900?s, at a time when the colonial era was in full swing, the White Man ruled the native population with undisputed authority and many parts of the country were totally uncivilized. Henri adapted easily to his new surroundings and the Memoir chronicles his unique experiences with surprising verve and stirring prose. The reader’s imagination will...
| Автор | Henri Diamant |
Set in fall 1988, <i>Sunshine On An Open Tomb</i> shuttles between two storylines: the creation of The CIA as a result of the Texas/Kingdom oil connection, and a love triangle involving the moon. Our narrator is the brooding runt of a political dynasty whose father is about to be appointed Prez. He is thoughtful, but has trouble expressing himself due to his many physical defects as a result of inbreeding. Desperate for content at the advent of the 24-hour news cycle, even our...
| Автор | Tim Kinsella |