One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle"--Who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life. All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue,...

"This book presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service. You can also be an eyewitness to some of the world's most shadowy characters, and get the inside scoop on the ingenious gadgets that real-life spies have used to gather and send information without getting caught."--Publisher's description.

Presents facts and photos about Russian spies and the KGB. Includes a glossary, index, and an at-home spy activity.

Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during the Cold War using photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts.

Kim, an Irish orphan, journeys throughout India and accompanies a holy man on his quest for a mystic river.

Liu Jiuan, a Beijing cop who has traveled to Paris to aid in a police raid against a heroin smuggler. When the head of Paris' police department, Richard, ends up murdering the suspect, as well as a prostitute, in a hotel room and setting Jiuan up as the murderer, it is up to Jiuan to escape suspicions and seek revenge on the crooked cops behind the operation. Giving Jiuan an added reason to go after them, Jiuan meets Jessica, a drug-addict/hooker...

IMF agent Ethan Hunt partners up with Nyah Hall to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world.

The gripping Cold War thriller from international bestselling author Clare Francis
The demonstrations, strikes, and student uprisings that punctuated Paris during the late 1960s only served to hide a more devious presence lurking on European soil. A dangerous terror group took root amidst the Paris barricades, a well-trained group of assassins and spies known as the Crystal Faction. Trained in Italy and funded by Moscow, these Cold War...

A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller—an international sensation billed as “Homeland meets Stieg Larsson” that heralds the arrival of a new master sure to follow in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré, and Graham Greene.

In the end, you cannot hide who you are.

Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents

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Explores the history and role of spies in Great Britain's SIS. Includes a text-related activity, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.