The Perfect Kill

Author: Robert B. Baer
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 0147516501
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
An odyssey through the art, theory, and brutality of modern political murder by Robert Baer, New York Times–bestselling author, former CIA operative, and, yes, assassin All four of Robert B. Baer’s previous books were New York Times bestsellers, and it’s no wonder. A recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal, Baer served as a CIA operative for decades, and his career was the model for the acclaimed movie Syriana. Now, Baer draws on his extensive firsthand experience—including a decades-long cat-and-mouse hunt for the greatest assassin of the modern age—to examine the serpentine history of political murder. Offering a tantalizing glimpse at the underbelly of world politics, The Perfect Kill will be avidly read by thriller fans and military history buffs alike.

Perfect Kill (A DI Callanach Thriller, Book 6)

Author: Helen Fields
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008275262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Don’t miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, One for Sorrow. Coming February 2022 and available to pre-order now! A gripping, exciting read to absorb you from start to finish! He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying.

Perfect Crime (A DI Callanach Thriller, Book 5)

Author: Helen Fields
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000827522X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
Don’t miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, The Institution. Coming March 2023 – available to pre-order now! ‘One of the best crime fiction series out there... Helen Fields always delivers gripping, compelling, thrilling and tense stories full of intriguing characters.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Perfect Kill

Author: A. J. Quinnell
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
ISBN: 9781857971491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
Lara Sanderstone is a judge in Los Angeles. Her ability to protect her younger sister , Ivory, ended when she married Sam,and when Ivory and Sam are brutally murdered, Lara takes it upon herself to find the murderer. As Lara uncovers layer upon layer of corruption, she also has to deal with the added responsibility of caring for her sister's child, Josh - and the possibility thathe might be the killer.

How to Kill Your Best Friend

Author: Lexie Elliott
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593098706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
If you suspected your best friend, the person you were closest to in the whole world, was a murderer, what would you do? Would you confront her? Would you help keep her secret? Or would you begin to feel afraid? Most importantly, why don't you feel safe now that she's dead? From the author of The French Girl comes a novel full of secrets, suspense, and deadly twists. Georgie, Lissa, and Bronwyn have been inseparable since dominating their college swim team; swimming has always been an escape from their own problems, but now their shared passion has turned deadly. How can it be true that Lissa, the strongest swimmer they know, drowned? Granted, there is something strange about Kanu Cove, where Lissa was last seen, swimming off the coast of the fabulous island resort she owned with her husband. Lissa’s closest friends gather at the resort to honor her life, but Georgie and Bron can’t seem to stop looking over their shoulders. Danger lurks beneath the surface of the crystal-clear water, and even their luxurious private villas can’t help them feel safe. As the weather turns ominous, trapping the funeral guests together on the island, nobody knows who they can trust. Lissa’s death was only the beginning....

Britain's Plot to Kill Hitler

Author: Eric Lee
Publisher: Greenhill Books
ISBN: 1784387304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Operation Foxley was the name of the secret plan supported by Winston Churchill to assassinate Hitler in 1944-45. More than 75 years after its conception, the assassination plan remains shrouded in mystery. Eric Lee’s new book is the product of painstaking research and sheds more light on this plan. Lee also asks what would have happened if Foxley had been executed successfully. Concocted in 1944 by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Foxley’s objective was to kill Hitler and any high-ranking Nazis or members of the Fuhrer’s entourage who might have been present at the time. Different methods of assassination had been considered by the SOE, but were ultimately deemed too complicated. These methods included derailment and destruction of the Hitler’s personal train, the Fuhrerzug, by explosives, and also clandestine means such as slipping a tasteless poison into Hitler’s drinking and cooking water. Some of the ideas were considered quite bizarre, including one scheme to hypnotise Rudolf Hess and return him to Germany to kill Nazi leaders. The Americans and Soviets had their own plans to kill Hitler too, with some equally strange ideas (including injecting female hormones into the Fuhrer's vegetables). Eventually, after intel gathered revealed that Hitler took a routine, solitary walk every morning to the Teehaus on the Mooslahnerkopf Hill from the Berghof residence, a plan was created to assassinate Hitler using a sniper rifle fitted with a silencer. A perfect investigation for readers who enjoy reading about modern historyl, and the Second World War in particular. It is also tailored to those with an interest in the “secret war”, covering topics like the SOE, and military intelligence.

Dressed to Kill

Author: Elizabeth Rhodes
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442643501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
The noble wives in María de Zayas's Desengaños suffer terrible fates: one is beheaded, another poisoned, one is cemented into a chimney, while yet another is locked into a tiny wall closet where she dies. The hallmark of Zayas's aesthetics, these characters are the central reason why her fiction has increased in popularity through the ages. Yet their stories pose an apparent contradiction between the author's pro-female rhetoric and her gusto for killing model women, then beautifying their mutilated cadavers. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desengaños with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Elizabeth Rhodes elegantly uncovers Zayas's intention to reform the Spanish nobility by displaying noble misbehaviour and its deadly consequences. Her book concludes by detailing the Desengaños' intriguing influence on the aesthetic base of Gothic literature by revealing that its authors were avid readers of Zayas.

When Secrets Kill

Author: Rick Claeys
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468905783
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 660

Book Description

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Kill (#4) and Left to Murder (#5)

Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
ISBN: 1094372935
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
A bundle of books #4 (LEFT TO KILL) and #5 (LEFT TO MURDER) in Blake Pierce’s Adele Sharp Mystery series! This bundle offers books four and five in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In LEFT TO KILL, a young woman is found wandering, in a daze, on a rural road in Germany, having escaped her attacker. If she can talk, and remember, maybe she can lead authorities back to his lair—and save the other women there before it’s too late. As the sprawling international case begins to enmesh dozens of victims from many countries, authorities quickly realize there is only one way to solve this: to bring in FBI special agent Adele Sharp, triple citizen of the U.S., France and Germany. But even with Adele’s brilliant mind, this case, bringing up memories way too close to home, may be just out of her reach. Can Adele save the other woman before it’s too late? Can she save herself? In LEFT TO MURDER, a woman is found dead in Bordeaux, murdered against the backdrop of its idyllic wine country, and authorities suspect a connection to a similar murder in Italy—and an active serial killer. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp, triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany, is called in, the only one with the international expertise—and brilliant mind—to piece it all together. Adele enters the dark canals of the killer’s mind, finding clues where others do not, and feels confident she can catch him before he kills again. Until a shocking twist throws all she thought she knew into a tailspin. An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, the ADELE SHARP mystery series will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #6-#10 are also available!

The Perfect Kill

Author: Ben Allsop
Publisher: Arima Pub
ISBN: 9781845491833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
"It hurt but Frank Ward ignored the pain. He knew that there would be much worse yet to come." Two nuclear warheads have been stolen from an airbase in France. The world is in panic - in the wrong hands the warheads could be used for global destruction. Frank Ward, a CIA agent with a violent and ruthless personality, is assigned to track down the mysterious criminal and retrieve the missiles. He must learn what the terrorists' fiendish scheme is before it is too late. But soon, the case becomes personal, and Ward must travel across the globe to prevent a major disaster taking place in the far East. From the freezing French Alps to humid Tianjin, and a terrifying and adrenaline - filled climax on the coasts of Beijing; the question is - will Ward be a hero? Or will this mission ultimately be his last?