Gayle Lynds Ordre des livres

V prvom príbehu – Záhada nebezpečných sudov – Traja pátrači a Bobov otec núdzovo pristanú s lietadlom v neznámom lese a padnú do rúk drsných zločincov, ktorí neváhajú všetkých zlikvidovať, aby neodhalili ich tajomstvo. V druhom príbehu – Záhada hudobných pirátov – sa Traja pátrači náhodou zamotajú do intríg hudobných pirátov, ktorí kradnú nahrávky z hudobného štúdia a nezákonne ich rozmnožujú. Tretí príbeh – Záhada počítačového vírusu – sa začína zdeseným konštatovaním Jupitera, že do ich počítača vnikol vírus. A ešte väčšie zdesenie vyvolá oznam, že majú neznámemu vydieračovi vyplatiť päť miliónov dolárov.

Six master assassins -- each a legend in the dark corners of international espionage -- band together to steal a fortune from the middle of a war zone. But the mission goes tragically wrong, and they retreat into the shadows. Now THE ASSASSINS are back. Former military spy Judd Ryder is walking to his D.C. home when he spots a man coming out of his row house who looks like Ryder and is wearing his clothes. As Ryder slows to follow, the imposter is killed in a hit-and-run that's no accident. Was the man the intended victim, or was it Ryder himself? Soon Ryder learns that the key to the mysterious events of the past and to his double's murder is an infamous Cold War assassin, the Carnivore. Two of the last people to see the Carnivore were Ryder and CIA trainee Eva Blake, and someone is using them to lure him out. From Washington D.C. to Marrakech and Baghdad, the assassins wage a final battle -- this time against one another -- fighting for their reputations and Saddam Hussein's long-missing billion-dollar fortune. In the end, only one can be left standing. Caught in the crossfire, Judd and Eva go on the run while desperately unraveling the tangled past and battling not only for their lives, but for their destinies.

For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent Library of Gold - a fabled archive of gilded, bejeweled scripts and lost knowledge dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, and along with it a highly secret, shadowy cabal. They want their book back and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. When the CIA unearths a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they turn to rare books curator Eva Blake for help. When an attempt is made on Eva's life, she turns to the only person she can trust - Judd Ryder, a former intelligence agent with his own agenda and a troubled past. Racing from London to Rome, Istanbul to Athens, Judd and Eva must use all their wit and tradecraft to stay ahead of the deadly forces hunting them. They must do what no one else has been able to do: find the library AND stay alive.

Im Spannungsroman geht es um Charles Tice, einen legendären CIA-Spion, der als Verräter verschwindet. Die junge Jägerin Elaine Cunningham wird beauftragt, ihn zu finden. Dabei entdeckt sie eine internationale Verschwörung und hat nur wenige Stunden, um Millionen Menschen zu retten.

Frischer Wind für die Kult-Krimiserie 'Die drei ???' nennt sich das wohl bekannteste Detektivteam der Jugendliteratur. Dahinter verbergen sich Justus, das Superhirn, Peter, das Sportass, und Bob, bekannt für hartnäckiges Nachfragen. Ein ausrangierter Wohnwagen dient ihnen als Zentrale und Hauptquartier. Er ist ausgerüstet mit allem, was für professionelle Ermittlungen vonnöten ist, denn aus der anfänglichen Verbrecherjagd zum Zeitvertreib wurde für die drei ??? eine ernsthafte Nebenbeschäftigung. Bob sind die Ferien gründlich verdorben. Ein Computervirus ist in den Rechner der drei ??? eingeschleust worden und hat auch die Datei mit dem Geschichtsreferat zerstört. Doch damit nicht genug. In einer anonymen Botschaft auf dem Bildschirm wird eine Summe von fünf Millionen Dollar gefordert. Justus, Bob und Peter machen sich auf die Suche, welcher Technik-Freak hier seine Hände im Spiel hat.

A sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel, Masquerade, The Coil picks up several years later. Liz Sansborough, former CIA agent and now an academic, has managed to put the pieces of her life back together. But Sansborough has a dark secret - she is the daughter of the one of the most notorious Cold War Assassins, The Carnivore. When a series of prominent political figures are blackmailed into certain actions or die in suspicious ways, the CIA becomes convinced that someone has gotten hold of the Carnivore's files and is using that information to further some secret agenda. Sansborough herself - the closet living link to the Carnivore - is the target of a murder attempt, her offices are searched, her files stolen and her TV program on the secrets of the Cold War inexplicably shelved by the network. When she learns her cousin Sarah Walker - who bears a close resemblance to Sansborough - is kidnapped off the street with the ransom demand being the Carnivore's missing - possibly apocryphal - files, Liz is determined to save her cousin and uncover the swirling conspiracy, linked to a shadowy group known as The Coil, centered around the legacy of her father. But she's far from the only one going after the truth behind the legendary assassin.

Ex-CIA-Agentin Liz Sansborough wird plötzlich aus ihrem beschaulichen Dasein als Psychologieprofessorin gerissen. Die Vergangenheit holt sie ein und die alte "Firma" braucht sie wieder. Sie soll die geheimen Aufzeichnungen ihres Vaters herausgeben, der im Kalten Krieg ein berüchtigter Agent war. Doch sie ist nicht die Einzige, die dem brisanten Material auf der Spur ist. "Welch ein Triumph! Lynds spielt im Feld der internationalen Thrillerautoren ganz oben mit." David Morrell "Ein packender, beängstigender Verschwörungsthriller vom Feinsten!" Dean Koontz "Genau die Sorte Spionagethriller, wie ich sie liebe. Großartige Charactere und ein fantastisches, düsteres Setting - was will man mehr?" Douglas Preston

When word reaches the President of the United States that a Chinese cargo ship is transporting chemicals to a rogue nation intent on creating new biological weapons, the President knows he must act quickly to obtain the proof he needs. Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to rendezvous in Taiwan with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get the document, he is ambushed, the second agent is murdered, and the evidence is destroyed. Smith escapes with only his life and a verbal message - the President's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. As the mysterious ship draws closer to its end port, Smith is losing time in uncovering the truth about the vessel and its cargo - a truth that probes the secrets of the Chinese ruling party, a faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and an international cabal thursting the world to the brink of war ..