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With an American president distracted by growing tensions in North Korea and Iran, an ominous new threat is emerging in Moscow. A czar is rising in the Kremlin, and a Russian president is feverishly consolidating power, silencing his opposition, and plotting a brazen and lightning-fast military strike that could rupture the NATO alliance and bring Washington and Moscow to the brink of nuclear war.
2) Split second
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Two retired Secret Service agents have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making--and are a long way from over.
3) Child 44
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English
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"Robert Harris meets Gorky Park in Child 44, Tom Rob Smith's stunning thriller--sure to be one of the most talked about debut novels of the year"--Provided by the publisher.
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Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
c2018
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8 sound discs (ca. 9hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service.
The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents.
In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand...
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"Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent-a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels"--
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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Secret Service agent Erik Hill puts aside his growing disillusionment with Washington corruption to uncover a conspiracy that forced the president and his top aides to flee to a doomsday bunker, only to discover that the threat is locked in with them.
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Alex Cross volume 26
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English
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A leader has fallen, and the procession route from Capitol Hill to the White House is lined with hundreds of thousands of mourners. None feel the loss of a President more keenly than Alex Cross, who has devoted his life to the public good. A sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross's wife, Bree Stone, newly elevated chief of DC detectives, faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose the position for which she's worked her entire...
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English
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"Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn't have predicted that she'd be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady with strict orders to keep it a secret. The First Lady's absence comes in the...
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Maisie Dobbs novel volume 16
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English
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As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast...
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Random House
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English
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"Carol Leonnig has been covering the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the gaffes and scandals that plague the agency today--from a toxic work culture to outdated equipment and training to the deep resentment among the ranks with the agency's leadership. But the Secret Service wasn't always so troubled. The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but...
12) The spymasters
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Men at war volume 7
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Tapped by FDR to assist the Allies' efforts to secure France and build an atomic bomb, OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan and top agent Dick Canidy coordinate a sabotage mission in Germany while countering a mole who is leaking Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets.
13) A darker reality
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An Elena Standish novel volume 3
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English
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"On her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother's wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena's grandparents are marking a milestone anniversary by throwing an elaborate party with the influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent political industrialist. Even President and First Lady Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are there, and Elena takes pride in capturing the illustrious guests on camera....
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Crown Forum
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
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English
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Kessler describes stories about our nation's leaders and the agency sworn to protect them. From observing reckless behavior that threatens the country's safety, to escorting presidential mistresses, to watching their own agency take risks that could result in an assassination, Secret Service agents know a secret world that Ronald Kessler exposes in breathtaking detail.
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan's Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own survival. That ability sustains her even now as the Second World War rages in faraway countries. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. Ultimately, controlling her surroundings and eluding traps of every kind helps her keep a lingering trauma at bay....
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, he's got everything he could possibly want. But out of vacation days and long overdue back home, America's top spy has a decision to make--return, or submit his resignation. When his deadly past comes calling, though, he'll be left with no choice at all. Leaving his favorite Oslo café, Harvath watches as a ghost climbs out of a...
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Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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A look at the inner workings of the U.S. Secret Service shares insights into the reactionary approaches of the agency's increasingly politicized management and how new strategies are placing presidential security at risk.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When Washington retreated from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over, but he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York known as the Culper Spy Ring. These six individuals with identities unknown until the twentieth century, turned the tide of the war.
19) The last town
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Wayward Pines volume 3
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. No one is allowed to leave or ask questions. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond.
20) Pines
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Wayward Pines volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
c2012
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309 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho with a clear mission to locate and recover two federal agents who went missing. Within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident, but when he comes to his senses, nothing seems normal in this small town.