Showing results for "Captain" in Crime Fiction

April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny. Returning home after eighteen months' continuous service, Flag Captain Richard Bolitho finds himself at the centre of the crisis. And his new commander, it seems, is a man who will brook no interference...

A children's book author finds his psyche and life unraveling as his books get banned, charges loom for an inadvertent crime and his 'fiction' erupts to alarming life. To stave off at least one of these, he's also drafted, against his will, to help solve a string of vicious murders in L.A.

London, 1875. At Lady Cornford's famous soiree (sugared almonds and tittle-tattle) everyone is gossiping about Henry Ellis Margam's latest hit, The Widow's Secret. Only a few people know that one of Lady C's guests, the enigmatic Bella Wallis, is in fact the bestselling novelist. Bella punishes...

القرصنة والعولمة والمارينز موضوعات تتناولها الأحداث في هذه الرواية الحقيقية التي وقعت في العام 2009وتتعلق باختطاف سفينة الشحن الأمريكية مارسك ألاباما على يد مجموعة من القراصنة الصوماليين في خليج عدن مقابل السواحل الصومالية،وكانت السفينة بقيادة الكابتن ريتشارد فيليبس والملاحين العشرين في خليج عدن في طريفها إلى ميناء مومباسا في كينيا حيث كانت تنقل حمولة من الإمدادات المتجهه إلى كينيا والصومال ويوغندا،وتعرضت هذه السفينة غير المسلحة لهجوم من قبل أربعة قراصنة صوماليين.ووصل القراصنة إلى السفينة على متن زورق صغير تمكنوا من الصعود إليها

Posing as a married couple to save the world was easy compared to the very real feelings between them… As Bob and Lisa Sinclair, Omega Sector agents Evan Karcz and Juliet Branson were a formidable couple—until a brutal attack left Juliet traumatized. But with a powerful crime boss selling...

He'd been hired to transport precious cargo—and it put a beautiful twist in his solitary life Former operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before millions of lives are lost. Surprisingly, the codes reside in the photographic memory of Shelby...

First published as Countermeasures, a ticking clock and opposites attracting will keep readers on the edge of their seat in this classic story from USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch! At first it looked like a glorified babysitting job: safeguard a scientist while she created a...

A Murderer Among Us by New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham Undercover in the French Quarter with only each other to trust. A legendary rock band's reunion is just a ruse for FBI agent Chase McCoy's investigation. Seven years ago, Skyhawk's lead singer died under suspicious...

Protecting her ranch has always come first… Until she learns about her unborn baby. After almost losing her life in a fire, Wyoming PI Anna Hudson wakes up to the sight of a familiar stranger. Anna and Hawk Steele shared one passionate night. Now the arson investigator will go to any lengths...

Undercover in the French Quarter with only each other to trust. A legendary rock band’s reunion is just a ruse for FBI agent Chase McCoy’s investigation. Seven years ago, Skyhawk’s lead singer died under suspicious circumstances. Chase knows Sky Ferguson is fronting the band in her...

Witness to a Murder? The Crisis Management Unit has a confession—and a dead suspect. Could this mean the end of the bombing spree that’s terrorized New York? Special Agent Lara Grant’s instincts tell her that the danger has only just begun. And sure enough, the carnage continues as the...

Tick. Tock. BOOM. FBI Special Agent Lara Grant had thought that she’d put her past behind her—finally—with her last case. But now a serial bomber is targeting Manhattan’s elite power players, offering them a choice between saving hundreds of lives or seeing their darkest secrets exposed...