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A veteran Marine and an ex-convict find themselves on opposite sides of the law in this propulsive new thriller from award-nominated suspense master and "damn fine storyteller" Owen Laukkanen (Kirkus Reviews). Could your closest friend be a killer? When a body washes up outside Deception Cove...

Damian Lucas is a Robin Hood conman, specialising in taking money from corrupt companies and donating the proceeds to museums and libraries. One step away from danger at all times, he's currently hiding from the Russian Mob and furious industrialists, each with valid reasons for hunting him. But, when Richard Evans, a onetime mentor and family friend is found dead in Deptford beside the last known resting place of Christopher Marlowe, Damian is sent a message from beyond the grave that sends him on a treasure hunt across England

CIA-Agent Frank McIntyre erhält kurz vor Beginn des Irakkrieges einen brisanten Auftrag: Er soll den irakischen Präsidenten Saddam Hussein aus Tikrit entführen und unbemerkt außer Landes bringen. McIntyre entwickelt einen Operationsplan und macht sich gemeinsam mit seinem Kollegen Sommerfeldt auf den Weg durch die irakische Wüste. Bis zum Ende der Operation werden die beiden nicht wieder zu Atem kommen.

Alias the Lone Wolf, published in 1921, is the third in the 8-book series about a reformed French jewel thief, Michael Lanyard--the Lone Wolf. This story is set in the years after the Great War (World War I), and Lanyard has ended his connection to the British Secret Service. He is enjoying some leisure time in the south of France near an area called the Cévennes. He's using the name Andre Duchemin, which he used in the previous story.