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“The hidden history of Bletchley Park has been waiting for a master storyteller like Kate Quinn to bring it to life. THE ROSE CODE effortlessly evokes the frantic, nervy, exuberant world of the Enigma codebreakers through the eyes of three extraordinary women who work in tireless secrecy to...

She does Britain's dirty work, but this time she needs help. Beatrix Rose, meet John Milton.... Beatrix Rose has a knack for making the British government's problems go away. When the assassin is sent to Venezuela to track down a missing scientist, she meets a contact who knows the lay of the land: none other than John Milton. As the state-sanctioned assassin and the special forces soldier team up in South America, they'll do more than capture a missing scientist....

Beatrix Rose is looking for her daughter, Isabella. The Triad overlord Michael Yeung knows where she is but he needs her to do a small job first. Beatrix is sent to the jungles of Venezuela and an illegal goldmine run by the loathsome Aurelio Rincon. The task seems easy enough – find a local bandit who has been wreaking havoc at the mine and kill him. But there is a sinister secret hidden deep within the jungle and Beatrix quickly finds herself at war with a private army as she is caught between corrupt government officials and local rebels who believe she has been sent to save them.

They were orphans, Chris and Saul - raised in a Philadelphia school for boys, bonded by friendship, and devoted to a mysterious man called Eliot.

John Dee var en blændende intelligent spion, astrolog og matematiker, der levede under Elizabeth den 1. Før sin død i 1609 skjulte han en samling vigtige papirer, der indeholdt viden som han ikke kunne offentliggøre uden fare for sig selv og sin datter. Igennem 17 generationer har hans kvindelige efterkommere bevogtet hans hemmelighed. I foråret 2003 dør den sidste af Dees kvindelige efterkommere, og da hun ikke selv har nogen døtre, videregiver hun den gådefulde arv til sin yngste søn, Will.

Evacuated to the countryside, she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartime. In summer 1939, Canadian-born teacher Victoria McKaye takes up a new position at a London school, only to shortly coordinate the evacuation to the countryside with standoffish spinster Beatrice and young, quiet Nell. Arriving in the village of Hazelbury, Victoria sorts out billets for her young charges and meets Louis Granger, a naval officer. As their friendship turns to something more, she notices some strange behaviours - including him meeting with foreign men in secret locales.

Isabella Rose führt ein ruhiges Leben in Marrakesch und verbirgt dabei ein dunkles Geheimnis: Um ihren Lebensunterhalt bestreiten zu können, erledigt sie für einen unbekannten Mittelsmann verdeckte Auftragsmorde. Ihr einziger Trost ist die Zeit, die sie in einem örtlichen Waisenhaus verbringt, das Kindern, die alles verloren haben, einen Zufluchtsort bietet.

Sie lebte in keiner gewöhnlichen Welt. Sie wurde gejagt. Der in ihren Genen verankerte Code war unermesslich wertvoll, und es gab Männer und Frauen, die einfach alles tun würden, um sie in die Finger zu bekommen. Die erfahrene Profikillerin Isabella Rose und ihr früherer Agentenführer Michael Pope leben unter neuen Identitäten im ländlichen Frankreich und versuchen nicht aufzufallen. Aber Isabella ist es gründlich leid, sich ständig zu verstecken, und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als ein völlig normales Leben.

Ciudad Juárez in Mexiko ist die gefährlichste Stadt der Welt. Und als eine Operation gegen das örtliche Kartell scheitert, findet sich der Engel, Isabella Rose, auf der falschen Seite der Gefängnisgitter wieder. Das Schlimmste befürchtend, spielt Isabella ihre einzige verbliebene Karte aus … Der britische Agent Vivian Bloom ist fest entschlossen, als Erster an sie heranzukommen, denn er ist überzeugt, dass sie ihn zu weiteren Agenten führen wird, die er unbedingt in seine Gewalt bekommen muss.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came in from the Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame. A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country tested when they realize they must work together to prevent the destruction of the world at the hands of the Flame.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: ground zero in a Cold War of spies and sorcerers. The streets are a deadly chessboard on which the CIA and KGB make their moves, little dreaming that a deeper game is being played between the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame, ancient organizations that seek to harness elemental magic. Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.

A fast-paced combination of environmental catastrophe, geopolitical stakes, freelance spies and Bond-like action. The Arctic ice caps are breaking up. Europe and the East Coast of the United States brace for a tidal wave. Meanwhile, former French intelligence officer John Spencer Larivire, his karate-trained, steamy Eurasian partner, Victoire, and their computer-genius sidekick, Luc, pick up an ordinary freelance assignment that quickly leads them into the glacial silence of the great north, where a merciless war is being waged.

Isabella Rose lives a quiet life in Marrakech, hiding a dark secret: she pays the bills by accepting wet work for an unknown broker. Her one solace is the time she spends at a local orphanage that offers a haven to children who have lost everything. When a powerful and corrupt general sets his sights on acquiring the orphanage's land, Isabella finds her two worlds colliding. Brutal tactics escalate, culminating in a devastating fire that forces Isabella to risk everything to save the children she's grown to love.

Isabella Rose ist auf der Flucht vor den Leuten, für die sie arbeiten sollte. Die ausgebildete Killerin Isabella und ihr früherer Agentenführer Michael Pope müssen sich in Indien verstecken. Als sie von einem mysteriösen Informanten Hinweise auf den Verbleib von Popes entführter Familie erhalten, sieht die Beute ihre Chance, zum Jäger zu werden.

Iraqi war vet and former railway cop Sydney Parnell is now the youngest homicide detective in Denver's Major Crimes Unit. In the past, gut instinct has served her and her K9 partner well. But it's not a trait Len Bandoni, her old nemesis turned reluctant mentor, admires. Not until Sydney's instincts lead to their first case: a man tortured and beaten to death, then left in a refrigerated train car with cryptic messages carved into his body.

Isabella Rose, der Engel, ist Überraschungen gewöhnt, aber entführt zu werden, ist ein unerfreuliches Novum. Sie verlässt sich darauf, dass Michael Pope, Leiter der streng geheimen Gruppe fünfzehn, sie befreit. Als dann zusätzlich ISIS ins Spiel kommt, wird die Lage noch düsterer. Isabellas Entführer werden nun ihrerseits entführt, und sie sitzt plötzlich in Raqqa fest, der Hauptstadt des selbsternannten Kalifats.

Like most wars, it started small. When the South American country of San Selva began burning Amazon rain forests, Washington applied pressure to appease popular opinion. But pressure led to attack, and attack led to counter-attack and soon America found itself in a full-fledged war – against an enemy it was not prepared to fight.