Showing results for "The Shooters" in Thriller & Suspense

A key DEA agent has been kidnapped by drugrunners. As much as the news angers Presidential Agent Castillo, he thinks there’s no way he could get permission to rescue the man. But Castillo’s wrong—the President himself orders Castillo to do anything it takes to bring back the agent...

Navy SEAL Ian Dunn went rogue in a big way when he turned his talents to a lawless life of jewel heists and con jobs - or so the world has been led to believe. In reality, the former Special Ops warrior is still fighting for good, leading a small band of freelance covert operatives who take care of high-stakes business in highly unofficial ways. That makes Ian the hands-down choice when the US government must breach a heavily guarded embassy and rescue a pair of children kidnapped by their own father, a sinister foreign national willing to turn his kids into casualties.

Tara Sharp can see auras, and it’s ruining her life. When she tries to turn her inconvenient secret into a paying gig, her first job lands her in the middle of a tug of war between the biggest, baddest crime lord in town and the hottest business man Tara has ever met. A narcoleptic ex-roadie sidekick, a cranky pet parrot, and a psychic investigator with an uncanny ability to read auras—what could go right?

Brought to you by Penguin. Journalist Mike Karras has heard a lot of strange things, but they're about to get stranger... and a lot more dangerous. Accounts of a 'second shooter' have attended on every assassination since JFK, but there's rarely any proof. Commissioned by a small...

Tom Honeyman made his name cracking a horrific double murder in his hometown of Prosper, New York. He got an international best seller out of it, made a small fortune, and left his newspaper reporting days behind. But was it all based on a lie? Now, more than a decade after his only success, Honeyman’s life is in tatters. His wife committed suicide, his daughter hasn’t spoken to him in years, and his books don’t sell. But Tom Honeyman is not alone. An unseen stranger tells Honeyman he got it wrong all those years ago. And he has just four days to uncover the real murderer.

It's the spring of 1887, and Rose Gallagher is finally coming into her own. She's the proud owner of a lovely little home near Washington Square, where she lives with her mother and friend Pietro, and she's making a name for herself as a Pinkerton agent with a specialty in things...otherworldly. She and her partner Thomas are working together better than ever, and mostly managing to push aside romantic feelings for one another. Mostly.

In his career as one of America's elite warriors, Lieutenant Sam Starrett can do no wrong. In his private life, Sam - the king of one-night stands - has done little right. Now, he's waiting for a divorce and determined to stay active in his young daughter's life. But when Sam shows up at the door of his ex-wife's home in Sarasota, Florida, he makes a grisly discovery. His daughter is gone, and a woman lies brutally murdered on the floor.

Tom Paoletti, tenente della marina americana, è in congedo dopo una missione in cui ha riportato un grave trauma cranico. Appena rientrato nella sua città natale, s'imbatte in un terrorista a cui dà la caccia da anni, ma i suoi superiori sono convinti si tratti solo di una delle allucinazioni che lo colpiscono ultimamente. Sospettando un attentato in occasione di un'importante cerimonia cittadina, Tom decide di mettere in piedi una piccola squadra antiterrorismo, reclutando alcuni dei suoi sottoufficiali più leali e due burberi veterani della Seconda guerra mondiale.

Like most men of action, Navy SEAL chief Cosmo Richter never learned how to take a vacation. So when he finds himself facing a month's leave, he offers his services to Troubleshooters Incorporated. Founded by a former SEAL, the private-sector security firm is a major player in the ongoing war against terrorism and known for carrying out covert missions too volatile for official US military action. But Richter's first case is anything but under the radar.

Florida private investigator Ric Alvarado's life is spiraling out of control. His beautiful new assistant, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric's best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them. Then one of Ric's clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he's done a very good deed for some very bad people.

In a remote, frozen corner of New Hampshire, a Navy SEAL team and the elite security experts of Troubleshooters Incorporated are going head-to-head as fierce but friendly rivals in a raid-and-rescue training exercise. Despite the frigid winter temperatures, tension smolders between veteran SEAL Petty Officer Mark "Jenk" Jenkins and former cop turned troubleshooter Lindsey Fontaine after an impulsive night goes awry.

"Gli Stati Uniti si rifiutano di negoziare con i terroristi." Meg Moore ha ben in mente queste parole. Le aveva sentite ai tempi in cui lavorava come interprete in un'ambasciata europea. Quelle stesse parole, però, sono una sentenza di morte per sua figlia e sua nonna, rapite da un gruppo di estremisti. Meg farebbe qualsiasi cosa per salvarle, persino uccidere. Il Marine John Nilsson è convocato a Washington dall'FBI come esperto in negoziazione: una donna tiene in ostaggio un ambasciatore puntandogli la pistola alla testa.

As commander of the nation's most elite FBI counterterrorism unit, agent Max Bhagat leads by hard-driving example: pushing himself to the limit and beyond, taking no excuses, and putting absolutely nothing ahead of his work. That includes his deep feelings for Gina Vitagliano, the woman who won his admiration and his heart with her courage under fire. But when the shocking news reaches him that Gina has been killed in a terrorist bombing, nothing can keep Max from making a full investigation.

Jimmy Nash has already lived two lives - and he can't talk about either of them. Formerly an operative of a top secret government agency, he has found a new job with a shadowy company called Troubleshooters Inc. Created by a former Navy SEAL, Troubleshooters Inc. helps anyone in desperate need - which provides a perfect cover for its other, more perilous objective: covert special operations.

Spezialagent Chance Vaught soll während einer Mission in Mexiko für die Sicherheit des Teams der US-Drogenkontrolle sorgen. Doch die Autokolonne gerät ins Fadenkreuz eines Scharfschützen, der irgendwo in der Ferne lauert. Vaught ist in höchster Not. Auch der Navy SEAL Gil Shannon kann ihm nicht helfen. Er ist offenbar bei seinem letzten Einsatz ums Leben gekommen. Die Männer und Frauen sind dem Geisterschützen hilflos ausgeliefert. Nach und nach holt er sich seine Opfer ...

In this original short story, Brockmann returns with some of her most beloved characters from the Troubleshooters world: Izzy Zanella and his friends in US Navy SEAL Team Sixteen. What should be an easy training jump for SEAL Team Sixteen goes horribly wrong, forcing Izzy Zanella to do what he does best: improvise - at 30,000 feet.