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1. The last secret agent: my life as a spy behind Nazi lines

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Author:
Latour, Pippa, 1921-2023
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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"After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II British spy reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent in the deadly world of Nazi France. From a unique and singular voice comes the incredible true story of the last surviving undercover British female operative in WW2. Pippa Latour parachuted into occupied France in 1944 to conduct sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. Selling soap to German soldiers and hiding codes...

2. Famous last words: a novel

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Author:
McAllister, Gillian
Language:
English
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3 stars
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It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke,...

3. The debt

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Series:
Focus Features four-star collection
Language:
English
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2.5 stars
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The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stephan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret mission that they embarked on for their country back in 1965-1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel, the feared Surgeon of Birkenau, in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission...

4. Blood lines: a novel

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Author:
DeMille, Nelson
Series:
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Scott Brodie volume 2
Language:
English
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5 stars
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"Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western Germany, and...

5. The spy who came in from the cold

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Author:
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020
Series:
George Smiley volume 3
Language:
English
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3.8 stars
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A veteran spy wants to "come in from the cold" to retirement. He undertakes one last assignment in which he pretends defection and provides the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent.

6. The sympathizer

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Author:
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-
Series:
Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
The Sympathizer
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English
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5 stars
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Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles. "It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los...

7. The Valley of Fear

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Sherlock Holmes volume 7
Language:
English
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4 stars
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Step into the captivating world of "The Valley of Fear," a thrilling masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue. Published in 1915, this novel is a riveting addition to the iconic detective series, offering a perfect blend of suspense, deduction, and rich storytelling. Picture yourself immersed in the atmospheric landscapes of the American coalfields...

8. The lost girls of Paris

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Author:
Jenoff, Pam
Series:
Thorndike Press large print core
Language:
English
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5 stars
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From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan's Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II. 1946, Manhattan One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each...

9. Private Berlin

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Author:
Patterson, James, 1947-
Series:
Private novels
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English
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4 stars
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The Berlin office of the world's most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner.

10. The last anniversary: a novel

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Author:
Moriarty, Liane
Series:
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Language:
English
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3.4 stars
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Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one who got away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was going to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island—home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery.

11. Spy camp: a Spy School novel

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Author:
Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-
Series:
Spy School
Spy school novel volume 2
Thorndike Press youth large print
Lexile measure:
740L
Language:
English
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4.9 stars
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As almost thirteen-year-old Ben, a student at the CIA's academy for future intelligence agents, prepares to go to spy summer camp, he receives a death threat from the evil organization SPYDER.

12. An unfinished murder

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Author:
Deveraux, Jude
Series:
Medlar mystery volume 5
Language:
English
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5 stars
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Retired romance novelist Sara Medlar has been comfortably sharing her large home with her niece Kate and her "honorary grandson" Jack. It's a convenient arrangement given the Medlar Three, as they've become known, are often working closely together to solve mysteries in their small town of Lachlan, Florida. But when real estate agent Kate announces she's been given the listing for the town's storied Lachlan House, it sets off alarm bells for Sara...

13. One false move

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Author:
Coben, Harlan, 1962-
Series:
Myron Bolitar
Language:
English
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4 stars
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Follows hot-headed sports agent Myron Bolitar as he tries to protect a star of the women's professional league, an attractive athlete whose troubled past may claim both their lives.

14. Casino royale: a James Bond novel

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Author:
Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964
Series:
James Bond books volume 1
James Bond
Language:
English
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"“Le Chiffre” is a ruthless operative and the accountant for a soviet SMERSH cell in France, but he’s on the verge of disaster after gambling away his client’s money. Taking the last of his stash, he lures a dozen wealthy players to a high-stakes baccarat game, hoping to hustle his way whole. The British Secret Service would like to see this red thorn plucked from the hide of Europe, and sends their best card sharp, James Bond, to bankrupt...

15. Back spin: a classic Myron Bolitar novel

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Author:
Coben, Harlan, 1962-
Series:
Myron Bolitar volume 04
Myron Bolitar novel volume 4
Language:
English
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The boy was born and raised on the tony Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets. For Myron Bolitar, his client, golf superstar Linda Coldren, comes first--and that means unraveling the mystery of her son's kidnapping. But when Myron goes after the missing boy, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. And as Linda's golf-pro husband suddenly makes a run at the U.S. Open championship,...

16. The survivor: a Mitch Rapp novel

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Author:
Mills, Kyle, 1966-
Series:
Mitch Rapp novel volume 14
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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4 stars
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Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn's New York Times bestselling series. Joseph "Rick" Rickman, former boy wonder at the CIA, stole a massive amount of top secret and hugely compromising intel concerning classified operations all over the...

17. Our woman in Moscow: a novel

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Author:
Williams, Beatriz
Language:
English
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4.3 stars
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"To save her sister, who, along with her American diplomat husband and children, is trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Ruth Macallister embarks on a dangerous mission, and as the sisters race toward safety, a dogged Soviet agent forces them to make a heartbreaking choice." --

18. Agent running in the field

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Author:
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020
Language:
English
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5 stars
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Set in London in 2018, Agent Running in the Field follows a twenty-six year old solitary figure who, in a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, makes connections that will take him down a dangerous path. In his plot and characterization le Carré is as thrilling as ever and in the way he writes about our times he proves himself, once again, to be the greatest chronicler of our age.

19. In this grave hour: a novel

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Author:
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
Series:
Maisie Dobbs volume 13
Maisie Dobbs novel volume 13
Language:
English
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When listeners last heard Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938, and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Fuhrer himself. In In This Grave Hour, a year has passed, and Maisie is back home in England - yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead. But when she stumbles on...

20. Amari and the great game

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Author:
Alston, B. B.
Series:
Supernatural investigations volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
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