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• The President Is Missing

  Clinton, Bill, 1946-

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  Co-authored by legendary author James Patterson and US President Bill Clinton, The President Is Missing was quick to make the New York Times Bestseller List. Telling the story of a president in a difficult position, this book has action…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red London

  Katsu, Alma

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  Katsu worked in American intelligence for over three decades before turning to writing. She brings that experience to bear in this intriguing look at an agent working to turn an asset.

• The Terminal List

  Carr, Jack (Joint pseudonym),

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  After losing his entire team to a staged ambush, lead character James Reece attempts to trace the conspiracy meant to kill him, as well as his team. If you are interested in action-heavy political thrillers, large-scale conspiracies, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Quiet American

  Greene, Graham, 1904-1991,

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  Twice adapted into film, this book is set during the very earliest years of the American involvement in what would become the Vietnam War. The Quiet American is narrated by a possibly unreliable narrator, the journalist Thomas Fowler, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Constant Gardener

  Le Carré, John, 1931-2020

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  Adapted into a feature film, The Constant Gardener is loosely based on historical happenings. The story follows a British diplomat whose wife is killed and who does not trust the tale told to him about his wife's murder. If you are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• State of Terror

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham

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  From acclaimed mystery writer Louise Penny and First Lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, comes State of Terror. Follow along with an inexperienced Secretary of State who is thrown into unravelling the source of a series of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spy and the Traitor

  the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

  Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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  This nonfiction work, named as Best Book of the Year by The Economist, tells the true story of KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky. This tale of espionage follows Gordievsky working as a double agent for MI6 while stationed in London for the KGB.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolf Hall

  Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022

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  This winner of the Booker Prize is a work of historical fiction which retells Thomas Cromwell's rise to power under King Henry VIII of England. Coming up from nothing, Cromwell ascends to serving as an adviser at the highest levels, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man Who Was Thursday

  a Nightmare

  Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936

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  This classic novel from renowned creator of the Father Brown mysteries. G.K. Chesterton, tells the story of Gabriel Syme, a man recruited to work in a secret anti-anarchist division of Scotland Yard. Working his way through the ranks of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Day of the Jackal

  Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-

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  After opening with a retelling of a real attempt to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, this work of historical fiction sets up another plot to assassinate him, and tells the story of the assassin hired to do it. This book follows along as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Sparrow

  Matthews, Jason, 1951-2021

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  Written by former CIA operative Jason Matthews, and recipient of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, Red Sparrow looks at the ins and outs of a life in the intelligence and counter-intelligence community. Following…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost

  a Novel

  Harris, Robert, 1957-

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  Adapted into film as The Ghost Writer, the novel The Ghost tells the story of an unnamed ghost writer hired to pen the memoirs of a British ex-Prime Minister, to replace his recently deceased aide. Follow this writer as he uncovers secrets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rogue Justice

  Abrams, Stacey

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  A Supreme Court clerk uncovers secrets that can be traced to the secret court of FISA in this fast-moving political thriller.

• The Island

  Coes, Ben,

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  The latest entry in Coes's long-running Dewey Andreas series has the CIA agent battling Iranian terrorists in a sequestered Manhattan.