Assassin Thriller

Mehmet battles for daily survival in the murky Istanbul of 1951 while being forced to learn the craft of theft and violence alongside the other street children. Come evening, he curls up under a stinking jetty in a waterway off the Bosporus Strait. Desperation fills him as he yearns to break free from the life inflicted on him by his drunken, womanizing father, little knowing that his rotting body lies at the bottom of those same waters.

When Kirk McGarvey investigates the mysterious death of his parents so many years ago, he uncovers long-buried secrets that put him head to head and mano a mano with Vladimir Putin. After Mac calls Putin out, the Russian dictator decides he wants him dead. Battling Russian hit squads as well as enemies at home, McGarvey must fight like the devil to save the himself, his friends, and the US of A in this engrossing international thriller from David Hagberg.

It begins with two deaths: a money-man and a grass. Deaths that offer a unique opportunity to a man like Calum MacLean. A man who has finally had enough of killing. Meanwhile two of Glasgow's biggest criminal organizations are at quiet, deadly war with one another. And as Detective Michael...

Isabel Ryans has fled Espera, leaving behind her identity as teen assassin the Moth. Now she’s trying to adjust to the reality of the outside world. But her grief and trauma are catching up with her, and surrounded by civilians who will never understand what life is like in the walled city, she feels more alone than ever. When a journalist is murdered nearby, suspicion falls on Isabel. And inside Espera’s walls, the abolitionist movement is gaining strength. When Isabel’s search for the killer leads to a reunion, she’s forced to decide whether she can really leave the city behind.

An interplanetary crime syndicate. A debt, long overdue. An assassin gone rogue. Love. Revenge. Betrayal. Although he knows it will mean the end of his relationship with both the crime syndicate and his long-time lover, Captain Victoria Maruska, Damian can’t let sleeping dogs lie. After overcoming his captain’s well-intended efforts to hold him back, Damian sets off to exact his revenge on the man who had once left him to die on the barren wastelands of Earth.

Libby's chameleon mutation has led to a lucrative career as a thief and assassin. She normally doesn't worry about the comfort of corporate executives, but when she stumbles onto the grisly murder of a rich man's mistress, it gets her attention. The murder leads Libby to believe her best friend's life is in danger, and she vows to protect her.

As an assassin and thief, Libby is on a first-name basis with larceny, mayhem, and death, but she's not used to being on the receiving end. Libby has a chance to build a legitimate reputation when she's hired by one of the world's most prestigious museums to bolster their security. The gig is in Chicago where her heartthrob lives, so she hopes for a little romance.

Dan Stone, a contract assassin for the CIA, a man alone with few friends, is sent out on what may be a suicide mission. Dan is dropped into the Chihuahuan desert to assassinate the head of the Sinaloa cartel. His mission suddenly becomes more complex and dangerous. When his extraction is botched, he flees into the desert, where he gets lost and death by dehydration threatens. There, he meets a shaman who shows him the spiritual dimension to life and how Dan is part of a larger story going on - a battle between good and evil, light and darkness.

Jason Bourne, international assassin of deadly repute, was an identity assumed by covert agent David Webb. Retired from the CIA and now a professor at Georgetown University, Webb's life is finally his own. His newfound calm is shattered when he becomes the target of an assassin and is framed for the murder of his two closest associates—the only ones who knew the full truth about Bourne. Fighting for his life against unseen assailants, the Bourne identity asserts itself and Jason Bourne is once again in control.

In this sixth volume of the best-selling Left Behind saga, it is now 38 months into the Tribulation. As the Christians find sanctuary in safe houses, they continue to receive spiritual strength from their leader. But one of the faithful, desperate to hasten the fulfillment of prophecy, is secretly planning to assassinate the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia.

Женя Колодин и его друзья-телевизионщики продолжают съёмки розыгрышей ничего не подозревающих людей скрытой камерой. И на свою беду неожиданно сталкиваются со "спящим убийцей". И как им теперь в этой кровавой свистопляске уцелеть?

Si aggira come un'ombra e uccide in maniera rapida e fredda. Raven, un'elegante ed enigmatica assassina, ha sempre agito senza lasciare tracce dietro di sé, sfuggente e imprendibile. Ma questa volta ha commesso un errore: ha scelto il bersaglio sbagliato. Victor è il sicario più letale in circolazione, paranoico e senza pietà, abituato a camminare sulla linea sottile che divide la vita dalla morte, il carnefice dalla vittima.

Price MacCann grew up in a family of vigilantes. Trained as an assassin, her kill rate was matched only by the Reaper himself until she witnesses a death that hits too close to home. After a year of trying to put it all behind her and live a nine-to-five life, she soon finds it may be more difficult than she realized. With her family pushing her to return to the fold, a tall, dark, and handsome stranger coming to town, and a series of mysterious notes demanding her expertise, Price is faced with the decision to define normal for herself.

From some of the hottest names in crime fiction today come original stories written expressly for this collection. These four taut tales, loaded with tension and charged with uncertainty, bring each victim - the unsuspecting, the hunted, the fearful - into the deadly sights of a hired killer's gun.

Nick McCarty's new boss opens the keys to the kingdom for the coldest-blooded killer he's ever met. When fighting psychopathic murderers and terrorist cells hell bent on America's destruction, there is one old football cliché that fits: Winning isn't everything...it's the only thing. Nick's book tour turns into a bloody rampage, leaving little doubt he embraces his boss's new management style. Returning to his Pacific Grove refuge with family and friends, Nick decides to bring his deadly business more into the open...and business is good.

Taylor McFadden is willing to go against any monster thrown at him. But something Niki threw at him has got him off his game. Niki must build a consultant team to figure out if she has a problem with another company. But will Dr. Salinger Jacobs of Heavy Metal take her call? Does she have the clout to get him to believe her if he picks up the phone?

The Program has sent Boy Nobody on countless missions, instructed to kill whichever target he was given. But now, after going rogue, he is on his own mission to rescue his friend, Howard, who was captured by The Program. Boy Nobody manages to free Howard as well as Tanya, a mysterious girl who was being held with him. Howard and Tanya help Boy Nobody collect information about his father, eventually revealing a dangerous secret that teaches Boy Nobody a valuable lesson - he can't trust anyone.

“I wish he was dead!” Have you ever had that wicked thought? If not, then you’ve never met the contemptible Mike DiMarco, a man that gets his solitary pleasure from wrecking lives. Hypothetically, if DiMarco ruined your life and left you penniless, beaten, and broken, could you kill him? Well, you’re off the hook because Sturgis will do it for you - or try. Your mission now becomes that of a cheering supporter as you hear about the efforts of a lovable, clumsy man as he humorously, yet doggedly, discovers the ins and outs of getting even as an entry-level assassin.

Rafe Stoner is a gun for hire, a former Navy SEAL whose skills are in constant demand in his adopted home of Afghanistan. His legitimate business is selling surplus machinery, or so his tax return states. His real work is less prosaic, and makes him a good living from a grateful client base. The removal of inconvenient rivals is a way of life in the violent and war-torn nation.

Per anni, due sorelle hanno gareggiato per il territorio del padre defunto, capo del crimine organizzato. Per le strade di Guatemala City, i corpi si sono ammassati senza pudore o ritegno, un oltraggio alla vita continuo e impietoso. La DEA, che opera lontano dai propri confini, non ha il potere di fermare i combattimenti e non trova nessun alleato disposto ad aiutarla. La stessa polizia locale gira lo sguardo altrove. Ma ora una sorella ha un'arma che potrebbe finalmente vincere la guerra.