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21) Gambit
Author
Series
Kirk McGarvey adventures volume 26
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The next Kirk McGarvey novel, Gambit, is an international thriller with non-stop action, perfect for fans of Jason Bourne. "If you like thrillers full of international intrigue, Hagberg is a major find." -Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author An American billionaire and a Russian oligarch want Kirk McGarvey dead. First they send a South African assassin, and when Mac kills him, they commission a Canadian sniper for the kill. When Mac put...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Jackal, a killer at the top of his profession, unknown to any secret service in the world, has a contract to kill French president Charles de Gaulle, one of the world's most heavily guarded men. As the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.
Author
Series
Culper Ring novels (Brad Meltzer) volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins' crimes.
25) 11/22/63
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Description
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? The author's new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. In this novel that is a tribute to a simpler era, he sweeps readers back in time to another moment, a real life moment, when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly's rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit,...
27) The interpreter
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In one of the hidden corridors of power at UN headquarters, translator Silvia Broome overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller investigates her claim, is she a victim or a suspect?
28) Wild card
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 49
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stone Barrington clashes with a determined adversary in the latest non-stop thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and his latest paramour are enjoying a peaceful country retreat when their idyll is broken by an unwelcome stranger. He was sent by an enemy, someone who'd be happy to silence Stone and all his collaborators for good. only it's soon clear that Stone is not an easy man to target. But with boundless...
29) Red rabbit
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a lethal game of cat-and-mouse that is the Soviet Union versus the United States, the Pope's life is in danger, as is the stability of the Western world. Jack Ryan is at the center of the action, but it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about the conflict. This is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.
30) X2: X-men united
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt.
31) Mirror image
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The crash of a Dallas-bound jet wasnt just a tragedy to TV reporter Avery Daniels; it was an act of fate that handed her a golden opportunity to further her career. Mistaken for a glamorous, selfish woman named Carole Rutledge, the badly injured Avery would find that plastic surgery had given her Caroles face, the famous senatorial candidate for a husband, and a powerful Texas dynasty for in-laws. And as she lay helpless in the hospital, she would...
32) The golden gate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs....
Author
Publisher
AmazonCrossing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lupita hard-knock life has gotten the better of her time and time again. A childhood robbed of innocence set off a chain of events that she still has not managed to control, no matter how hard she tries. Every time she thinks she has a handle on things, unexpected turns make her question everything, including herself. When Lupita witnesses the murder of a local politician whom she greatly admires, the ghosts of her past resurface as she tries to cope...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the events leading up to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Includes a discussion of the aftermath and provides biographical information on the former president.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
36) High treason
Author
Series
FBI task force (DiAnn Mills) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Saudi Prince Omar bin Talal visits Houston to seek cancer treatment for his mother, an attempt on his life puts all agencies on high alert. FBI Special Agent Kord Davidson is the lead on the prince's protective detail because of their long-standing friendship, but he's surprised--and none too happy--when the CIA brings one of their operatives, Monica Alden, in on the task force after the assassination attempt.
Author
Publisher
Summit Group
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Conspiracy of One created a media sensation when it was first published in 1990. The first commercially-successful book to advance the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, Conspiracy of One became a lightning rod for the assassination community. The 1990 hardcover is a sought-after collector's item today.
38) The God complex
Author
Publisher
Kennedy Mack
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Cash Harris visits his father for the first time after a fifteen year estrangement, things don't go anywhere near as planned. By the end of the night, he finds himself embroiled in a plot to destabilize the government, his father has been assassinated and he discovers a shocking truth that would have fundamentally altered his life fifteen years earlier. However, all of this pales into insignificance when, along with his best friend and ex-fiancee,...
39) Killing Reagan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the 1981 assassination attempt against United States President Ronald Reagan.
40) Red
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team; Joe, Marvin, and Victoria, and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy.
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