GAYLE LYNDS

"A year ago, Judd Ryder retired from US military intelligence. As he walks home one evening to his house on Capitol Hill, a man steps out dressed in his clothes. Moments later, the man is killed in a hit-and-run. Was the man the intended victim - or was it Judd himself? Judd finds a phone on the body with only one number dialed - that belonging to his friend and CIA trainee, Eva Blake. What Judd and Eva don't know is that they've been trapped in a battle to the death amongst six professional assassins. Both must fight tooth-and-nail to survive..."

For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's lost collection of magnificent works, the real-life Library of Gold. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, as have its clandestine owners—a cabal of the globe's most powerful, dangerous men. When the CIA discovers a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they bring in rare-books curator Eva Blake. Soon an attempt is made on Eva's life—and she is on the run. Determined not only to survive but to uncover the truth, Eva turns to the only person she can trust: Judd Ryder, a former intelligence officer with a troubled past and an agenda of his own. Racing from London to Rome, Istanbul to Athens, it's up to Judd and Eva to track down the gold-covered, bejeweled books in the fabulous library—and find a way to stay ahead of the men who will stop at nothing to protect their interests…and are dead-set on keeping their secrets hidden.

Liz Sansborough, ex miembro de la CIA e hija de un asesino, es ahora una profesora universitaria especializada en psicología de la violencia. Cuando alguien que dice estar en posesión de los archivos secretos de su padre los utiliza para chantajear a importantes figuras mundiales, Liz asegura desconocer su existencia. Pero poco despues, su prima es secuestrada y Liz tendra que recuperar sus habilidades para conseguir los archivos y destapar una oscura conspiracion.

Six master assassins, each a legend in the dark corners of international espionage, banded together to steal a fortune in the midst of a war zone. But the mission went tragically wrong, and they retreated into the shadowsuntil now...Former military spy Judd Ryder is walking in his own Washington, D.C. neighborhood when he spots someone coming out the front door of his homewho looks just like him, and is wearing his clothes. Just as Ryder starts to trail him, the imposter is killed in a hit-and-run thats no accident. Was the man the intended victim, or Ryder himself?Ryder learns that a link to his doubles murder is an infamous Cold War assassin: Code name, the Carnivore. Two of the last people to see the Carnivore were Ryder and CIA trainee Eva Blake, and someone is using them to lure him out. Now, from D.C. all the way to Baghdad, the league of assassins will wage a final battleeven against one anotherin a death match for Saddam Husseins long-missing billion-dollar fortune. And Judd and Eva are caught in the crossfire...

Fast paced, thrillingly paranoid, page-turning, international adventure at its best! DEAN KOONTZAN ANCIENT LIBRARY Ivan the Terribles Library of Gold was a legendary archive of secret knowledge. It vanished from history centuries ago... Now one of its fabled volumes has come to light. A MODERN CONSPIRACY The CIA has linked the long-lost book, a shadowy cabal, and a terrifying new threat to global security: the library must be found. But with one agent already murdered for knowing too much, who will take up the hunt? A DEADLY MISSION Rare books expert Eva Blake is determined to clear her name after a spell behind bars. Judd Ryder is a one-time spy with a troubled past. Both have nothing to lose, except their lives. Racing from London to Rome, Istanbul to Athens, these desperate treasure hunters must find the library - before its keepers find them.

Recently retired from US military intelligence, Judd Ryder is walking home one evening when he sees a man wearing his clothes step out of his house. Moments later, the man is killed in a hit-and-run. Was the stranger the intended victim, or was it Judd himself?Searching the man, Judd finds a phone with only one number dialled - to CIA trainee Eva Blake, Judds former girlfriend. What Judd and Eva dont know is that theyve unwittingly been trapped in a battle to the death against six professional assassins, and only one will be left standing....

Agent de la CIA, fille du célèbre assassin de la Guerre froide surnommé le Carnivore, elle mène une vie tranquille depuis qu''elle enseigne la psychologie de la violence à l''université de Californie

El más renombrado debut del género de novela de suspense de los últimos años. Sinopsis: Un thriller que transforma la realidad en un complejo y aterrador rompecabezas.Julia, una hermosa y brillante pianista de buena familia, es testigo del asesinato d

On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer records cargo being secretly loaded. He''s brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later on the dangerous high seas, the U.S. Navy covertly tracks a Chinese ship rumoured to carry tons of chemicals to create biological weapons of mass-destruction. The President cannot let the ship reach its destination - a rogue Middle East nation. But he doesn''t want the navy to attack and board it either, because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Covert-One operative Jon Smith is brought in to find solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Then an agent is murdered and vital evidence destroyed. Smith must find the truth about the ship, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party...

Gayle LyndsWhat Do You Do... When you gaze into the mirror-and find a stranger looking back? Liz Sansborough has no recollection of her past as a CIA agent; no idea what her future holds. For her, there is only the present...and the chilling knowledge that the world''s most lethal assassin has set his sights on her. Who Do You Trust... When your only link to your identity is a stranger who claims to be your lover? Gordon is so gentle, so loving-and so secretive. If Liz dares to put her life into his powerful hands, will he guard it with his own-or snuff it out? Where Do You Turn... When violence explodes around you, when nothing makes sense, when nobody-including yourself-is who he or she appears to be? As Liz unravels a series of lies, she begins to suspect that the truth she encounters might be far more sinister-and deadly-than the original deception...

The world's top computer scientist is missing after a Paris bombing. Did he die in the blast, or was he kidnapped, and was the bomb just a distraction? The case is complicated by the fact that the scientist was working on a weapon that could destroy much of the world, and if the wrong side has him in their power, who knows what could happen....?

Third novel in the Covert-One series. When an explosion destroys the esteemed Pasteur Institute in Paris, cyber-wizard Marty Zellerbach is left in a coma, while one of the world''s top computer scientists - Emile Chambord - goes missing. Although a terrorist group takes credit for the bombing, American and British officials begin to wonder whether there might be an even more sinister plot at work. Meanwhile, in a clandestine army lab in Colorado, Lt. Col. Jon Smith is part of a team working to create a DNA computer, the most powerful computer the world has ever seen. When Jon learns his old friend Marty is seriously injured, he intends to leave for Paris. Then Nathan Klein, the shadowy chief of Covert-One, shows up with an assignment - find Dr. Chambord who, it turns out, has built the world''s first working molecular computer and the implications if it falls into the hands of a rogue government or terrorist cell are terrifying...From Paris to London, Brussels and Algiers, Smith searches for the scientist and the forces behind the bombing, uncovering a web of deception on the brink of reshaping Europe and threatening the destruction of the United States.