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The Great Secret - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great Secret - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and in general leads a satisfying life. On a trip to London to participate in a cricket match, Hardross is...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope
Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Phineas Finn is the fourth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. At the end of Phineas Finn, the second novel in the series, Phineas had returned to Ireland and married his childhood sweetheart after having left the House of Commons. As...
The Emperor's Candlesticks - Baroness Orczy
The Emperor's Candlesticks - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agreed to convey some hollow candlesticks from the Emperor to the Princess Marionoff in St Petersburg, two spies...
The Pawns Count - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Pawns Count - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
"I am for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted. "I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti, the Jap, insisted. "I am for Germany first and America afterwards," Oscar Fischer, the German-American pronounced. "I am for...
The Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma) - STENDHAL
The Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma) - STENDHAL
- Author: STENDHAL
- Genre: Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
This book is more often called The Charterhouse of Parma in English, because "Charterhouse" is the English word for a Carthusian monastery, whereas "Chartreuse" is the French word. The book tells the life of a Lombard nobleman, born soon after the...
Supermind - Laurence M. Janifer
Supermind - Laurence M. Janifer
- Author: Laurence M. Janifer
- Genre: Science Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
FBI agent Kenneth Malone lives in a world where psionic powers such as telepathy and teleportation exist. He must cope with them as well as an FBI Director who leaves Malone continually confused about what situation he is being asked to handle and...
Michael Strogoff - Jules Verne
Michael Strogoff - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city of Irkutsk, where the governor, brother of the Czar, has taken his last stand against a Tartar rebellion led...
On Secret Service - William Nelson TAFT
On Secret Service - William Nelson TAFT
- Author: William Nelson TAFT
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / Law
Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to expand over the years, particularly following the assassination of President McKinley in 1901. The episodes in...
The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine CHILDERS
The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine CHILDERS
- Author: Erskine CHILDERS
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yachting expedition in the early 20th century combined with an adventurous spy story.It was one of the early...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 5 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
The Gadfly - Ethel Lilian VOYNICH
The Gadfly - Ethel Lilian VOYNICH
- Author: Ethel Lilian VOYNICH
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, member of the Youth...
Mr. Standfast - John Buchan
Mr. Standfast - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
This is the third of Buchan's Richard Hannay novels, following The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set, like Greenmantle, durinig World War I, it deals Brigadier-General Hannay's recall from the Western Front, to engage in espionage, and forced...
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centres around the terrible consequences for their family when he is pressured into planning a terrorist act. It...
The Great Impersonation - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great Impersonation - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist created well in excess of 100 novels and 30 plus collections of short stories. Most of his tales are thrillers and espionage. The Great Impersonation was written following World War I and is considered by...
A Poor Wise Man - Mary Roberts Rinehart
A Poor Wise Man - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century America. The characters are compelling and representative of the various socioeconomic classes. The reader follows...
The Vanished Messenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Vanished Messenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
A conference of European nations is being held in the Hague. England has not been invited to attend. Some think war is about to break out. Mr. John P. Dunster, an American, is traveling to the Hague with an important document that may prevent the...
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King’s Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving his dream (becoming Captain) and...
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne - William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne - a story of Catholic - Protestant intrigue, and the party which aspired to the restoration of Bonny Prince Charlie. And,...
Status Quo - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
Status Quo - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Larry Woolford is a government agent, tasked with investigating subversive activity. He does everything an ambitious young man should do if he wants to succeed: wear the right clothes, listen to the right music, even drink vodka martinis. Then he...
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport - Lawrence PERRY
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport - Lawrence PERRY
- Author: Lawrence PERRY
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Newport, of course, means aristocratic families and naval adventures. In this tale, we wonder if the heiress will actually marry the Russian prince, who is of questionable character, or the chauffeur, who would certainly be beneath her station, but...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
The Port of Missing Men - Meredith Nicholson
The Port of Missing Men - Meredith Nicholson
- Author: Meredith Nicholson
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Shirley Claiborne is fascinated by the tall handsome man named John Armitage who seemed to follow her and her brother, Captain Claiborne, as they traveled around Europe. Count von Stroebel had urged Armitage to do something for Austria. Now von...
The Machine - Upton Sinclair
The Machine - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: Plays / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Upton Sinclair is best known for his novel The Jungle, an expose of the meatpacking industry. He was also a playwright whose works for the stage reflected the same progressive viewpoints found in his other writing. In The Machine, published as part...
Find the Woman - Frank Gelett BURGESS
Find the Woman - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Who was Belle Charmion? If you really care to know, as John Fenton did, you must go with him on his quest, hither and yon over New York, into strange houses and through side streets at midnight, a shuttle in the secret loom of fate, weaving in and...
The Double Traitor - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Double Traitor - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
The setting is the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. It is a time when Germany is outwardly preparing for war but Britain continues to believe it is invincible and that no one would challenge her. A vast German spy network flourishes in...
Savrola - Winston S. CHURCHILL
Savrola - Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Author: Winston S. CHURCHILL
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania is the only major fictional work of Sir Winston S. Churchill. The story describes events in the capital of Laurania, a fictional European state, as unrest against the dictatorial government of president...
The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner,...
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Three Hostages is the fourth of five Richard Hannay novels. The Richard Hannay novels are action/mystery/spy novels with a James bond feel. This book starts out with Richard Hannay married to Mary Lamington living in Fosse Manor. He is asked to...
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 010 - Various
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 010 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / Anthologies
There's nothing better than curling up with a good mystery and suspense story on a cold, dark night. Here we give you fifteen in the 10th Short Mystery and Suspense collection! Whether you are looking for an intricate and perplexing tale, such as...
The Return of Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
The Return of Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
- Author: Valentine Williams
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a hidden treasure. With the assistance of a millionaire, he sets out for Cock Island, in the Pacific. To his...
The Secret Agent (Version 3) - Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent (Version 3) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Taking as his inspiration the historical accidental death by explosion of an anarchist outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, London in 1894, Conrad tells the dark tale of Adolf Verloc, an indolent, double-dealing secret agent of a foreign...
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician - Alexandre Dumas
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction chronicles the strange events surrounding the fall of the French monarchy (starting ~1770) and rise of revolutionaries...
The Man with the Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
The Man with the Clubfoot - Valentine Williams
- Author: Valentine Williams
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
"The Man with the Clubfoot" is one of the most ingenious and sinister secret agents in Europe. It is to him that the task is assigned of regaining possession of an indiscreet letter written by the Kaiser. Desmond Okewood, a young British officer...
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2) - John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2) - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Richard Hannay thirsts for adventure. Down and out in early retirement in South London, Hannay bores of the easy life. When Franklin Scudder reveals a secret ploy to set all of Europe to arms, Hannay finds his cure. With experience, intelligence,...
The Masquerader (Version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader (Version 2) - Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Author: Katherine Cecil Thurston
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chilcote MP is a rising political star and John Loder a man with a thwarted ambition. The plan they jointly hatch...
Revolution - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
Revolution - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The collapse of the U.S.S.R. in the future. What would happen after a collapse? This story is set many years before the actual collapse of the Soviet Union when there was speculation that questioned what the world would look like, and what would...
Theft - Jack London
Theft - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / Drama
This is a political play which is set in Washington DC. Howard Knox is a congressman and believes that there are corrupt practices going on at the firm of a very wealthy industrialist. Knox is being helped by the industrialists daughter who is...
The Moon Destroyers - Monroe K. Ruch
The Moon Destroyers - Monroe K. Ruch
- Author: Monroe K. Ruch
- Genre: Science Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The tremendous speed of the dive brought them so close that they could see the skeletons of wrecked ships piled up at the base of the precipice. The moon is not only the most prominent object in our heavens, but also an integral part of the earth....
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny - Alexandre Dumas
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI and his court to be escorted back to Paris. In Paris, political factions battle over the fate of the nation,...
