Bøger af Claire McNab

Detective Inspector Carol Ashton appears fully recovered from a serious gunshot wound that nearly took her life. But appearances can be deceiving. Carol is now questioning her commitment to a career that came so close to killing her. And now she is given a most unwelcome assignment. She must safeguard the abrasive Marla Strickland--the famous American feminist--whose talent for controversy is certain to create headlines during her visit to Australia. Ms. Strickland is also reluctant to accept the necessity of a bodyguard. Until the grisly death of one of her staff members forces her to accept Carol's presence. Thrown together uneasily, neither woman has any real sense of the danger that waits for Marla. A deadly game is in progress, with a group called Wellspring pulling the strings. Marla is their target. But once again, it is Carol in the line of fire.

Great White Sharks are the second most dangerous creatures lurking along Queensland's coast. Australian intelligence agent Denise Cleever is about to meet the first. An ambitious agent with the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, Denise Cleever welcomes the prospect of a special assignment on an island paradise. But, deep undercover at an exclusive family-owned resort off the Great Barrier Reef, Denise finds nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, the most intriguing thing she encounters is the owner's rebellious--and dangerously attractive--daughter, Roanna. Until the killing begins... First in the Denise Cleever Series. Originally published by Naiad Press 1999.

Undercover agent Denise Cleever faces a daunting assignment-infiltrate the shadowy terrorist group who has found a unique method to produce widespread panic. How? By paying amateur contract killers a considerable bounty for every successful murder at random.The method of murder is up to the contract killer-but it's mandatory that each death be brutally violent and attract the maximum publicity. National exposure gets a substantial bonus; making the international media network doubles the original fee.As Denise follows the elusive trail, she discovers an unholy alliance between members of the media and the perpetrator of the tide of fear that is engulfing the nation.Deeply undercover, with no back-up if things go wrong, Denise faces her most challenging assignment as she realizes the fate of thousands is in her hands.

Romantic fireworks from Claire McNab, whose dazzling Under the Southern Cross topped the bestseller lists, whose Carol Ashton mystery series has brought her international renown.

For most people, to know Milton Ryce is to loathe him. Now in his mid-forties, the practical joker has never outgrown the adolescent behavior that amused him so much as a teenager. Embarrassing others has been his favorite past time, and he delights in coming up with elaborate schemes for setting up his 'friends' as fall guys. Extremely generous with his money, Milton has bought influence in high places and a circle of well-connected friends and business acquaintances. When he plunges to his death while sky diving, no one seems particularly surprised to find that he was murdered. Detective Inspector Carol Ashton finds a long list of possible murderers--a list that includes family members who are positively jostling for position to be at the top of the list. Then an elaborate practical joke is played out at Milton's funeral by his son, Ted, and more evidence begins piling up against him. Carol must act quickly to find out if Ted is indeed his father's killer--or if he is simply being set up as yet another 'fall guy'... Fall Guy is the 16th book in the Carol Ashton mystery series.

Undercover agent Denise Cleever is used to putting her life on the line--but now she's in a situation where her sanity is at risk. In Australia, a young British woman with a bomb strapped to her body embraces a visiting American senator-and activates the device. In Paris, a young woman stabs a leading French intellectual to death and then ritually disembowels herself. Is it a coincidence that both were patients of charismatic psychiatrist, Dr. Graeme Thorwell? Has Thorwell found a way to turn troubled young people into directed murderers who will kill on command? For Australian Security Intelligence Organization Agent Denise Cleever, this will prove to be the most perilous of assignments as she joins the staff of Dr. Thorwell's exclusive Easehaven Clinic...where it seems both body and mind are equally under threat. Best-selling author Claire McNab gives us another glimpse into the mystery and intrigue that makes up the world of Denise Cleever.

A faceless menace is poised to strike Los Angeles. Only one agent has seen his face and lived... Red Wolf. Ruthless. Evil. Brilliant. And now Los Angeles is his next target. Red Wolf, the notorious terrorist mastermind responsible for countless bombings, murders, and assassinations throughout the world has eluded the combined efforts of the intelligence agencies of the Western powers for years. A man so obsessed with secrecy that no photographs of him exist and only one intelligence agent has ever seen his face and lived to tell the tale: Australian Security Intelligence Organization Agent Denise Cleever. At the official request of the United States government, Agent Cleever flies to the states to help hunt down this international monster. With her feet barely on foreign soil, the quick-witted Aussie agent is thrust into the desperate race to infiltrate an anti-government organization helping Red Wolf in his evil plan. The trail leads her to a glittering Beverly Hills mansion where death and betrayal can come at any moment... The lives of millions depend on Denise stopping Red Wolf. Even if the cost is her own life. As she did with Murder Under Cover, Death Understood, and Out of Sight, Claire McNab again proves why she is the most popular writer of lesbian thrillers with this taut tale of espionage, murder, and betrayal.

Two celebrated writers combine to offer the electrifying conclusion to a legendary mystery series...Detective Inspector Carol Ashton's promotion to Chief Inspector has immediately ensnared her in two assignments that hold no warning they will forever change her life.She's inherited the pressurized case of the high-profile death of media star and wealthy philanthropist Greta Denby, who had been undergoing a controversial experimental treatment for her cancer. Carol is now also taking on the case of the investigating officer Inspector Ian Rooke, who has himself just died under baffling circumstances-a demise made more mysterious by the inexplicable shoddiness of his investigation into Greta's death.In this final chapter, Carol must confront an increasingly dire future and the most formidable challenge of all-her fundamental belief in her career, and in herself.Seventeenth in the Carol Ashton Series.