Bøger af James Silvester

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In this gripping spy thriller, post-Brexit tensions are high across the UK, and the fate of the nation is in the hands of a desperate agent. Britain is a hotbed of racial discord and economic uncertainty. Only Sir Geoffrey Hartnell, an ageing but hugely respected Member of Parliament, can ease tensions. But as tenuous talks begin, a ghost from the past threatens to bring the UK to its knees.Lucie Musilova is a young woman running out of places to hide. Half-British, half-Czech and rejected by both countries in the aftermath of Brexit, she has no choice but to accept an assignment with a secret branch of intelligence services. As the Hartnel case-and her mysterious role in it-spiral out of control, one false move could cost future of the nation . . . not to mention Lucie's life.

A secret agent in Prague faces love, death, and a crisis of conscience in this gripping international thriller.Herbert Biely, aged hero of the Prague Spring, stands poised to reunite the Czech and Slovak Republics years after the Velvet Revolution. But other parties have their own agendas and plans for the fate of the region. A shadowy collective exists that will do anything to preserve the status quo. Peter Lowe's mission is to prevent reunification by any means possible. But Peter is not all that he seems. A troubled man desperate to escape the past, he's beginning to question the cause, his assignment, his superiors, and himself. And when he falls in love with his intended target, the danger escalates. As alliances shift and the body count rises, Prague becomes the focal point for intrigue on an international scale.

The fate of the world hangs in the balance of a newly reunified Czechoslovakia in this political thriller by the author of Escape to Perdition. With the anniversary of the Prague Spring approaching, panic overshadows the celebration as international terrorism and violent extremists threaten to destroy the country. Captain Lincoln Stone, a disgraced British officer, humiliatingly scapegoated by his government, finds himself in the thick of the action. Plucked from his purgatory, Stone is offered exoneration in return for his aid of the Czechoslovak Prime Minister. Stone, resentful of his treatment and determined to prove himself, is driven by deeper motives than those of his superiors. But as the country descends into chaos, he must find a way to survive at the epicentre of a deadly storm. Cut off from the international community, Czechoslovakia's fate, and that of the world, hangs on Stone and the outcome to the Prague Ultimatum . . .

Corruption. Murder. Violence. Barely escaping her last mission with her life, Lucie Musilova is assigned a low-profile case to regain her superior’s trust. All across the country, women have been disappearing who each have something in common: all are European nationals, and all have been ignored by a disinterested media and the politically restrained police force. When a body is discovered and the case grows ever more personal, Lucie finds herself entwined in the seedy worlds of government-sanctioned prostitution and must fight corruption and far right violence to uncover the truth. But with her mentor injured and assassins on her tail, Lucie must use all her wits to avoid becoming the final seal in a deal for the country’s very soul…Also available in the Lucie Musilova series Book 2: Blood, White and BluePraise for the Lucie Musilova series: "A plot that twists and turns, lots of fast-paced action." "A thriller for our times." "Great combination of spy thriller and political commentary." "A great combination of spy thriller and political commentary."