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401) Head wounds
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"Detective Clayton Istee investigates New Mexico borderland killings by an elusive Mexican assassin with ties to a drug cartel. In Michael McGarrity's final, propulsive Kevin Kerney novel, the nightmare of the Mexican drug wars spills across the border with the discovery of a couple in a Las Cruces hotel, scalped with their throats cut. Because of the unusual MO, Detective Clayton Istee suspects that the murders are drug related, but a lack of evidence...
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"Bury your enemies, and bury them deep. John Milton thought he was done with Avi Bachman. The most dangerous man he's ever known has been incarcerated in Angola, the brutal Louisiana prison. Inmates rarely leave Angola. Once you go in, the only way out is in a box. But Bachman is no ordinary prisoner. He was an assassin for the Mossad, and he has favours to call in. Milton is in the Australian outback with an old friend and his flirtatious kid sister,...
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Despite Harper McDaniel's best efforts, the man responsible for the murder of her husband and son was exonerated thanks to some slick legal wrangling. This blatant injustice has only made Harper more determined than ever to bring down the culprit. Her ammunition? Incriminating information about his olive oil operations in Italy. But the clues that she follows are leading her into the depths of a corrupt plot that is more poisonous and far-reaching...
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"John Milton is trying to make amends for a career spent killing for the British Secret Service. He has a burning need to right wrongs--and rewrite his own bloody past. He finds himself in Louisiana--the Big Sleazy, the bayou, and the post-Katrina wreckage of the Gulf Coast--with a debt of honor to repay. Isadora Bartholomew, who is his partner's wife, needs help. Joel Babineaux, a ruthless property magnate, is out to sink the charity she established...
406) Last instructions
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Agent 10483, a psychopathic former Israeli spy, is busy trying to shut down the spy organization he once worked for and plotting his revenge against the individuals who he deems responsible for the Organization's betrayal. Now, he's traveling the world in a quest to find a hidden nuclear warhead to use against them. Everyone wants to get their hands on Agent 10483: the two teams from the Organization; twin assassins who are working in the service...
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"When a former military operative Charles Burns dies in a car wreck in Miami, police and the FBI believe it is just a tragic accident. But when Reznick learns that his teetotal friend was apparently drunk at the wheel, he begins a one-man investigation into the incident. It isn't long for a succession of ex-Special Forces operatives die in mysterious circumstances. As he himself becomes a target, it becomes clear that the death of Burns is part of...
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El futuro de Seraphena Mierel nunca ha sido suyo. Elegida antes de nacer para cumplir el trato desesperado que aceptó su antepasado para salvar a su gente, Sera debe dejar atrás su vida y ofrecerse al Primigenio de la Muerte como su consorte. Sin embargo, su verdadero destino es el secreto mejor guardado de toda Lasania. Porque, en realidad, no es la Doncella protegida que todos creen, sino una asesina con una misión: hacer que el Primigenio...
409) Spider's trap
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Keep your friends close but your enemies within stabbing distance. One important lesson I've learned in the assassination business is that to be the best you have to roll with the punches. Now that I'm queen of Ashland's underworld by default, not by choice, a lot more punches are being thrown my way. But I suppose that's the price of victory for taking down some of the underworld's top dogs. Good thing I have my Ice and Stone magic to help me survive...
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Professional hitman, Almas Branson, is on top of his game. He's one of the most sought after executioners in the business. But after his latest contract killing of Seymour Morgenstern, a senior partner at a financial company that caters to the Mafia, the FBI jumps on Almas's trail and he's forced to lay low. Almas's handler, Ellison Eaton, won't give him any more contracts. But Ellison will give him another job--a hand-picked position as CEO of one...
411) Assassin's strike
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"In a Syrian palace, the presidents of Russia and Syria undertake a clandestine meeting. No staff or advisors are permitted in the room. No records are kept. By necessity, however, there are two witnesses: the interpreters. The Russian, Ludmilla Kravchuk, returns to her hotel room burdened by what she has heard. When her Syrian counterpart is murdered before her eyes, Kravchuk fears she is next and goes into hiding in Syria. The CIA gets word of the...