Showing results for "Assassin" in Literary Fiction

Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army 21 years ago, and it’s been his home ever since. He’s a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. 

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE AND THE TESTAMENTS WINNER OF THE 2000 MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge' Decades after Laura's mysterious demise, her sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic...

Brought to you by Penguin. THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE. A propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. Suzuki is just an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. When he discovers the criminal gang responsible he leaves behind his life as a maths teacher and...

Available for the first time as a downloadable audio file. ‘Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.’ Thus begins The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood’s new novel. Laura Chase’s older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series and “heir to Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum” (Chicago Tribune) returns with this unputdownable, white-knuckled thriller following the Secret Service agent as he’s on the trail of the world’s most ruthless terrorist. After...

Richard and Jack finally return from Europe to a troubled England. Will they manage to complete the task they have been set, and release Lizbet and the rest of the men from their Island jail? Will they beat Andrew Kineer back to England, or will he arrive before them and succeed in striking his own deal with the Knights of St John? Mary is still on the throne, although her state of health is of increasing concern to those around her. Philip, armed with much of England's wealth has left her to continue with the war against France.

Depik. The race of catlike assassins is feared galaxy-wide. Few living people have seen them, as the sight of one is usually the last thing its victim sees. When Reow is implicated in killing the Depik governor, though, her clan is declared anathema. Her four offspring are placed under interdict - they are to be killed on sight - and Del, Flame, Blade, and Death must flee with their molly, Susa. With Reow dead and Hunters tracking them across the galaxy, will they live long enough to find the real killer, or will they find themselves assassinated by their own kind?

Damien’s recent fight has drawn unwanted attention—especially from Eric Avalon, the father of the body he now inhabits. Eric has begun to question how his untalented son could have grown so powerful in such a short time. One wrong answer could mean death for Damien, but lying low isn’t an option either.

Prétextat Tach, prix Nobel de littérature, atteint d'un cancer, n'a plus que deux mois à vivre. Des journalistes du monde entier sollicitent des interviews de l'écrivain obèse, cynique, misanthrope, reclus dans son appartement depuis des années : quatre seulement pourront l'approcher, une l'affrontera dans un des plus brillants duels littéraires que l'on puisse lire, dont le secret caché dans un livre est l'enjeu.

"When killing people is your job, there’s no such thing as a vacation. Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis, Mab Monroe, a few weeks ago, all of Ashland’s lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider—me, Gin Blanco."

From its terrifying start in the night skies of Afghanistan to its stunning end in the Paris terrorist attacks, Assassins is, in novelized form, the story of the last thirty years of war between Islam and the West. Based on the author's experiences in the Middle East, Assassins lives this unending conflict from the viewpoints of an American commando, a French woman doctor, an Afghani warlord, a Russian major, and a British woman journalist.

Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist. For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination...

Based on actual events, The Story of My Assassins tells the story of a journalist who learns that the police have captured five hitmen on their way to kill him. Landing like a bombshell on his comfortable life, just as he’s started a steamy affair with a brilliant woman, the news prompts him to launch an urgent investigation into the lives of his aspiring murderers - a ragtag group of street thugs and village waifs - and their mastermind. Who wanted him dead, and why?

Welcome to Gor, a parallel Earth, where social norms are exotic and the way of life is brutal. In the fifth book in the Gorean Series, the deadly assassin Kuurus is intent on a bloody mission of vengeance. His adventure takes him from the caste of the pleasure-slaves, which are rigorously trained in the rules and techniques of sexual ecstasy, to the brutal arenas where humans participate in deadly hand-to-hand combat. He witnesses violence, conflict and uncertainty, as the inhabitants of Counter-Earth are forced to confront their destinies…no matter how exalted or debased.

Ésta es una descarnada parodia de la violencia que afectó a Medellín durante el auge y caída del cartel dirigido por el narcotraficante Pablo Escobar. Aquí, Vallejo se representa como un anciano homosexual de conservadoras costumbres y de espíritu elitista que se dedica a la gramática y que regresa a su ciudad natal después de largos años de exilio en busca de amantes adolescentes y en espera de la muerte.

Al premio Nobel per la letteratura Prétextat Tach restano solo due mesi di vita. La stampa di tutto il mondo gli implora un'ultima intervista ma lo scrittore, feroce misantropo, si è chiuso da anni in un silenzio segreto. Solo cinque giornalisti riusciranno a incontrarlo. Dei primi quattro, il geniale romanziere si prenderà sadicamente gioco e con una dialettica in cui si mescolano logica e malafede riuscirà ad annientarli sia sul piano personale sia su quello professionale.

How could Anthony and Maria possibly have known that taking the new French ambassador and his wife to his posting in Tunis, aboard their new yacht, would lead to this. But here they were, and the man responsible was sitting only a few yards away. They would have to deal with him, but it might have to wait.

Caryanne Beaumont has no idea how much trouble she is in, and what she doesn’t know could kill her. Two years ago, she and her best friend Travis were set to ship out to Colombia with the Peace Corps, but Caryanne got engaged and stayed home. Travis went on alone, unaware that shortly after he left one devastating event blew up her entire world. Just as she finally put the pieces of her life back in place, trouble returns and her reality is turned inside out.

Parecia uma manhã como outra qualquer na pequena Palmyra, uma cidade histórica no litoral do Rio de Janeiro. A caminho do trabalho, o delegado Joaquim Dornelas se espanta com um movimento incomum nas ruas. Diante da Igreja de Santa Teresa e da Antiga Cadeia, no Centro Histórico, uma multidão observa o corpo de um homem atolado na lama seca do canal. Ninguém sabe como o corpo foi parar lá. Não há sinais de arrasto, marcas de barco, violência, ferimentos, nada. Apenas um band-aid na dobra interna do braço esquerdo.

Brüder. Imperatoren. Tödliche Feinde... Kaiser Severus liegt auf dem Sterbebett. Seine Söhne Geta und Caracalla, die sich in Britannia streiten, bereiten sich auf einen verheerenden Machtkampf vor. Silus, jetzt Centurio bei den Arcani, dem geheimen Netzwerk von Spionen und Mördern, wird in den Strudel hineingeworfen. Zurück in Rom werden in den stinkenden Gassen Ränke geschmiedet. Jeder könnte ein Feind sein – jeder ein Verräter.