European Intelligence

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Sue Dobson is good at becoming who she’s told to be. In Vienna, she can pass as polished and harmless—another professional woman in a city built on old money and older secrets. In Pretoria and Johannesburg, she can disappear into heat, traffic, and the shadow economy where information changes hands without leaving fingerprints. She’s been trained for this life: the timed calls, the dead drops, the controlled intimacy, the soft coercions disguised as protection. Her handler, Kiril, is meticulous, calm, and always one step ahead—because he designed the step she’s standing on. But ...

Brought to you by Penguin. A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world If there are lessons from history, now is the time when we need to heed them, so that we do not end up in another Great Power war because of the fatal combinations of jingoism, fear...

A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation...

The canals of Amsterdam have kept secrets for four hundred years. When a young Ghanaian woman is found dead on the Herengracht — positioned with the same chilling precision DCI Thomas Walker has seen in Barcelona and Berlin — Dutch police are already writing it up as suicide. Walker knows better. Suspended from the Metropolitan Police, operating without authority in a country that didn't invite him, Walker teams up with Detective Pieter van der Meer, a Dutch investigator with his own reasons for refusing to look away. Together they trace a recruitment pipeline hidden inside Amsterdam's ...

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A body surfaces in a quiet Venetian canal at dawn. The police call it an accident. Julian Vale knows better. When the dead man is identified as a respected art restorer, Vale uncovers a detail no one wants to examine: the victim was days away from authenticating a priceless Renaissance painting. A painting already insured. Already sold. Already accepted as real. The problem? It isn’t. As Vale digs deeper into Venice’s elite art circles, he discovers a sophisticated forgery network hiding in plain sight — protected by foundations, legitimized by insurers, and enforced by silence. ...

Power isn’t given. It’s taken Before they became enforcers, they were targets. A hacker marked for elimination after uncovering a NATO purge buried deep inside a classified system. A gang enforcer who refuses to stay owned. A prison officer who won’t unlock the door for corruption. And a federal investigator who pulls a thread that could unravel Germany’s political elite. These are the origin stories of Katja Liebermann, Penelope Brinkmann, Max Amsel, and Klaus Wagner. Each of them faced a system designed to crush dissent. Each of them chose to fight back. From cyber-espionage and ...

The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insane. "Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." —Mary Roach, New York...

Before the legend of Department 89, there were the people who built it in blood Long before Germany’s most secret intelligence unit existed, four future agents lived through the chaos of the Cold War, betrayal, and political conspiracy — experiences that would forge them into the ruthless operatives of this explosive German espionage thriller series. Sophie Decker. A homeless survivor of abuse and the brutal DDR streets. She joins the army, becoming a fearless female assassin in the making — a soldier who fights her own private wars long before joining Department 89. Wolfgang Schmitz....

2015 Moscow. The shadows of the old Soviet Union still linger, and secrets are currency more valuable than lives. Ex-CIA operative Otis Thorne is burned, hunted, and alone. When a former KGB general with knowledge of Russia’s hidden nuclear stashes comes to him for help, Otis must navigate a city alive with surveillance, deadly assassins, and impossible choices. One wrong step, and it’s over—not just for him, but for everyone depending on the information he carries. From the icy streets of Moscow to the frozen harbors of Helsinki, and across the Atlantic to North America, Otis races ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's Tale, a breathtaking and thrilling follow-up to Almost Home—ten years after the tragedy that forever changed her life, Jordan Weiss uncovers a betrayal that leaves her reeling and sets her off on a journey searching for answers. Ten...

Brought to you by Penguin. What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life? In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and incisive thinking to a question that affects us all: how do we...

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! Named “The Book of the Year” by Lee Child in The Guardian From “master of the genre” (The Washington Post) and author of Leaving Berlin, a heart-pounding and intelligent espionage novel about a Nazi war criminal who was supposed to be dead...

On a rain-soaked night in Vienna, a man disappears—and the world quietly tilts off its axis. The Kyiv Directive: Fracture is a pulse-pounding, cinematic espionage thriller that drags readers into the silent wars shaping the modern world—wars fought without uniforms, without declarations, and without mercy. When a Ukrainian intelligence operative is taken out under the cover of a staged accident, the official story settles quickly. Too quickly. Behind closed embassy doors and encrypted channels, a far more dangerous truth begins to surface. This Was Never an Accident From the very first ...

From the author of BLOOD AND CAVIAR—a #1 Bestseller in Historical Russian Fiction—comes a gripping international thriller where power is engineered, loyalty is expendable, and love is the most dangerous variable of all. As the European Union is born—fragile, untested, and divided—new power struggles begin not at the borders, but from within. Peace was never the goal. Control was. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A gripping, intelligent political thriller—absolutely worth your time.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A rare rival to Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne — even ...

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The Lazarus DoctrineA Short Story in the Balkans By Daniel Parton A buried doctrine. A forgotten war. And a truth too dangerous to stay hidden. When Serbian historian Mila Petrović is summoned to inspect a Cold War bunker unearthed on the outskirts of Pristina, she uncovers more than relics — she stumbles upon a long-dormant operation codenamed Lazarus. Designed to resurrect nationalism through myth, martyrdom, and manufactured memory, the doctrine was never meant to see daylight. Until now. As violence brews across ethnic lines, Mila teams up with Erion Kodra, an Albanian cryptographer ...

Master the World's Most Challenging—and Rewarding—Business Markets Are you struggling to gain traction in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland despite having a successful business model? You're not alone. The DACH Paradox explains why the world's most prosperous markets are also the most challenging to enter—and how to succeed where others fail. PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR DACH MARKET SUCCESS This comprehensive guide reveals the strategic frameworks and cultural intelligence necessary for sustainable DACH expansion. Based on fifteen years of real-world experience, you'll learn how to avoid the ...

While Pilot Officer Geoffrey Myers was caught up in the Battle of Britain, his French wife and two half-Jewish children were trapped in increasingly dangerous circumstances in Nazi-occupied France. In intimate, frank, and powerful letters, Myers kept a record of his war, his deep love for his...