Government Crime Thriller

Over 120,000 words of Australian crime thriller brilliance. The complete Kate Hayes journey—six books, six years, one detective who refuses to let corruption win. For fans of Jane Harper, Tana French, and C.J. Box. In the unforgiving Australian outback, Detective Kate Hayes discovers a truth that will destroy her career: Protocol Seven, a government surveillance programme designed to eliminate threats and silence whistleblowers. Exposing it costs her everything. But Kate doesn't stop. This complete six-book series follows Kate's relentless pursuit of justice through: THE RED DESERT - ...

A journalist dies asking the wrong questions. A new president hides a blood-soaked secret. And one disgraced soldier won't let it go. Ben Gabriel's life is unraveling. Dishonorably discharged from British Special Forces. Fired from South African military intelligence. His girlfriend vanished without explanation. He's drinking too much, sleeping too little, and running out of reasons to care. Then a journalist is murdered in Cape Town harbor—a man who'd been investigating the president-elect's dark past. Gabriel knows what the authorities won't admit: this wasn't random violence. Someone ...

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“A stunning work of suspense that’s impossible to put down. Christina Kovac masterfully combines a twisty missing person mystery, a heartbreaking love story, and an insightful exploration of the nature of obsession and trauma. I loved this novel.” —Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling...

Former Delta Force officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a relentlessly fast-paced, gripping thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face-to-face with an insidious threat to strike terror into the heart of America. ...

They created the system to control chaos. Now chaos is coming for them. Emily Jensen has exposed Dominion’s secrets—but the price was high. Betrayed, hunted, and running out of time, she and Jack Carter must strike the heart of the conspiracy before it silences them for good. As the world teeters on the edge of digital collapse, old enemies return and new alliances form in the shadows. Dominion isn’t just code anymore—it’s become a movement, one that twists truth, weaponizes fear, and kills in silence. To dismantle it, Emily will have to risk more than her life. She’ll have to ...

Following the wildly popular BBC America adaption of Codename Villanelle, a high-stakes, addictive installment of Jennings's acclaimed Killing Eve series. Though the cat and mouse chase between these two lethal adversaries has seemingly ended, the sophisticated, deadly thrill of Eve and...

From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. “I love the book… It reads like a thriller… These stories are amazing.” (Michael...

The most dangerous lie is the one everyone else believes. Six months after toppling a criminal empire, June Sawyer thinks the war is over. The Sawyer's Shack Cultural Center stands as a testament to her family's resilience, and the Louisiana bayou is finally healing. But peace is a fleeting tide. Dr. Julian Bellamy arrives in the parish like a savior. A charismatic billionaire benefactor, he brings resources, solutions, and miracles to the coast. He saves dying children and funds impossible dreams, earning the adoration of everyone June holds dear. But where others see a saint, June sees a ...

Some wars are fought in daylight. Others are designed never to be seen. Jim Walker and Bill Carter are not field operators. They are Third Party Contractors—Program Managers working for the Office of Regional Security Assistance (ORSA), a quiet U.S. government agency tasked with training foreign law enforcement, managing resources, and building institutional capacity in the fight against narcotics and transnational crime. Their tools are budgets, compliance frameworks, and approvals. Their authority comes from process. When a routine office relocation in Costa Rica exposes troubling ...

A small town driven to madness... Something is very wrong in the small town of Blatchford, Pennsylvania. Previously law abiding citizens are being driven to extreme acts of paranoid violence and even murder. Is it just a rash of unusual crimes, or is there a more sinister explanation? Classified Universal Special Projects specialist Colum O’Shea and ex-FBI agent turned CUSP operative Shelby Beck are sent there to find out. What they find in the small rural town is even more baffling and dangerous than either of them could imagine . . . The question is, can they stop it before more people ...

Alexa is my older sister. But she is more than that. She is my protector. My surrogate mother. And my provider. Ever since our parents disappeared, we've been fending for ourselves. It's what you do when you have no other choice. It's live or die. Mix in a bit of boredom...and well, she didn't think I would wander beyond the boundaries set for our safety, but a chance meeting with a member of the Imbroglio gang was too much to pass up. And why should she have all the adventures? Sneaking through cellars and eavesdropping on the gangs plans, I discover that Avalon is in grave danger. What ...

The best five books on anonymity in existence! Want to surf the web anonymously? Cloak yourself in shadow on the Deep Web or The Hidden Wiki? I will show you how to become a ghost in the machine - leaving no tracks back to your ISP - whether on the Deep Web or regular Internet. This audiobook covers it all: encrypting your files, securing your PC, masking your Online footsteps with Tor, VPNs, Freenet, and bitcoins, and all while giving you peace of mind with total 100 percent anonymity.

For fans of Jane Harper's THE DRY, Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad, and C.J. Box's conspiracy thrillers. Three years after exposing Protocol Seven destroyed her career, Detective Inspector Kate Hayes thought the conspiracy was buried. She was wrong. When Dr Robert Ashford is found dead in his Adelaide Hills home, the staged suicide fools everyone except Kate. Ashford was a Protocol Seven witness—one of the few who testified and survived. Or so Kate believed. The USB drive Ashford left behind reveals the devastating truth: Protocol Seven wasn't the crime. It was the cover-up. For fifteen...

A severed arm, found buried in the White House Rose Garden. A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency.And a hidden secret in one family's past that will have repercussions for the entire nation. Following The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin, #1 bestselling author Brad...

A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF 2025! “A pulse-pounding plot propels a narrative steeped in the language and culture of tech bros….An exciting and timely debut of an original voice.” —People, Best Books of the Month A hotshot hedge fund employee must risk everything to save his job—and his...

In this dazzling thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, two secret agents hunt down a serial killer targeting honeymoon couples in Rome. A newlywed couple steps into the sauna in their deluxe honeymoon suite-and never steps out again. When another couple is killed while boarding their...

A New York Times Bestseller Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa—and tests his...

He vanished fifteen years ago. She’s about to find out he didn't just disappear. He was erased. If you crave heart-stopping suspense and a tough heroine who refuses to back down, this is your next addiction: ✅ From Hunted to Hunter: A heroine pushed to her absolute limit. ✅ High-Octane Survival: Action that erupts into a fight for life against man and nature. ✅ Atmospheric Setting: Immersive Louisiana heat, humidity, and hurricane fury. ✅ Deadly Conspiracies: A web of dark money and federal corruption. June Sawyer is drowning. In debt, in grief, and in the suffocating Louisiana ...

**The Instant NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller** New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder returns with an explosive new thriller about a female judge and the one personal misstep that could lead to her—and her family's—downfall. It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a...