She used to work for the United States government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now, she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. When her...

The estranged wife of ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy disappears, her abandoned car is found on the Oregon highway with the engine running and her purse on the driver's seat. Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he's been afraid to ask.

"Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s lacrosse game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever. Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit...

When Todd Belknap - a legendary field agent for Consular Operations with a reputation as something of a cowboy - is cut loose from the agency after an operation goes wrong, his best friend and fellow agent is abducted in Lebanon by a militia group with a vicious reputation. When the government refuses to either rescue him or negotiate for his release, Belknap decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Newton gets...

Louis Massina is revolutionizing the field of robotics. His technological wonders are capable of locating disaster survivors, preventing nuclear meltdowns, and replacing missing limbs. After one of Massina's creations makes a miraculous rescue, an FBI agent recruits him to pursue criminals running a massive financial scam - and, not coincidentally, suspected of killing the agent's brother. Massina agrees to deploy a surveillance bot that uses artificial...

"Robert Baer was considered perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East." --Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker. "Robert Baer [was] one of the most talented Middle East case officers of the past twenty years." -Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Atlantic Monthly. In See No Evil, one of the CIA's top field officers of the past quarter century recounts his career running agents in the back alleys of the Middle East. In the process, Robert Baer...

"With his eyes closed, the warm sun, lush soil, and uneven clumps of tall grass under his feet try to cling to his soul. But two years in prison for protecting his beloved land has left the vivid smells and sounds a distant dream. If it weren't for his beautiful boy, Soren, and the child's simple drawing he keeps, he would gladly join the others in the Iowa State Penitentiary graveyard. But one day can change a lifetime— A Pinkerton agent has come...

From the creators of the upcoming PBS television series special of the same name, "Dogs with Jobs" is a charming, fascinating, fully illustrated volume of the world's most amazing working dogs--the ultimate gift for dog lovers. Three 8-page color photo inserts.

The lady vanishes (1938): While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train. I cover the waterfront (1933): An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter. Algiers (1938): Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah. The scarlet letter (1934): In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear...