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Mack Bedford novels volume 4
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In a near-future world where Israel and the United States have eliminated nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea, Russia plots an aggressive military campaign against America, prompting U.S. Navy SEAL Mack Bedford to conduct a world-changing defense mission.
2) Diamondhead
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Mack Bedford novels volume 1
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When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford’s fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a cruel, new, anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then-unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himself court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters worse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche....
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Mack Bedford novels volume 2
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An ex–Navy SEAL joins a top-secret mission to halt a deadly terrorist attack in this military thriller by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author.
An appeal court judge frees four of the world's most dangerous terrorists from Guantanamo Bay. The CIA tracks them back to Pakistan's North-West Frontier, but then the men vanish.
Fortunately, a communication from the Afghan side of the border is intercepted by Britain's secret surveillance station...
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"Paula worries that her marriage to Tommy is barely hanging on, so when he suggests a getaway for the two of them, she's thrilled. He's fighting for this marriage, and he's even promised that they will talk about starting a family. It's Paula's dream come true. Until the couple meets beautiful Anna. From the moment Anna appears in their lives, things start to go wrong for Paula. At first, Paula thinks she's paranoid in suspecting Anna is turning her...
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This flaming historical adventure, book seven in the Matthew Quinton Journals, is perfect for fans of C. S. Forester
London is burning, but who set the fire? In the weeks leading up to the Great Fire of 1666, Matthew Quinton, master of the H.M.S. Sceptre, is sent into the heart of London, seething with foreign plots and political paranoia, on a dangerous mission: to stop a terrorist ring from destroying the capital.
Quinton is the only man that...
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Manchester's Bowie Boys confront a dark secret
Fifteen years ago Jake Powell was hustling on the fringes of Manchester's gay Village: running wild with a crowd of rentboys, purse-snatchers and disco trash; sleeping with anyone and everything. Now he's the boss of a smart West End casino. But, inside, he's living a life fogged by regret.
When Detective Inspector Davey Green takes a sudden and unexpected interest in his past, Jake is forced to confront...
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Secret missions on the cold North Seas…
Winter, 1666. England is again at war with the Dutch, and Matthew Quinton is once more called to serve his King.
On a mission to the Swedish court, he must secure crucial support in the war against Sweden's old enemy, the Dutch Republic. He is accompanied by the mysterious Lord Conisborough, who, unbeknownst to Quinton, has a secret mission involving the notorious regicide John Bale, the man who signed...
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Joe Hunter has been Marked for Death in his most explosive outing to date. It should be a routine job. Joe Hunter and his associates are hired to provide security for an elite event in Miami. Wear a tux, stay professional, job done. But things go wrong. Hunter is drawn into what appears to be a domestic altercation. When he crosses the mysterious Mikhail however, he soon finds something altogether more sinister…Before long this chance encounter...
9) Jello Salad
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A dangerously moreish mix of Tarantino violence and Almodóvar camp
They're opening a new restaurant in Soho tonight. Susan Ball's the owner, and she's funding the joint with the money she ripped off from her gangster husband, Frank 'Ballistic' Ball.
Hogie's the cook. He's from Manchester and his long blond locks have made him a natural TV chef. The trouble is, he's also a screaming pervert.
Cheb's the Maitre D. He's just back from Goa and he might...
10) A Sense of Guilt
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A deliciously dark and powerful novel about secrets, lies and risking it all, that will have you hooked from the first page For the ultimate betrayal, will they pay the ultimate price? Felix Cramer has it all: a glittering career as a bestselling author, fame, money, and a devoted wife, Elizabeth. But what he desperately craves is excitement, usually in the form of extravagant affairs. Gripped by the feeling that his best days are behind him, Felix...
11) An Evil Streak
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'The sense of power made my head swim long before I tasted the champagne.' Gemma Kyle is her uncle's only source of delight. She is everything that he is not: beautiful and affectionate, innocent and carefree. From childhood, she has turned to him for advice. And in return he has lead her astray… Gemma's life is secure and outwardly happy. Her husband is a successful doctor. She has two children, an au pair, and no need to work. But she is bored,...
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What price justice?
Jack Kowalski is a young barrister who finds himself working on the biggest drugs trial in British history. He argues a savage 'cut-throat' defence – a risky tactic where the defendants blame each other.
As the son of Polish immigrants Kowalski has always found it hard to fit in, with a sense of inferiority denting his performances in Court. Now he must face his demons and fight not only for his clients, but also for his future.
When...
13) Other Women
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Sophie thought she and Jonah were happy, bringing up their small daughter, until one summer's day, she discovers that Jonah is far from the man she thought he was. Sam - an attractive English teacher - seems to offer her some comfort, and new friendships are a support.
But is Sam really who he says he is? Where have her new friends appeared from? Is anyone telling the truth? As Jonah's lies threaten Sophie and her daughter, can anyone be trusted?...
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Two desperate criminals. Something she never saw coming. A searing suspense thriller from bestselling author Nick Louth
In Manchester, two hardened gang members on the run take Catherine Blake and her one-year-old son hostage at gunpoint. She is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Held in a Transit van, Catherine needs a plan fast. But it means diving into her captors' risk-drenched world, and playing them at their own game.
Catherine has been...
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It's the perfect place to hide the truth...
Vivacia Williams is strong, independent and lives in a beautiful community. She's trying to make the best of a bad situation since her husband walked out on her.
Then, she finds two lost children. They have no home, no parents, and suddenly Vivacia has the one thing she's been missing.
Vivacia will go to any length to keep the children but there are no secrets in the gated community of Wolf's Pit,...
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When you hear her story, will you believe her?
Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood.
Down-on-his luck author and ex-journalist, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there's more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write...
17) One Good Lie
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Her sister's boyfriend. Her worst nightmare.
Ruby can't help but worry for her fragile younger sister, Sophie, who is still wracked with guilt over their mother's death. Still, she's glad that Sophie's boyfriend, Ewan, is supporting her. He's been her rock, not only taking care of her, but her two little kids, too. So what if he doesn't like talking about his past?
When news of a woman's death spreads through their town like wildfire, Ruby doesn't...
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Who said nothing ever happens in the French countryside?
Picardie, 1964. On a deserted country road, three Moroccan nationals are shot dead with precision, a cold-blooded execution, one bullet each. To Inspector Lucas Rocco, it's a mystery. Why them and why here?
A short time later, he happens upon two police officers who have been assaulted by an enraged motorist, one of them seriously. The unapologetic assailant, found to have an unregistered gun...
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The opposite of the truth isn't always a lie...
What is the truth? And how do you recognise it when you hear it?
Jenny and Pippa are twins. Like many twins they often know what the other is thinking. They complete each other.
When Pippa disappears Jenny is left to face the world alone, as she tries to find out what happened to her 'other half'.
But the truth, for Jenny, can be a slippery thing.
20) Bonaparte's Sons
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A fallen aristocrat must prove himself in the furnace of Napoleon's army...
1795: Confusion and fear reign in the French Republic. With her troops facing starvation and annihilation on three fronts, France is killing her patriots.
Alain Lausard, an aristocrat whose family were massacred in The Terror, rots in prison. But in a desperate move to save the Italian campaign, now commanded by a young Napoleon Bonaparte, the Directory enlists condemned...
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