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1) Dead drop
Author
Series
Handler novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"International nuclear negotiations turns allies into enemies in this electrifying thriller from the author of The Handler. Nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran have reached a crisis point. The new American administration is determined to move ahead, but there are several stumbling blocks, not the least of which is Lieutenant Colonel Kasem Khalidi, the Iranian intelligence officer the CIA has hidden away in one of its safe houses....
Author
Series
Double O volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James Bond is missing -- and only the elite team of MI6 agents he trained can find him and thwart a nefarious scheme to expand worldwide terrorism -- in this breathtaking new Bond novel"--
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Not every fishmonger can be a secret agent. Journey to an unnamed mountainous country in central Europe at the end of the Great War. Enter Citizen Orlov, a simple fishmonger and an honest, upright citizen, who stumbles into the Ministry of Security, and consequently a hidden world of espionage and secrecy. His first assignment? To safeguard the King when he visits the scenic town of Kufzig. But Orlov soon discovers that his ministry handler, the...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Against a backdrop of Harlem Renaissance and Haile Selassie's Ethiopia, a young man tails Hubert Julian -- a pilot, inventor, adventurer, charlatan, and possible threat to America. Facing an attempted murder charge, seventeen-year-old Arthur Tormes is in no position to refuse when a federal agent named Riley Triggs offers him a deal: All charges get dropped and Arthur goes free if he agrees to help the bureau with a problem. The problem is Hubert...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jack Lynch was a once-promising C.I.A. operative. On the even of his retirement, looking back at a failed career, he is tasked with one final mission...that goes horribly wrong. He wakes years later to a changed world-and deeper changes within himself. And when a shadowy group offers Lynch a second chance at a life of adventure, he's paired with the last person he ever could've imagined.
Author
Series
City spies volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
El pequeño Aleksei, huérfano en la estepa siberiana, emprende un viaje a Moscú junto al sacerdote Vasiliy Lebedev y, de allí, al París de finales del siglo XIX. En la Ciudad de la Luz disfrutará de una nueva vida junto a la tía Vania y el resto de su peculiar familia. Mata Hari triunfa en los cabarés de Berlín cuando los alemanes contactan con ella: quieren que espíe a los franceses antes de que estalle la guerra. Margot, la mujer que se...
Author
Series
Spy school the graphic novel volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"During a spy school game of Capture the Flag, twelve-year-old Ben Ripley accidentally shoots a live mortar into the principal’s office—and immediately gets himself expelled. Not long after going back to the boring real world, Ben gets an offer to join evil crime organization SPYDER. And he accepts. Ben can tell he’s a key part of their sinister plan, but he’s not quite sure what the plan is. Can Ben figure out what SPYDER is up to—and...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Hatuda, the president of the beloved yet shady toy company PoPoPPo, has transferred into Taiyo and Mutsumi's school! He challenges Taiyo to an athletics contest for a chance to shake Mutsumi's hand. Will Taiyo be able to keep this creep away from the love of his life?! Later, while out on a mission, Taiyo is intercepted by mysterious government spies from an organization called the Hinagiku--and they don't seem to want to be friends with him."--Back...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The second book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series continues in graphic novel form as aspiring spy Ben Ripley must spend his summer in top-secret training—and is thrown back into danger. Ben Ripley is a middle schooler whose school is not exactly average—he’s spent the last year training to be a top-level spy and dodging all sorts of associated danger. So now that summer’s finally here, Ben would like to have some fun and...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mutsumi's been kidnapped by Hanawa, a spy who is a master florist! The entire family is dispatched to save her. Having failed to put up a fight against Hanawa the first time they met, will Taiyo be able to defeat him this time? Later, Taiyo is arrested by a mysterious detective who seems to know a lot more about the Yozakura family than he should..."--Back cover.
13) Spy x family: 10
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head! As a child, [REDACTED] lived an unremarkable life with his parents, playing war games with his friends and quarreling with his father. It never occurred to young [REDACTED] that the life he'd taken for granted might...
14) Ilium
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Fast-paced and powerful, gripping and immersive, this subtly crafted and suspenseful novel, set in the present and the immediate past, in the dark world of international espionage in London, Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret is told through its young female protagonist who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a special op. The young English narrator briefly tells us of her unhappy family life in London, wanting...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
16) The bitter past
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck... Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his...
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 14
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Nightshade kidnaps his best friend, teen spy Alex Rider must enter the world of virtual reality gaming where the lines between what's real and what's digital are deliberately being blurred by a ruthless enemy.
18) Spy x family: 11
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head! Threatened by Yor's relationship with Melinda Desmond, Anya gets serious about her own friendship scheme. On the way to a museum field trip, however, she and her class become the target of activists looking to free...
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