Political Thriller Audiobooks | Mystery, Thriller & Horror

A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony, Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's Private Secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Suspecting a disastrous conspiracy, Toby attempts to forestall it, but is promptly posted overseas. Three years on, summoned by Sir Christopher Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely watched by Probyn's daughter Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, how can he keep silent? 'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times, from the second world war to the 'war on terror'' Guardian 'The master of the modern spy novel returns . . . this is writing of such quality that - as Robert Harris put it - it will be read in one hundred years. John le Carré was never a spy-turned-writer, he was a writer who found his canvas in espionage, as Dickens did in other worlds. The two men deserve comparison' Daily Mail 'A brilliant climax, with sinister deaths, casual torture, wrecked lives and shameful compromises' Observer 'With A Delicate Truth, le Carré has in a sense come home. And it's a splendid homecoming . . . the novel is the most satisfying, subtle and compelling of his recent oeuvre' The Times John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.

John Le Carré (Author), John Le Carré (Narrator)

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The Looking Glass War

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Delicate Truth and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 'You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous.' It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory. John le Carre's The Looking Glass War is a scorching portrayal of misplaced loyalties and innocence lost. With an introduction by the author.

John Le Carre, John Le Carré (Author), Michael Jayston (Narrator)

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Path of the Assassin: A Thriller

National bestselling author of The Lions of Lucerne Brad Thor and his indomitable hero Scot Harvath are back, raising the stakes and taking on one of the world's deadliest terrorist organizations bent on stoking a global holy war of apocalyptic proportions. After rescuing the President from kidnappers, Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath shifts his attentions to rooting out, capturing or killing all those responsible for the plot. As he prepares to close out his list, a bloody and twisted trail of clues points towards one man -- the world's most feared, most ruthless terrorist, Hashim Nidal. Nidal has assembled an international league of Islamic terrorist networks in an ingenious plot to topple both Israel and America. Harvath and his CIA-led team must reach Nidal before it's too late. One problem remains -- they have no idea what the man looks like. Only one person can positively identify Harvath's quarry -- Meg Cassidy, a beautiful hijacking survivor. Together, Scot and Meg must untangle a maddening web of global intrigue stretching across four continents. From Macau, Jerusalem, and Chicago, to Libya, Capri, and Rome, Harvath and Cassidy find themselves locked in a desperate race against time to sort the pieces of a deadly puzzle that will test not only their physical and mental limits, but also the growing bond they feel for each other.

Brad Thor (Author), Armand Schultz (Narrator)

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Crisis: Complete Series

Martha's posting to Agok, in South Sudan, gives her the chance to make amends for the mistake that caused her to be sent home from her last posting. As Project Manager, she's in charge of a small team facing an escalating crisis, with more and more refugees arriving across the border from the North, and violence never far under the surface. Mistakes and misjudgements are all too easy to make, and the tensions within the team add to her feel of isolation. As Martha's team try to deal with an ever-increasing number of refugees, she has a crisis of her own to deal with inside the compound.

Tina Pepler (Author), Clare Corbett, Dan Winter (Narrator)

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Deadly Coast: A Tom Dugan Thriller

A pirate attack on the high seas... ...a deadly bio-weapon ready to detonate... ...and the man who can stop it, watching helplessly on a screen at home. Ordered by his superiors to do nothing, CIA asset Tom Dugan watches Somali pirates board an American ship, imprison the crew, and broadcast the horror online. The spectacle of a hostage murdered spurs Dugan to action, and he assembles a team of mercenaries and rednecks for a rescue mission of his own. Once on the water, Dugan faces a second deadly challenge: a Nazi germ warfare weapon containing a virus that could end civilization - raised from the bottom during a salvage operation and now in the hands of jihadists. Fans of Clive Cussler, Dale Brown, and Tom Clancy will love this lightning-paced thrill ride, inspired by true events and read to you by Audie nominated and three-time winner of Audiofile Maganzine's prestigious earphone award, Todd Haberkorn,. Get your copy today! Note: Each Tom Dugan thriller is a standalone novel. They may be enjoyed in any order.

R.E. Mcdermott (Author), Todd Haberkorn (Narrator)

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Enemy of Mine: A Pike Logan Thriller

Drawing strong comparisons to #1 New York Times best-selling authors Brad Thor and Vince Flynn, Brad Taylor crafts exciting tales of suspense starring fan-favorite anti-terrorist operative Pike Logan. In his third adventure, Pike employs all the resources available to his clandestine Taskforce team to hunt down a ruthless assassin whose activities threaten a tentative peace between Israel and Palestine. Retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor returns with the third explosive installment in the Pike Logan thrillers. In retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor's third Pike Logan thriller, a tentative peace between Israel and Palestine has been brokered by the United States. But the Taskforce-a clandestine team operating outside of US law to protect the country from terrorism-gets wind of an assassination attempt on the American envoy sent to solidify the treaty. The Taskforce must devote every resource to saving his life-and preventing another bloody outbreak of violence. Taskforce operator Pike Logan and his partner, Jennifer Cahill, are charged with following the assassin's flimsy trail through the Middle East, a trail that becomes more muddled at every turn. They must contend with terrorist organizations, independent killers, and shaky allies to uncover the biggest threat of all: an American citizen hiding a secret that just may destroy everything, including the Taskforce. Brad Taylor is the complete package: a writer who understands how to tell a thrilling story, who possesses the knowledge to construct an intricate and utterly believable plot, and who has more than enough on-the-ground experience to back it up. His first two books appeared on bestseller lists nationwide, including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today. Propulsive and compelling, Enemy of Mine is sure to join them.

Brad Taylor (Author), Henry Strozier, Rich Orlow (Narrator)

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Flight of the Bowyer: A Novel

After six long years of political genocide carried out against the American people by the administration of President Benjamin Franklin Luder, the nation is stunned when Luder announces he is issuing an executive order to suspend the next presidential election for “the good of the country,” giving him an unconstitutional third term as president. Luder has slowly and systematically robbed the citizens of their liberties and freedoms, and in the process he has nearly destroyed the country. However, his environmental policy of “green communism” has done the most damage, resulting in a crippling nationwide energy slowdown. Like any clever Svengali, Luder does not suffer from a lack of bold delusions. Idaho’s unspoiled Sawtooth Mountain Range is rich in thorium, a safer and cleaner alternative to the uranium currently used in the few nuclear power plants that still exist. It is said that one thorium mine, located near the small mining town of Ransom, Idaho, contains enough energy to power every city in the United States for the next five hundred years. But the mine is on private property surrounded by federal lands. Sent to Ransom to pose as an ecojournalist, Assistant US Attorney Haley Hendricks is to devise a way for the government to seize the mine, while Special Agent Sean Brennan—Haley’s ex-fiancé—is to find a way to get Luder to the mine for a photo op and then safely back to the White House. The moment Haley lays eyes on Jace Fuller, the man she has been directed to hire to guide the presidential party to the mine, he takes her breath away. But she soon learns that Jace, a former sheriff’s deputy, lives only for his eleven-year-old son, who is being raised by his grandparents. As Jace leads the most powerful man in the world deep into the rugged Sawtooth Wilderness, he is unaware that a trap has been laid. Soon he will have to choose between love for his country and the love he has for his son, between who will live and who will die. “Lewis displays a masterful hand at work in this layered, extremely well-crafted tale. This book is authentic crime fiction at its best.”--Robert W. Walker, author of Dead On, on Little Blue Whales

Kenneth R. Lewis (Author), Alex Hyde-White (Narrator)

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Deadly Straits: A Tom Dugan Thriller

A terror attack that stuns the world. A deadly plot that will forever change the balance of power. An innocent man framed for his daughter's kidnapping. The CIA coerces Tom Dugan into investigating his best friend's company for terrorist connections, but little does he know he will soon be implicated in a series of deadly terrorist attacks. The tension ratchets up when his friend is charged with an unspeakable crime, and then Dugan is on the run with him, racing the clock to stop more attacks while the government does everything it can to kill them. From the decks of tankers on the high seas to the back alleys of London and Singapore, Deadly Straits is, in the words of one reviewer, 'fast-paced, multilayered and gripping.' Brought to life by the superb narration of Audie nominated and three-time winner of Audiofile Maganzine's prestigious earphone award, Todd Haberkorn, Deadly Straits will keep you listening late into the night. If you enjoy Forsyth, Ludlum, Cussler, and Clancy, you'll love the Tom Dugan thrillers. Get your copy today! Note: Each Tom Dugan thriller is a standalone novel. They may be enjoyed in any order.

R.E. Mcdermott (Author), Todd Haberkorn (Narrator)

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Political Suicide

From The New York Times bestselling author of Oath of Office comes a gripping thriller at the crossroads of politics and medicine Dr. Lou Welcome, from Palmer's bestselling Oath of Office, is back in this heart stopping medical thriller. A desperate phone call embroils Lou in scandal and murder involving Dr. Gary McHugh, known around the Capital as the society doc. Lou has been supervising McHugh, formerly a black-out drinker, through his work with the Physician Wellness Office. McHugh has been very cavalier about his recovery, barely attending AA and refusing a sponsor. But Lou sees progress, and the two men are becoming friends. Now, McHugh has been found unconscious in his wrecked car after visiting a patient of his, the powerful Congressman Elias Colston, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Soon after McHugh awakens in the hospital ER, Colston's wife returns home to find her husband shot dead in their garage. She then admits to the police that she had just broken off a long-standing affair with McHugh. Something about McHugh's story has Lou believing he is telling the truth, that the Congressman was dead when he arrived and before he blacked out. Lou agrees to look into matters, but when he encounters motive, method and opportunity he is hard pressed to believe in his friend that is until a deadly high-level conspiracy begins to unravel, and Lou acquires information that makes him the next target.

Michael Palmer (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

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The Lions of Lucerne

In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action as one man is pushed to the edge. On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the unthinkable has just become a nightmarish reality: thirty Secret Service agents have been viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped by one of the most lethal terrorist organizations in the Middle East -- the Fatah Revolutionary Council. But surviving agent and ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath doesn't believe the Fatah Revolutionary Council is responsible for the attack. Driven by his professional code of duty and honor, Harvath creates his own rules to get some answers. But his search for the truth raises the blood pressure of his superiors...and casts his own life in mortal jeopardy. The deadly machinations have been set in motion by a shadowy coalition, comprising some of the highest-ranking officials in government and business -- men who operate above the law, men who realize the threat Harvath poses to their hidden agenda...men who will do anything to stop him. Framed for murder and on the run, Harvath takes his own brand of justice to the towering mountains of Switzerland where he finds an improbable ally in the beautiful Claudia Mueller of the Swiss Federal Attorney's Office. Together they must brave the subzero temperatures and sheer heights of treacherous Mount Pilatus -- and enter the den of the most notorious team of professional killers the world has ever known.

Brad Thor (Author), Armand Schultz (Narrator)

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The Last Man: A Novel

A pulse-pounding thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn, as Mitch Rapp heads to Afghanistan to track down a missing CIA agent.The four dead guards didn't concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they'd been paid to protect. Joe Rickman wasn't just another foot soldier. For the last eight years Rickman had ran the CIA's clandestine operations in Afghanistan. It was a murky job that involved working with virtually every disreputable figure in the Islamic Republic. More than a quarter billion dollars in cash had passed through Rickman's hands during his tenure as the master of black ops and no one with a shred of sense wanted to know the details of how that money had been spent. At first glance it looks as if Rickman has been kidnapped, but Rapp knows certain things about his old friend that cause him to wonder if something more disturbing isn't afoot. Irene Kennedy, the director of the CIA, has ordered Rapp to find Rickman at all costs. Rapp must navigate the ever-shifting landscape of Afghanistan as the Taliban, Iranians, Pakistanis and Russians all plot to claim their piece of the war torn state. With Afghanistan crumbling around him, Rapp must be as ruthless as his enemies and as deceitful as people in his own government if he has any hopes of completing his mission.

Vince Flynn (Author), George Guidall (Narrator)

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Merry Christmas, Alex Cross: (Alex Cross 19)

It's a snowy Christmas Eve, and Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. Nana Mama's famous pecan pie is in the oven and the kids are hanging their favourite ornaments on the tree. Just as Alex's wife Bree emerges from the kitchen with a bowl of homemade eggnog, his phone rings with news that shatters the night: at a nearby home, a family has been taken hostage - and the situation is spiralling out of control fast. Alex rushes to the scene and confronts the unthinkable: a father is threatening to murder his own children and his ex-wife. Then just as the insanity peaks, a second horrific situation explodes - one that no one could have foreseen and that puts millions of people at risk. This is a red alert of the darkest kind, and Alex is forced to make a decision that could end as many lives as it saves - including his own. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is James Patterson's most shocking Alex Cross novel yet: a breakneck-paced and heart-pounding adrenaline rush of a thriller.

James Patterson (Author), Cristin Milioti, Michael Boatman, Stephen Kunken (Narrator)

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