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Hell's Corner
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Baldacci, David

Hell's corner / David Baldacci

London : MacMillan, 2010

Abstract: Oliver Stone - once the country's most skilled assassin his country ever had - stands in front of the White House, perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk, covert mission. Though he's fought for decades to leave his past career behind, Stone has no choice but to say yes. br / Then Stone's mission changes drastically before it even begins. It's the night of a state dinner honouring thew British prime minister. As he watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House, a bomb is detonated in an apparent terroristic attack against both leaders. It's in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new, more urgent assignment: to find those responsible for the bombing. br / British M16 agent Mary Chapman becomes Stone's partner in the search for the unknown attackers. With nowhere else to turn, Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet they may be a big mistake. In the shadowy worlds of politics and intelligence, there is no one you can really trust. Nothing is really what it seems to be. And Hell's Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stone's and the Camel Club's last stand.

Afghan
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Forsyth, Frederick <1938->

The Afghan / Frederick Forsyth

London : Corgi Books, 2007

Abstract: When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless... br / The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to staveoff disaster, the intelligence agancies will try to do what no one has ever dne before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin as the trusted Khan.

The secret agent
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Conrad, Joseph

The secret agent / Joseph Conrad

Ware : Wordsworth, 1993

Abstract: Nel 1894 l'osservatorio di Greenwich fu bersaglio di un fallito attentato anarchico. Da quell'episodio di cronaca Conrad trasse lo spunto per questo romanzo quasi un antesignano di tutte le spy stories del Novecento. Sembra un uomo tranquillo, il signor Verloc, che da anni gestisce un negozio nella capitale britannica. Ma in realtà è l'agente segreto di un non meglio precisato stato dell'Europa dell'Est, incaricato di sorvegliare gli anarchici. Quando il suo ambasciatore gli chiede di organizzare un'azione violenta per alimentare nell'opinione pubblica sentimenti di ostilità verso i rivoluzionari, tutto quello che Verloc riesce a fare è uccidere per errore il cognato. È l'inizio di una catena di vendette che sfoceranno in assurdi delitti.