Jonathan Oliver
1) Bad company
Author
Series
Sean Dillon thrillers volume 11
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When Hitler's secret diary resurfaces, revealing an armistice between the United States and Germany that plotted to join forces against the Soviet Union, the current president's integrity comes into question, prompting White House operative Blake Johnson to secure the diary and keep it hidden.
2) The cossacks
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[n.d.]
Language
English
Description
"The Cossacks" is believed to be somewhat autobiographical, partially based on Tolstoy's experiences in the Caucasus during the last stages of the Caucasian War. Disenchanted with his privileged life in Russian society, nobleman Dmitri Olenin joins the army as a cadet, in the hopes of escaping the superficiality of his daily life. On a quest to find "completeness," he naively hopes to find serenity among the "simple" people of the Caucasus. In an...
3) Dark justice
Author
Series
Sean Dillon thrillers volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
An attempt on the life of the U.S. president during a visit to Manhattan is the first step in a plot involving the recruitment of a network of terrorists, and it is up to Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon to uncover the mastermind behind it all.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Pub. Date
2006, c1966
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic
Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive. The place is the focal point of many mysterious disappearances. Even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems...
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
1969
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic.
Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king.
With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all - murder.
7) Ivanhoe
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1965
Language
English
Description
One of Sir Walter Scott's most popular and influential works, "Ivanhoe" is the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. At the beginning of the novel we find its titular character, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has been disinherited by his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart, and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, returning from the Third Crusade. Wilfred's father, Cedric, had planned to marry Lady...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
" A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico - and on the sea bed below it. A sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: ten million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy. The fortune was there for the taking, and ready to grab it were a blue-blooded oilman with his own offshore...