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501) The painted queen
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody volume 20
Language
English
Description
Egypt, 1912--Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters' bestselling, beloved mystery series. Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned bubble...
Publisher
BBC America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The story of two women with brutal pasts, addicted to each other but now trying desperately to live their lives without their drug of choice. For Villanelle, the assassin without a job, Eve is dead. For Eve, the ex-MI6 operative hiding in plain sight, Villanelle will never find her. All seems fine until a shocking and personal death sets them on a collision course yet again. The journey back to each other will cost both of them friends, family, and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. 'We have no choice. Were just going to bring forward this other chap youve been preparing. But you didnt tell me his name." 'Its Bond, sir,' the Chief of Staff replied. 'James Bond.' Its time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill. This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume .05
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In these five prequel novellas to "Throne of Glass," feared assassin Celaena embarks on daring missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and avenge tyranny.
Author
Series
Peter Diamond mystery volume 18
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On a fateful July morning in 2015, a riot takes hold of Her Majesty's Prison in Bream, Gloucestershire, with fatal consequences. The staff is caught completely off-guard--their supervising warden, Governor Magda Lyle, hasn't shown up for work, and the prisoners are able to start a fire that nearly results in a mass escape. Three years later and forty miles south, a most controversial wedding is about to take place in Bath's gorgeous Abbey, with a...
506) Ying xiong =: Hero
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war-torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, and one loyal subject stands in their way. Special features include a conversation with Quentin Tarantino and Jet Li, featurettes, storyboard, and more.
507) Throne of glass
Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in feudal-era Japan, a young boy named Kotaro and his dog Tobimaru are caught in the turmoil prophecy. At the request of the Ming Dynasty's emperor, the boy is pursued by Chinese assassins. After escaping the destruction of the temple that took him in, he runs into No Name. When Kotaro's dog is poisoned, No Name reluctantly accepts payment to escort them to a temple in Shirato. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving Tobimaru's life, but...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cassandra Cain is the daughter of super-villains and a living weapon trained to be the ultimate assassin, but when her father threatens the world she has grown to love, she will have to overcome that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero.
510) Dance with death
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"London, 1893: Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are called in to protect Tsesarevich Nicholas from nefarious forces as he travels to England for a royal wedding--in Dance with Death, the next mystery in Will Thomas's Barker & Llewelyn series. In June of 1893, the future Nicholas II travels to London for a royal wedding, bringing with him his private security force and his ballerina mistress, Mathilde Kchessinska. Rumored to...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
From the fateful balcony in Ford's Theatre to Dr. Samuel Mudd's remote home to the fiery showdown in a Virginia farmhouse, experience firsthand the suspenseful, breakneck search for America's first presidential assassin. Discover the awesome reach of his conspiracy, which had further targeted Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward in a bid to undermine the U.S. Government and give the Confederacy a second chance. No man...
Publisher
RaroVideo
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
A rising young follower of Mussolini must assassinate his former professor, now in political exile, to demonstrate his loyalty to the Fascist state. He uses his honeymoon with his wife as a cover, but he becomes entranced by his former teacher's wife, and begins to question the fascist tenants he has accepted all of his life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a legendary moment in Mob history. In the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was set to begin that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York's most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Syndicate....
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target--a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He's had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn't see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who poisoned him. After discovering clues,...
516) Foul Lady Fortune
Author
Series
Foul lady fortune volume 1
Language
English
Description
It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging--and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune. But when the Japanese...
517) Empire of storms
Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world.
518) Burner
Author
Series
Gray Man novel volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the latest thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Gray Man series, Court Gentry is sent on a mission by a person he doesn't trust to snatch a target he can't stand from the clutches of Russian assassins he can't defeat... and those are the upsides of the job. Alex Velesky is in a world of trouble. He has the key that can unlock the truth behind a web of illicit payments the Russians have spread around the globe. The money is used...
519) Spider's bite
Author
Series
Elemental Assassin book volume 1
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
My name is Gin, and I kill people. They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South - when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely...
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