The Edgar Award–winning debut novel from "America's best storyteller" about a man drawn into espionage by his mysterious business partner ( The New York Times Book Review ).At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his partner, wisely doesn't ask ques...

Als Lucifer Dye aus einem Hongkonger Gefängnis entlassen wird, erfährt er, dass seine Karriere als Agent der US-Spionageabteilung Sektion Zwei endgültig beendet ist. Gleich nach seiner Ankunft in San Francisco tritt der Troubleshooter Victor Orcutt mit einem Angebot an ihn heran: Dye soll die texanische Stadt Swankerton korrumpieren. An seiner Seite die ehemalige Prostituierte Carol Thackerty und der Ex-Polizeichef Homer Necessary. Während Orcutt die Regie führt, erschleicht sich Dye das V...

Would you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist--never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary. So wary that he cuts in con man "Otherguy" Overby, who in turn involves Artie Wu, pretender to the throne of China, and his partner, Quincy Durant. Obviously, good patriots don't want to hand...

Missionary Stew follows political fundraiser Draper Haere on a quest to uncover the secret behind a right-wing coup in an unnamed Central american country. He seeks the information in order to get dirt on his boss's opponent in the 1984 US Presidential election.Haere's pursuit of the truth repeatedly puts Haere's life in danger, as the powers-that-be stop at nothing to keep the episode buried. Along the way, Haere carries on an affair with the wife of his candidate and enli...

Abner Procane, der beste Dieb der Welt, stellt fest, dass die minutiös genauen Aufzeichnungen aller Diebstähle, die er in 25 Jahren begangen hat, gestohlen worden sind. Einzig Philip St. Ives, professioneller Vermittler und Überbringer von Lösegeldern mit ausgezeichneten Kontakten zur Unterwelt, könnte sie ihm wiederbeschaffen. Dafür ist Procane bereit, hunderttausend Dollar lockerzumachen. Doch spätestens, als die Übergabe scheitert und St. Ives statt der Papiere einen Toten findet, weiß ...

Abschluss der Ross-Thomas-Edition: Band 25! Drei Kandidaten treten bei den ersten freien Wahlen im fiktiven afrikanischen Albertia an, das danach von der britischen Krone unabhängig werden soll. Der Rohstoffreichtum macht das Land für diverse Unternehmen attraktiv und öffnet der politischen Korruption Tür und Tor. Der brillante PR-Mann Peter Upshaw, der eine erfolgreiche Werbe-Agentur mit Sitz in London vertritt, heuert den gewieften politischen Strategen Clinton Shartelle an, um der Kampa...

Ah, Treachery!, the last novel Thomas wrote before his death, tells the story of one Captain Edd "Twodees" Partain, drummed out of the Army and hounded by rumors of his involvement in a secret operation in El Salvador. Twodees gets hired on to help a fundraiser for the "Little Rock folks" recover funds that were stolen from an illicit stash used to smooth over problems and pay off hush money. Meanwhile, Partain is involved in a storefront operation called VOMIT (Victims of Militar...

"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?" -- Mark TwainWhen Lucifer Dye is released from three months in a Hong Kong prison, debriefed, handed a false passport, a new wardrobe and a $20,000 check, his haughty control makes it clear that Dye's career with his country has been permanently terminated. But a good agent is always in demand, and just a few hours later Dye is being interviewed for a highly ingenious position....

What if you were offered a gig by some shadowy and well-financed interests to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Philippine mountains? They need to fund a revolt against the Aquino government and a resourceful and gutsy team to engineer it. And what a team it is: Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is the only man the rebel leader trusts as a liaison; Georgia Blue is a colorful, statuesque female bodyguard; " Otherguy" Overby— so called for his skill in making sure when...

Mac McCorkle and Mike Padillo team up to help twin bodyguards in a thrilling crime caper from "America's best storyteller" ( The New York Times Book Review).The twins who walk into Mac McCorkle's bar look identical, despite their differing genders. Their names are Wanda and Walter Gothar, and from the steel in their eyes it's apparent that their business isn't the friendly kind. They've come seeking help from Mac and his partner, Padilla, a...

There's the Durango in Colorado, the one in Mexico, and the one in Spain; then there's the fourth one— the California town where the Franciscans forgot to fund a mission. Now, all it has going for it is the climate— and its hideout industry.Kelly Vines, a disbarred attorney, and his father-in-law Jack Adair, a former judge just released from prison, are in the market for some isolation— since whoever put Adair in jail seems to have a continuing interest in putting him out of commis...

A cop is car-bombed in Texas—and her brother comes from Capitol Hill to investigate—in this Edgar Award winner by "one of the best storytellers around" ( The New York Times Book Review).A long-distance call from his small Texas hometown on his birthday gives Benjamin Dill the news that his sister Felicity—born on the same day exactly ten years later—has died in a car bomb explosion. She was a homicide detective who had perhaps made one enemy too many over t...