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From an Edgar Award–winning author: Someone is trying to force Britain to declare war-but with what motive?
British armaments are being systematically destroyed, and the list of suspects stretches worldwide. Working alongside the British government, secret service agency Department Z is struggling to find the motive for this alarming sabotage when they discover a similar series of disasters are occurring, inexplicably, in America. Tensions between...
22) Dead or Alive
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It's a race against time to rescue a kidnapped scientist in this suspenseful tale by an Edgar Award–winning author.
The world is under threat of destruction. As the politicians hedge their bets with atomic weapons, it seems no one is safe.
The only hope? A brilliant professor who knows how to make nations and people invulnerable to atomic attack. The only problem? Professor Julian Conway has been kidnapped by power-hungry men wishing to use...
23) Murder Must Wait
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Another in the classic series filled with mystery, murder, and British espionage from the Edgar Award–winning author.
Some parts of the secret service are more secret than others, and Department Z is among them. Now, its founder, Gordon Craigie; top agent Loftus; and their compatriots must face a mysterious international organization that has suddenly gained power and infiltrated the governments of several key global powers. It already has branches...
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A mysterious symbol is the key to a murder case in this classic suspense tale by the Edgar Award–winning author.
Gordon Craigie and Department Z-the squad of top-secret detectives within British intelligence-are embroiled in a desperate investigation involving drugs and murder. How will the department uncover who is behind the mark of the crescent? Will they solve the case before the anonymous culprit claims another victim?
The trail starts...
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In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a journalist goes undercover for British agency Department Z and discovers a conspiracy.
When the sound of gunfire wakes Nigel Murray in the middle of the night, he discovers two gun-wielding strangers and a woman, half-drowned in the well beneath his window. Easily disarming the threat, Murray rescues the woman, only to discover the young beauty is none other than the kidnapped...
26) Death Stands By
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It all started with the murder of a foreign ambassador in a deserted country mansion . . . Tensions are running high in Europe-and it's crucial that the killers responsible for this baffling murder are stopped before they bring about a crisis of unspeakable proportions. It's time for British intelligence's best-kept secret to step in. The agents of Department Z work tirelessly, grappling with a ruthless group of organized assassins. The clock is...
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In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a British secret service agency is nearly undone by a counter-espionage attack.
Superspies are out to destroy Department Z. Even worse, the elite British agency has been infiltrated by a double agent. As loyal members of the team turn against one another, Agent Gordon Craigie works to unmask the counterspy before Department Z is annihilated once and for all.
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In one volume: three classic Department Z detective novels by the Edgar Award–winning writer who sold eighty million novels worldwide.
Department Z is the super-secret team of investigators that works within British intelligence-now, this special collection offers three action-packed pre–World War II tales of mystery. Included are:
First Came a Murder
Sir Basil Riordon is a mysterious, frightening, and immensely wealthy man. But is he also...
29) Dark Peril
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In this classic thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a British spy agency is on the hunt for terrorists taking aim at England's political leaders.
In a vicious act of terrorism, four British government officials are blinded. With the prime minister as the next target, Department Z is called in. Now the race is on for Britain's elite secret service to find the culprit behind the chemical attack. Because if the weapon is wielded again,...
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