W. E Butterworth
Author
Language
English
Description
"At the tender age of sixteen, Philip W. Williams III is expelled from boarding school for committing a prank, and on the train home naturally wonders where his life will take him now. It never enters his mind that he will become a world-class marksman and a special agent of the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps in postwar Germany, play a key role in the defection of a Soviet officer and then court danger as a courier for the CIA, marry an Austrian...
Author
Series
Badge of honor ; 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an ongoing investigation into a squad of dirty cops suddenly turns ugly, Payne must track down a key piece of evidence before things become even worse. At the same time, he meets a woman at a party who may be a vital link to a group of urban terrorists.
3) The hostage
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Department of Homeland Security agent Charley Castillo conducts a discreet investigation involving a murdered diplomat's brother-in-law, a man possessing key information about the scandalous United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq.
Author
Series
Men at war ; 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The World War II adventures of a group of OSS agents, the highlight of which is the abduction of a French engineer from Morocco. The man possesses knowledge vital to the construction of the atom bomb. By the author of Blood and Honor.
Author
Series
Men at war ; 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Language
English
Description
A new OSS adventure finds the agents of Wild Bill Donovan fighting the Battle of the Atlantic on two fronts, a situation that is compromised by a possible saboteur.
6) The Generals
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
"They were the leaders, the men who made the decisions that changed the outcome of battles and the fate of continents. No they led America's finest against her most relentless enemy deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia."--Back cover
9) Under fire
Author
Series
Corps ; 9
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"June 1, 1950: Captain Ken McCoy's report on probable North Korean hostilities meets with so much bueaucratic displeasure that not only is it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps. ... On June 25 [North Koreans] invade across the 38th parallel."--Jacket.
10) Semper Fi
Author
Series
Corps ; 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America's first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, the bestselling author of the acclaimed Brotherhood of war saga brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steeled themselves for battle, and prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice ...
11) Men in blue
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The men and women of the Philadelphia Highway Patrol are sparked into action when a cop is killed in the line of duty.
Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. When the Chicago police come for him, LeRoy must decide if he is going to risk his life testifying.
