HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.' When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime...

"The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Problems that call into question decades of tax collecting, and could even bring down the US economy. There is a surprising truth to this possibility a truth wholly entertained by Steve Berry, a top-ten New York Times bestselling writer, in his new thriller, The Patriot Threat. His protagonist, Cotton...

"Examines spy agencies in the United States and around the world, including the founding of these agencies, how they work, who works for them, and looks at specific agencies, such as the CIA, MI5, KGB, and BND"--Provided by publisher.

"a splendid book… [le Carré] is a perfect spy novelist." - The New York Times The most autobiographical of John le Carré's works, A Perfect Spy follows two narratives: the manhunt for the double agent Magnus Pym, and the makings of the man in question-told in his own words. Referred to as le Carré's best work and one of the best English novels of the 20th century by the likes of Philip Pullman and Philip Roth, this mesmerizing drama captures...

"Describes the dangerous missions of several modern-day spies"--Provided by publisher.

When a Cold War-era colleague is murdered far from his usual haunts, a team of disgraced MI5 spies under the leadership of irascible Jackson Lamb uncovers a shadowy tangle of secrets that lead to a man who hides his dangerous powers behind a false identity.

After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears Masquerading as Amanda Pym?s worried aunt, Mrs. Pollifax begins her determined search, slipping through Damascus?s crooked streets and crowded souks ... and trekking deep into the desert. Yet she is shadowed by deadly enemies, whose sinister agenda...

A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive.

When John Ryan finds himself President of the United States, he is bombarded by one crisis after another-- biological warfare, betrayal by high government officials, and assassination attempts.

In years past, the Circus oversaw political matters while their counterpart, the Department, dealt with intelligence more military in nature. These days, however, the Circus' influence looms large, while the Department is relegated to the doldrums of bureaucracy and red tape. With the Cold War at a fever pitch, though, a potential assignment is only ever one defector-turned-informant away. Alerted to the possibility of missile activity from the Soviets...