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A serial killer stalks the agents of Department Z in a rip-roaring thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide.
London, 1941. In the unending darkness of the London Blackout, an assassin slinks through the night, striking down victims with deadly accuracy. His targets are agents, killed while on watch.
Department Z is baffled. Who is the silent killer, why is he targeting them, and what is their secret...
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Department Z tracks down a doomsday weapon in an edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide.
Professor Toller has created a weapon that could change the world as we know it. The threat is imminent as the professor and his formula are kidnapped, and it is left to the head of Department Z, Gordon Craigie, to save the day.
Department Z is a small and little-known faction of the intelligence...
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Department Z faces its biggest test when the organization is threatened by an enemy on the inside-from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.
Charles Corliss, son of a murdered agent from Department Z, seems like the perfect recruit for the ultra-secret spy organization. But when things start going seriously wrong, the agents begin to suspect this charming young man is not as loyal as he first seemed. Filled with hate for the organization...
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Department Z must stop the Nazis from deploying a deadly chemical weapon during World War II-from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.
On a top-secret island, the Germans are perfecting a paralyzing gas-one that could disable an entire infantry troop, a crew of a ship, or the pilots of aircraft.
With the looming threat of this noxious gas, it's up to Department Z to find this mysterious island where the gas is being manufactured and...
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The thrilling Department Z series continues as an assassination attempt leads to political turmoil-from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.
Agent Gordon Craigie faces a crisis of international proportions when an attempted assassination of a Russian diplomat at a top-level international conference in London threatens negotiations.
Craigie and the Department Z team must work to ensure the safety of all the delegates whilst investigating...
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The Edgar Award–winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide sends Department Z undercover in a spy thriller full of suspense and seduction.
Marlene von Barlack knew everything there was to know about politicians. She knew who they spoke to, where they went, and most of all she knew how to get them into bed.
But now Marlene must use her powers of persuasion to do some investigating of international proportions. Who among her prestigious...
7) Sabotage
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A thrilling mystery set against the backdrop of the Blitz in WWII England, by an Edgar Award–winning author.
England, 1941. Terror from the Germans' constant bombing is spreading through the nation, as homes, cities, and morale are reduced to little more than rubble. Worn down and defeated, British spirit teeters on a delicate seesaw.
When an insidious enemy strikes from within, the government is blindsided. Vital food supplies are destroyed...
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The detectives of Britain's Department Z look into a murder at an exclusive club.
Sir Basil Riordon is mysterious, frightening, and immensely wealthy. But is he also a killer? As head of England's elite secret service, Department Z, Gordon Craigie has to find out, but it won't be an easy investigation with so many important people involved.
A member of an exclusive London club has been poisoned, and Riordon or his son, Marcus, may be involved....
9) Redhead
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An American gangster brings his bloody business to 1930s Britain in this suspenseful thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author.
Amateur boxer Martin Storm's visit to New York seemed like it was a success. That is, until his car was machine-gunned and the police had to smuggle him out of the country...
But Storm finds no safety at home, either, and the search begins to find the man who is hunting him down.
He soon discovers that he has become...
10) The Terror Trap
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The greed of one man leads to the death of others in this action-packed mystery featuring British intelligence's secret detective squad.
When two impossibly rich oil tycoons are found murdered in their own homes, a matter of life and death becomes one of national security. Jim Burke of Department Z is called in to stop this ambitious murderer from killing again-but it isn't long before Burke's investigation is derailed by an attempt on his own life.
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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...
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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.
13) Panic!
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The adventure that brought two intrepid cousins into the service of the department of British intelligence known as Z...
Desperate to escape the suffocating heat of London, cousins Mark and Mike Errol set out for Richmond for a relaxing boat ride. Little did they know their peaceful afternoon would be violently interrupted by a Department Z mission that would completely change their lives.
Quickly recruited into the secret agency, the Errols embark...
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A French refugee is washed up on the English coast. Feverish, delirious, he babbles incoherently to the men who find him. A single phrase, repeated: "Loftus, spell it backwards." This discovery sparks an explosive reaction throughout Department Z, whose agents-including Bill Loftus-are fighting a desperate battle to uncover a Nazi scheme that threatens the very heart of British defense. After startling revelations of a conspiracy theory, a kidnapping...
15) Go Away Death
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International blackmailers are scheming to rupture relations between Britain and the United States-but Bill Loftus of Department Z is hot on their trail . . . With America's most powerful industrialists, British peers of the realm, and agents of unknown power all entangled in a conspiracy, international safety is at risk. But unraveling this global plot quickly becomes personal for Bill Loftus when the blackmailers murder someone dear to him. As things...
16) 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...
17) Death Miser
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The first in the series featuring British intelligence's elite detectives by the Edgar Award–winning author. Millions of lives are at stake if a sinister international conspiracy succeeds. It's up to England's elite detective agency, Department Z, to make sure that doesn't happen. They've got to keep things quiet, too. Discretion is something the Hon. James Quinion knows only too well-it's all part and parcel of being a member of the secret service....
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As plans for D-Day loom large, the agents of Department Z-a secret detective unit within British intelligence-are working overtime to halt the leaking of intelligence to Berlin. Meanwhile, three cousins undertake their own covert operation: meeting in a cottage in Guildford to discuss a dark family matter in secret. As these two seemingly unrelated events collide, the cousins are drawn along a secretive trail that leads to a powerful spy ring. The...
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Marius Krotz is notorious for his ability to cause a stir. A former revolutionary turned right-hand-man to the king of a small European country, he is feared as much for his unscrupulous manner as for his dangerous past. He's planning something big, and intelligence agencies across Europe have him in their sights. Department Z is on the case, led by the infamous Arran twins and new recruit Jim Burke, and this time they're pushed to their limits. Department...
20) No Darker Crime
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A suspenseful tale of murder and espionage in wartime England. David Garth has been off in America, giving speeches on behalf of Britain's Ministry of Propaganda. Upon his return, he's surprised to receive an unsigned invitation to an address in Wimbledon . . . and even more surprised when he's approached by two agents of Department Z. Mark and Mike Errol, agents of British intelligence's secret detective squad, request Garth's assistance on a mission...
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