Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Thrillers - Political

A polished and gripping political debut that Michael Connelly calls "an edge of your seat thriller," Shining City is set in DC amid a harrowing Supreme Court nomination fight.

"Amazing. . . . Pulses with momentum. . . . A debut that will be remembered for years." --Michael Connelly

Peter Rena is a "fixer." He and his partner, Randi Brooks, earn their living making the problems of the powerful disappear. They get their biggest job yet when the White House hires them to vet the president's nominee for the Supreme Court. Judge Roland Madison is a...

In this twisting, ferocious novel of suspense, the presidential race has a number of men all clawing to get to the top. Each man has a locked closet of secrets. And one man holds every key.

Julian Mellow has spent his life amassing a fortune out of low-risk / high-reward investments. But the one time in his life he got in over his head, he left another man holding the bag, and made an enemy for life, one who has nothing to lose. Now, Mellow has...

December, 2016:  Everyone thinks the election is over… An idealistic young researcher uncovers a series of deaths among Electors and must race against time and a secret, deadly efficient conspiracy.  There are less than three weeks until the real presidential election.

When Matthew Yamashita discovers a series of unexplained deaths among Electors, he and his advisor must work to get the information out and stop the plot.  They are joined by an FBI agent.  Although initially sceptical, she, too, begins to glimpse just how deep the conspiracy...

When an ex-Delta Forces operative dies in a car wreck in Miami, the FBI dismiss it as a tragic accident. But Jon Reznick isn't so sure--especially when he learns that his teetotal former colleague was apparently drunk at the wheel.

Reznick's one-man investigation quickly enters dangerous territory when it becomes clear that this was merely the first in a series of mysterious deaths. All of the victims are ex-Delta Forces, and all were involved in a top-secret Iranian hit under Reznick's command. Retribution will not be complete until Reznick is wiped out too.

With Iran's...

Swept into the exploding, sleazy side of Washington politics, Robert Carlton has become a target. There is no option to walk away. Every agency has been infiltrated. He must find the killers behind this conspiracy, or watch his friends become its victims. Weaving past corrupt politicians, ruthless NSA operatives, and destruction of the nation's democratic system, Robert's family, career, and friends land in the crossfire.

"Briley has mastered the genre (of Clancy, Ludlum, and Baldacci) with this freshman offering. I was thoroughly caught up in the characters and plot...

It began as a blog.
It became a political firestorm.

It was never Henry Marshall's intention to be a presidential candidate. He was a blogger, a plain-spoken conservative pundit critiquing the system from the outside, not a politician. Until the unthinkable happens and Marshall finds himself recruited as an independent in a competitive three-way race. When he begins receiving big endorsements and rising in the polls the carefully maintained status quo of Washington, D.C. is threatened. And there are some who are not going to let that happen . . .

When several million people suddenly go missing, the ensuing world, both locally in Cornwall and worldwide, struggles to come to terms with the inept and comical attempts to put a sensible lid on the happening.
We follow the mishaps of a rogue Cornish vicar alongside those of world leaders; both, in their own way, trying to balance a return to normality whilst seeking the truth or otherwise.
When the local, national and international come into contact, via the UK Prime Minister's wife, the wiles of politicians and the mistrust of such wiles produce a comical mayhem that...

When several million people suddenly go missing, the ensuing world, both locally in Cornwall and worldwide, struggles to come to terms with the inept and comical attempts to put a sensible lid on the happening.
We follow the mishaps of a rogue Cornish vicar alongside those of world leaders; both, in their own way, trying to balance a return to normality whilst seeking the truth or otherwise.
When the local, national and international come into contact, via the UK Prime Minister's wife, the wiles of politicians and the mistrust of such wiles produce a comical mayhem that...