Lea Carpenter
1) Ilium
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fast-paced and powerful, gripping and immersive, this subtly crafted and suspenseful novel, set in the present and the immediate past, in the dark world of international espionage in London, Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret is told through its young female protagonist who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a special op. The young English narrator briefly tells us of her unhappy family life in London, wanting...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna is the beloved only child of the charismatic Noel, a New York City banker-- and a mother who abandoned her. When Noel dies in a mysterious skiing accident in Switzerland the day before his daughter's wedding, Anna, consumed by grief, grows increasingly distant from her prominent music-producing husband, who begins running for office. One day, while on her honeymoon in the south of France, Anna meets an enigmatic stranger who will cause perhaps...
3) Eleven days
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xii, 270 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When her beloved Navy SEAL son goes missing during a mission in May 2011, single mother Sara unsuccessfully taps her Washington policymaker contacts for information and traces her son's emerging leadership as documented in letters back home.
4) Mile 22
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
Strong violence and language throughout.
