Bøger af P a Duncan

Life is full of unanswered questions.Especially when it's too late to ask them.Summoned to Ukraine, which he left when he was sixteen, Alexei Bukharin hopes that this likely final encounter with his mother will be the opportunity to ask why she was so distant all his life.He arrives at his old home minutes too late and can only be part of her death vigil. This reaffirms his belief that she never wanted him at all.But she bequeaths him an unexpected and extraordinary gift--a way to "meet" his long-dead father.Old Love Does Not Rust is an homage to the author's father, whom she didn't know long enough.

"Is it over?"Two years of spying all come down to this: Find John Thomas Carroll and prevent him from blowing up a federal building.An easy task for an intelligence organization with a global reach, right?Not when Carroll doesn't want to be found and has a network of right-wing extremists with powerful connections to cover his tracks.U.N. spy Mai Fisher has stretched her analytical abilities to the limit. She knows why, how, when, and who about the potential bombing, but once the FBI realizes she doesn't know where, Mai and Alexei Bukharin are on their own. Their search for Carroll is old-school tradecraft--surveillance, pressuring his friends and family, hoping for a lucky break.Mai's epiphany comes at an unlikely time and place. The only ones who believe she's figured out where Carroll will place his bomb are Alexei and a handful of ATF agents. They race against the clock to stop terror in the heartland of America, and Mai faces the possibility she has suffered an inconceivable loss.Collateral Damage is the stunning conclusion of the landmark series, A Perfect Hatred.But, is it really over?

As with much of the trouble in the Balkans, the world learned of "ethnic cleansing" from the international media--international because the state-run media in Yugoslavia made Serbia out to be the victim, not the perpetrator.What better cover, then, for U.N. spy Mai Fisher than a freelance journalist?But being back in the fractious Yugoslavia in the election year 2000 has raised plenty of ghosts and created a lot more.In this lead-in to the new series by P. A. Duncan, Self-Inflited Wounds, read these dispatches from inside a country on the verge of disintegration but yearning for that elusive form of government--democracy.

Who watches the watchmen?Mai Fisher's tenure as head of the United Nations Intelligence Directorate has gone smoother than she expected-until someone in her inner circle betrays The Directorate and tries to rig the U.S. presidential election to favor the conservative billionaire candidate. Mai knows if he wins, the top levels of the U.S. government will be headed by deconstructionist right-wingers and white supremacists, but first she has to deal with the traitor in The Directorate's midst. His fate? Extraordinary rendition and indefinite incarceration. But someone in The Directorate doesn't agree and deals a different punishment. After the billionaire's unexpected win, Mai decides it's time to relocate The Directorate from the U.S. to somewhere more neutral. She can't resist, however, one final act of intrigue before she leaves, a reminder to her enemies she will still be watching.

The United Nations Intelligence Directorate has settled into its new location in Geneva, and Mai Fisher is, at last, coming to terms with the move. She and Alexei Bukharin are raising a young Russian orphan, and that whole work/life balance thing seems to be functioning well.That changes when she sees the name of a new-hire in the U.N. Special and Security Forces--the name of a man, who as a teenager, sent Mai and Alexei down a road to the darkest mission of their careers.Is it coincidence he shows up in her life twenty-five years later, or is he seeking revenge?Inside this mini-sequel, you'll find a sneak preview of A PERFECT HATRED: END TIMES, book one of a four-book series based on a major act of domestic terrorism.END TIMES - coming April 19, 2018.

The game has rules?Mai Fisher doesn't like missions with no clear resolution. But this is the Balkans, and sometimes you have to accept small defeats among the overall victory. Despite Alexei Bukharin's insistence on this being their final mission, Mai won't let herself think about that. She's got an election to influence, assassinations to stop, justice to achieve, and errant relatives to save. But that all strains both her professional and personal relationship with Alexei. Nothing new there, but it's getting old. For both. After having to fight, unexpectedly and literally, for her life, her mission does conclude, though the loose ends flap about willy-nilly. That, Mai finds unacceptable, especially when the aftermath uncovers a betrayal that could have gotten her killed for the basest of reasons--jealousy. Being, as Alexei calls her, "the most stubborn woman on earth," she manages to find closure for this mission, though it takes time. Alexei has his closure as well, along with the acceptance he is who he is, occasionally ruthless and always unforgiving. Was this their final mission? Only time will tell.

Brendan Mears has taught high school history in Georgia for fifteen years and has found his calling in encouraging underprivileged kids to stay in school and getting them to enjoy learning. Their dream is to go to New York to see the Broadway production of "Hamilton," and they work hard and long to raise the money.The only problem is, Mears can't go with them. If he does, he's in violation of an agreement he made years before to save his life. Still, he doesn't want to let these struggling kids down.He pleads his case for an exception and gets permission to go, and though he's tempted to break the terms of the agreement, he thinks first of the kids he's there to guide.When one of the students comes down with appendicitis, a trip to the ER puts Mears in a situation he knows will cost him his job and a future in the place he's come to call home. Moreover, it could cost him his life.To find out why, look for the author's debut novel, A WAR OF DECEPTION, coming in Spring 2017. (Sneak preview inside.)

It's an old game: spy versus spy. This was supposed to be a simple information exchange, but retired U.N. spy Mai Fisher finds herself in a cab with a man possibly hired by a Balkan warlord to kidnap her. Her escape leaves her wet, cold, and determined to find out who burned her. After almost 40 years as a spy for the U.N. Intelligence Directorate, Alexei Bukharin wants a calmer life with his wife, Mai Fisher, and to finish raising his college-student granddaughter Natalia. However, a Russian spy, affected by something in Alexei's past, has other plans for them-and especially for Natalia. Mai and Alexei put aside retirement to find out who betrayed Mai and who is interested in Natalia. Along the way, they uncover a Russian mole in the FBI and the reason behind Russian intelligence's targeting of Natalia-a decision Alexei made decades ago about his son's future. Past and present collide. Fathers and sons remember. Will retribution and revenge prevail?

Mai Fisher never indulges in regret. In her career as a spy for the U.N., she's done what she's needed to do, acknowledged the consequences, and moved on, rarely giving her actions much thought. To do otherwise isn't worth the pain.Until a man needing to make amends for a past crime reminds her of a promise she'd made, a promise at the time she had no intention of keeping. But Mai understands she can't ignore that promise--and the man's lesson on forgiveness.

In the year 2000, two countries have different experiences with their elections, and U.N. spy Mai Fisher is out to affect the outcome of one of them.But first she has to find out who has been killing major and minor government officials in Yugoslavia and stop them. As if that weren't enough, she has to convince a reluctant candidate to run against the Serbian strongman, Slobodan Milosevic.After coming out of semi-retirement with reluctance, Alexei Bukharin joins his partner in what he hopes is their final mission. There are moments, though, where he remembers the most exciting aspects of the spy game: untangling plots, the occasional need to kick ass, the manipulation of an innocent, and the adrenaline rush.However, there are those who will do anything to maintain the status quo, to stay in power.Even kill.

In this follow up to 2012's Spy Flash, Mai Fisher has left the life of a covert operative behind and has moved into management. As the operational head of the United Nations Intelligence Directorate, she has to rely not only on her knowledge of tradecraft but also on her management skills, something she considers herself lacking.Here are four tales of how she manages her organization's reactions to a diplomatic crisis fomented by the Russian security services, a personal tragedy affecting one of her key personel, a past mission that had left her with a sense of regret, and an unusual request from the President of the United States during an election year.

Two years after the darkest mission of her career, Mai Fisher is intent on an evening out with some acquaintances. A decent meal, a good play, interesting company are what she needs to push away that mission's memory and more recent events in the Balkans.Someone has other plans, however.In the midst of her meal, an old enemy reappears, and Mai does the only thing she can: She pursues him.Includes a sneak preview of Book Three of A PERFECT HATRED: DESCENDING SPIRAL.

"I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against." - Malcolm X March for Justice is a collection of stories focused on the wrongs that surround us. From our hometowns to around the world, let these stories serve as inspiration, as beacons of light to remind us that we must not remain silent in the face of injustice.Instead, we must be brave and march for justice for all.Featured stories include: "Together Against Darkness" by A.K. Hughey"Out of Time" by Allison K. Garcia"Protect Them At All Costs" by K. McCoy"Best Served Cold" by P. A. Duncan"Fighting the Odds" by Summer Zoris