Political Thriller Audiobooks | Mystery, Thriller & Horror

An electrifying thriller about a group of American operatives who secretly take over the world's largest dark money fund—an astonishing, audacious debut by a seasoned insider of global finance. When a U.S. airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in the desert sands of Syria, only a small group of military operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of America's geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money, not to mention lethally skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and Elias Vicker, the damaged, dangerous soul who runs the world's largest hedge fund. To achieve its goals, the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with the hidden family that manages the largest private pool of capital that has ever existed. Another is with Fyodor Volk, the ruthless founder of Russia's most successful private military company, a mercenary with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise to avoid him but cannot. Arcing from Manhattan's finest apartments to Washington, D.C., from Middle Eastern war zones to private European bank vaults, Jay Newman's Undermoney follows the Americans as they are enmeshed in the world of dark money and confront ever-increasing danger. Ultimately, they must decide whether their objectives are worth the cost of sacrificing not just a few but potentially many human lives. Brilliantly rendered with the details only a sophisticated financial insider knows and filled with jaw-dropping action, Undermoney reveals the secret intentions and savage deeds of the world's richest people.

Jay Newman (Author), Jeremy Bobb (Narrator)

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Escapismo

Una novela dura, nihilista, que nos muestra el mundo de los barrios bajos de Barcelona desde el punto de vista de Aitor, un chico que no sabe demasiado qué hacer con su vida. Cuando su madre cae del balcón, mientras limpiaba una casa, toda la realidad se derrumba. A partir de entonces, tendrá que sobrevivir en un ambiente tóxico, drogadicto y violento. Las relaciones familiares, la violencia de la sociedad y la ira que esta despierta son temas que se trataran con un estilo duro y directo. Una novela corta pero contundente. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Marc Moreno (Barcelona, 1977) es escritor, editor y periodista. Además de colaborar con La Vanguardia o Lonely planet, trabaja como editor en Llibres del delicte y ha escrito varias novelas de literatura negra, entre ellas La reina de diamants, con varios autores, o Temps de rates. Con esta última ganó el VIII premio Crims de Tinta en el festival BCegra.

Marc Moreno Tierra (Author), Juanma Martínez (Narrator)

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The Green Progression

A shocking novel of what could happen if the fanatical defense of the environment crossed the line into deadly terror. When environmental consultant Jack McDarvid's boss is killed in a shootout near the Capitol, McDarvid becomes enmeshed in a diabolical plot behind the scenes of the environmental movement.

Bruce Scott Levinson, L. E. Modesitt Jr., L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Author), Kevin Rineer (Narrator)

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Repentance

1981 Argentina is in the grip of a brutal military dictatorship.Inspector Joaqun Alzada's work in the Buenos Aires police force exposes him to the many realities of life under a repressive regime: desperate people, terrified people and - worst of all - missing people.Personally, he prefers to stay out of politics, enjoying a simple life with his wife Paula. But when his revolutionary brother Jorge is disappeared, Alzada will stop at nothing to rescue him. TWENTY YEARS LATER...The country is in the midst of yet another devastating economic crisis and riots are building in the streets of Buenos Aires. This time Alzada is determined to keep his head down and wait patiently for his retirement. But when a dead body lands in a skip behind the morgue and a woman from one of the city's wealthiest families goes missing, Alzada is forced to confront his own involvement in one of the darkest periods in Argentinian history - a time of collective horror and personal tragedy. "Repentance is an apt title for this very impressive debut... It is an evocative crime thriller with a likeable, self-aware protagonist, and also skillfully explores the darkest period in Argentina's modern history."- The Financial Times "This is an astonishingly assured first novel, written in English by a Spanish lawyer, that is both funny and moving." - The Sunday Times Crime Club "Aficionados of mysteries with a hard edge will welcome Inspector Alzada." - Publishers Weekly "A dark political thriller guaranteed to satisfy fans of Andrea Camilleri, Donna Leon, and Leonardo Padura." - Booklist

Eloísa Díaz (Author), Richard Burnip (Narrator)

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Malena: Una tragedia argentina

En 1974, Edgardo D. Holzman integró el grupo de abogados de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos de la OEA que visitó Chile a un año del golpe de Augusto Pinochet. Más tarde, en marzo de 1981, cuando trabajaba en el departamento de idiomas del FMI, le tocó oficiar de intérprete de Roberto Viola, sucesor de Jorge Videla, durante su visita a Washington, invitado por el entonces presidente Ronald Reagan. Esas dos experiencias contrapuestas movieron a Holzman a escribir una novela sobre los derechos humanos y explorar lo ocurrido durante la última dictadura argentina, resaltando la dimensión universal del capítulo más oscuro de la historia reciente de nuestro país. El resultado es Malena: una tragedia argentina, un thriller literario ambientado en 1979 en Buenos Aires y Washington, D.C., que funciona como una poderosa máquina del tiempo capaz de transportarnos a esos años y devolvernos la sensación de asombro y espanto que solo pueden sentir los testigos directos de lo más atroz. Sus dos personajes centrales, rivales en el amor, son un militar argentino y un intérprete estadounidense, ambos condenados al silencio y atrapados en un dilema moral. Escrita con mano maestra y un amor por el detalle que recrea una Buenos Aires tan oscura como vibrante, esta novela reconstruye la intrincada red de alianzas, mentiras y complicidades, tanto locales como internacionales, que hizo posible el terrorismo de estado y es, por encima de todo, un extraordinario ejercicio de memoria y conciencia. 'Pocas veces la vida misma da la posibilidad de facilitar los medios que dan lugar a la ficción. No la imaginación: la realidad transformada en un hecho literario, no periodístico, sino mediado por las artes de la literatura misma. Por eso la publicación de Malena:una tragedia argentina, de Edgardo Holzman configura un acontecimiento en sí mismo.' —Diego Rojas 'Alberto Fernández, cautivado por las páginas de Malena: una tragedia argentina, hizo lo imposible por leerla durante la campaña electoral que lo llevó a la presidencia de Argentina en 2019.' —Revista Noticias

Andrés Ehrenhaus (translator), Edgardo Holzman (Author), Marina Arnaudo (Narrator)

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21 días de ira

Un thriller oscuro y sangriento que desatará los secretos inconclusos del pasado de Zoe Natan. Zoe nunca se ha recuperado de la muerte de su hermano, asesinado diez años atrás. Pero cuando empiezan a aparecer hombres muertos y ahorcados, el pasado parece volver a ella con la fuerza contundente de un tsunami. La policía tendrá que investigar lo que está sucediendo y pronto verán el nexo en común entre los diferentes hombres muertos: todos acababan de salir de la prisión. La novela, de ritmo trepidante, se mete en la mente de Zoe Natan para seguir sus pasos durante la investigación, pero también lo hace en la mente del asesino, que siempre parece ir unos pasos más avanzado. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - David Casals-Roma (Catalunya, 1972) es escritor y cineasta. Se licenció en Cine y Comunicación en Londres, estudió producción y dirección en Madrid y, además, realizó varios talleres creativos en Estados Unidos, Italia y Holanda. Ha trabajado como guionista y director en películas de ficción y documentales varios. En la actualidad, trabaja como profesor de cine en varias escuelas repartidas por el mundo. Además de su labor como cineasta, ha publicado obras de teatro, cuentos infantiles, relatos y poesía. 21 días de ira es su primera novela larga.

David Casals-Roma (Author), Pedro M Sanchez (Narrator)

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Gray Justice

After the death of his young son and wife as a result of the actions of local hoodlums, ex SAS soldier Tom Gray becomes a vigilante with a difference that grabs the attention of the media and the Government. But little does he know that there are others who will try to capitalise from his actions.......

Alan McDermott (Author), Andy Stevenson (Narrator)

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Smith 2

The second part of the Smith series. A puzzled policeman considers. It’s like the IRA all over again. The IRA and the Krays and the Angry Brigade. Why haven’t they all been looking for this killer, this Stephen Smith? Why isn’t the country on high alert? He discovers why. There are ‘sensitive’ aspects to this case. The public mustn’t be alarmed. In other words, he used to be one of ours and now he’s gone off the rails, got himself the weirdest gang - a posh lawyer couple, an Irish builder, a Croatian stripper, a Cockney chancer and a crazy poet - and a serious amount of cash from a bank robbery in Switzerland, laundered and sequestered who knows where. A highly funded commando unit who are after… what? The report calls them ‘anarchist’. What do anarchists want? Blow everything up? Well when they do, it’s the strangest places. Then there’s the deaths: a dentist found in the waters of Cardiff Bay – shot. The bits of another one, apparently blown up. A woman, executed in a car park. A general assassinated at an English public school. Too much mystery. ‘Something stinks. There’s something about this whole situation that’s not right. None of it fits. You all know it. I know it. But our job is to find and catch the criminals. Nothing else is important here. We are going to get this bastard using old-fashioned police work and then we’ll worry about anything unusual going on. So. I want a life story. I want to know the colour of his underpants and the smell of his farts. And I want it all by the end of the day.’ Should be easy enough, after all, Smith wants to get caught. The question is… why?

Timothy London (Author), Timothy London (Narrator)

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Gray Resurrection

This is Book 2 in the million+ selling Tom Gray action thriller series. Kidnapped, betrayed and fighting to survive, Tom Gray is back with a vengeance! After the terrorist explosion in which he is believed to have died, Tom Gray has been living a quiet life in the Philippines as Sam Grant, under the watchful eye of his government handler, James Farrar. His peace is short-lived; Farrar recruits him for a mission that needs Grant’s particular skills, but fate intervenes when Grant is taken hostage in the southern islands by Abu Sayyaf, a militant organization, and comes face-to-face with a dangerous former enemy. Reintroducing Tom Gray, the inimitable man-of-action, Gray Resurrection is an exciting and fast-paced thriller with an explosive conclusion.

Alan McDermott (Author), Andy Stevenson (Narrator)

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La Rivoluzione Italiana: 2010 - 2022 Cronaca di un paese in rivolta.

La storia inizia nel 2010. Affiliati a cosche mafiose, soubrettes e faccendieri erano stati ammessi nelle istituzioni più alte dello stato. Accumulavano prestigio e denaro, tra sorrisi compiaciuti e pacche sulle spalle. La politica italiana non era mai stata così grossolana e rapace. La situazione era andata ben oltre il tollerabile. La narrazione parte da qui, e ci conduce attraverso le fasi di una metamorfosi sociale, in un dialogo continuo tra finzione e fatti realmente accaduti. Quali sono le leve che fanno scattare una rivoluzione nazionale? Cosa succederebbe se.. ? Intorno a queste domande e ipotesi si è formato il nucleo iniziale di questo libro.

Stefano Castellani (Author), Francesco Ventura (Narrator)

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The Bed Sheet Serial Killer

The Bed Sheet Serial Killer begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark and his forensic psychologist sidekick, Marty Robin, investigating a number of brutal serial murders committed within a three-year-period. All of the victims are women, and though they share few physical traits, their backgrounds are similar in one important way. One important way, that is, in the twisted brain of the serial killer. While Rick and Marty speculate on personal events that may have created this moral monster, the reader becomes, if not sympathetic to the perp, at least more understanding of the role the past plays in creating a cold-blooded killer on a mission to save lost souls.

Michael Segedy (Author), Bt Stephenson (Narrator)

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How to Build a Supertower: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast thriller

Robert Glenister stars in this compelling corporate thriller about a self-made property tycoon who sets out to build a brand new London skyscraper Property magnate Max Silver is in trouble. His West End properties are starting to crumble, his assets are turning into liabilities and his business empire's on the rocks. With the company in danger of going under, he shakes up his property portfolio, ditches his shiftless partner, Larry, and brings his brother Teddy and daughter Zara on board. Then the Lord Mayor of London asks him to build an iconic skyscraper in the heart of the capital - a 1000ft, state-of-the-art tower that will show off London to the world, and be a defiant new national symbol. With an eye to his family's future - and his personal legacy - Max agrees, and with the help of high-profile architect Katalina, the Hourglass is born. But it soon begins to look as if this prestigious project will never get off the ground. From planning permission to political opposition, the obstacles pile up - and when his legitimate funding is suddenly withdrawn, Max is left at the mercy of shadowy forces. As old scores are settled, and new enemies emerge, he will need all his charm, ruthlessness and deal-making skills to avoid the many traps put in his path by big business - and by sheer human folly... Written by acclaimed dramatist Paul Sellar, this gripping full-cast drama takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the cut-throat world of international commerce, via corruption, intrigue, dodgy finance, kidnapping and intimidation. It stars Robert Glenister as Max, with Catherine Cusack, Katherine Press and Sean Baker. Written by Paul Sellar Directed by Jessica Dromgoole, Jonquil Panting and Sasha Yevtushenko Cast Max Silver - Robert Glenister Carol - Catherine Cusack Teddy - Sean Baker Zara - Katherine Press Katalina - Daphne Alexander Kolo - Buom Tihngang Larry/Kevin - Paul Hickey John/Gavin - Shaun Mason Maryam - Susan Jameson Sasha - Andrew Byron Clem - Vineeta Rishi Angus - Nicholas Murchie Asha - Nokukhanya Masango Fadi - Alexander Devrient Rory - Jonny Holden Jack - Ben Crowe Zoe - Tife Kusoro Sunil - Bhasker Patel DK - Sagar Radia Karakas - Chris Pavlo First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2-5 September 2019 © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Paul Sellar (Author), Catherine Cusack, Katherine Press, Robert Glenister, Sean Baker (Narrator)

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