Wolf Winter
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
In the chill of the Cold War, two Norwegians are shot dead after straying into Soviet wilderness, killings that will bind together three people in a web of treachery and passion:
Halvard Starheim, veteran explorer, torn by the deaths of his friends and his love for a beautiful woman,
Ragna Johansen, the exquisitely attractive widow of one of the dead men on a desperate search for love and fulfilment,
Rolf Berg, brilliant Norwegian journalist whose secret other life holds the key to a deadly conspiracy.
The mission for the truth will lead them to a final confrontation in the freezing wastes of an Arctic wolf winter . . .
'A magnificent read. Move over Frederick Forsyth and Hammond Innes' Sunday Telegraph
'The classically structured spy thriller has rarely been better done' New York Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After the smooth entertainment and suspense of her bestseller Night Sky, the far more ponderous start of Francis's second novel is disappointing initially. Norwegian explorer Hal Starheim is tormented by his part in a military operation that goes awry during the Cold War years, an undertaking in which his friend Jan Johansen is killed by Russian border guards. Although the incident is thoroughly investigated, no satisfactory explanation of why Jan might have crossed Finland's neutral border into Russia is ever divulged. His young widow, Ragna, vents her rage and loneliness by working to block the installation of a top-secret military base on land precious to the nomadic Lapp tribes, a battle that brings her and Hal unknowingly into contact with a superbly narcissistic Soviet spy. Like a series of dominos, Francis sets meticulous plot lines, lush descriptions and highly colored characters in place for an exhilarating finale on the icy reaches of the high plateau in dispute. 100,000 first printing; $125,000 ad/promo; Reader's Digest Condensed Book; BOMC alternate.
