Moscow X
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $41.99
Publisher Description
A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. Its execution is foiled by a Russian woman with secret loyalties
CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that conceals the wealth of the super-rich. Max's family business in Mexico - a CIA front since the 1960s - is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple, and their targets are Vadim, Putin's private banker, and his wife Anna, who is both a banker and an intelligence officer. As they descend further into a Russian world dripping with luxury and rife with gangland violence, Sia and Max's hope may be Anna, who is playing a game of her own. Careening between the horse ranch and the dark opulence of Saint Petersburg, Moscow X is both a gripping thriller of modern espionage and a daring work of political commentary on the conflict between Washington and Moscow.
Customer Reviews
Great book/story. Reader not so.
Detailed, intriguing story; very well written. The audio-reader unfortunately couldn’t get the international accents right, so Russian, South African, and Mexican Spanish accents of English all sounded nearly the same. Also, he made all female voices sound too high and staccato.
As I listened I tried to imagine the words on the printed page so I could appreciate the story and dialogue as I would hear them spoken by a native speaker of those countries and found I then could fully appreciate the well-written dialogue.