Revenge of the Kremlin
A Malko Linge Novel
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this gripping, tightly plotted tale of espionage, Malko Linge investigates the suspicious death of a Russian oligarch in London.
Boris Berezovsky is living in exile in London to avoid the wrath of Vladimir Putin. One morning, the unlucky oligarch is found dead in his bathroom, an apparent suicide.
Their suspicions aroused, MI5 opens an investigation—but Prime Minister David Cameron orders the case closed. Alarmed at the renewal of Russian Cold War tricks and Moscow’s increasingly close ties to London, the CIA dispatches Malko Linge to investigate Berezovsky’s death and the British cover-up. With help from an alluring former CIA handler, Malko dives into the search for hard evidence of the Kremlin’s involvement in the affair—putting himself directly in the crosshairs of the world’s most efficient assassins.
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In de Villiers's draggy third Malko Linge novel to be published in the U.S. (after 2014's Chaos in Kabul), a prominent Russian exile, corrupt oligarch Boris Berezovky, is found dead with a length of cord around his neck that's tied to the shower head in the master bathroom of Berezovky's English manor. When the British authorities refuse to investigate, the CIA station chief in London turns to Linge for help. The crafty agent, assisted by his usual assortment of secret sources, tradecraft tricks, and sex-hungry female informants, tracks the killing back to the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin's desire to eliminate potential rivals. De Villiers (1929 2013) never bragged about literary pretentions, but the writing in this installment is even more clich d and artless than usual. Scenes of true action are scarce, and readers should be prepared for the author's distinct signature: raunchy, detailed sex that serves no discernible plot purpose.
