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A Sentimental Traitor
by Michael DobbsA missile tears a passenger plane from the skies over London. Everyone on board is killed, including thirty-seven special children. As terror turns to international chaos, can the government survive...?Who would have killed them? And why? When Harry Jones starts searching for answers, he stumbles into the middle of a plot that stretches from Russia to the Islamic revolution in Egypt, from the shores of the Caspian Sea to an ancient church in rural Wiltshire. Yet every lead he pursues finds its way back to the secret corners of Brussels and a British woman named Patricia Vaine. She and Harry are doomed to fight their battle to the death. Their own lives, and the future of an entire continent, are at stake in what develops into the greatest political power game since the end of the Second World War. For this is a plot not just to take over one country but the whole of Europe. And in this deadly game, the victors will claim total victory - unless Harry Jones can stop them...
A Sequence of Events: The Math Kids (Book 2) (The Math Kids)
by David ColeThe Math Kids Club is back! After solving the case of the prime-time burglars, the Math Kids—Jordan, Justin, and Stephanie—are ready to return to the original purpose of their club: solving math problems. And the district Math Olympics is the perfect opportunity to do just that. But before they can enter the competition, they need a fourth teammate. The Math Kids set their sights on Catherine Duchesne. Even though Catherine has been quiet in class, she knows some really cool math tricks that are sure to help the Math Kids win the competition. But when Catherine doesn&’t show up for school and Jordan, Justin, and Stephanie find out her father&’s been kidnapped, the group springs into action to help their new friend. The Math Kids: A Sequence of Events is the second book in the Math Kids series.
A Serial Affair
by Natalie DunbarAgent Marina Santos ruined her relationship with Officer Reed Crawford when they first had dated. She never expected another chance. Until a vicious serial killer began terrorizing Chicago, and the two had to work together to track him down.Marina and Reed soon discovered a dark secret that might be the link between all the victims. And as they delved deeper, their steamy past added tension to the high-pressure investigation. Now they had to face their explosive feelings for one another, as well as the possibility that the victims may have gotten exactly what they deserved.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage: A Novel
by Asia MackayTwo former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this sharp, compulsive thriller.I wasn't smashing the patriarchy; I was killing it. Literally.Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murderers. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant.Now, they&’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what&’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it&’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage: A Novel
by Asia MackayTwo former serial killers trying to keep their past buried realize that old habits die hard in this &“wildly original, razor-sharp thriller&” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark). &“An invaluable manual that I return to again and again.&”―Hugh GrantI wasn't smashing the patriarchy; I was killing it. Literally.Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murderers. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant.Now, they&’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what&’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it&’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage: Introducing the hottest thriller of 2025 - a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick
by Asia MackayA couple that kills together stays together.* A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK *DISCOVER THE ADDICTIVE THRILLER READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT'Believe the hype! Unputdownable, twisty, deftly written thrill ride.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I read it in two days, so engrossing!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Desperate Housewives meets Dexter.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Sexy, stylish, thrilling. A razor-sharp tale of marriage and murder.' CHRIS WHITAKER'Your sassy, twisted must-read of 2025' JANICE HALLETT'If you liked Mr & Mrs Smith, you'll love this' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Darkly funny and clever' KATY BRENT'Huge fun. You won't put it down.' HARRIET TYCEHazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're ex-serial killers.They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to kill. Not many power couples know how to get away with murder. Then Hazel fell pregnant and they gave it all up for life in the suburbs; dinner parties instead of body disposal.But recently Hazel has started to feel that itch again. When she kills someone behind Fox's back and brings the police to their door, she must do anything she can to protect her family. This could save their marriage - unless it kills them first.WHAT MORE READERS ARE SAYING:'If I could give more than five stars I would.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I honestly couldn't stop reading' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Absolutely loved this book. I laughed out loud several times, an excellent dark comedy' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I loved the short chapters, I finished this in one day.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Huge fun.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage: Meet the couple everyone is talking about in the hottest thriller of 2025
by Asia MackayA couple that kills together stays together.DISCOVER THE ADDICTIVE THRILLER READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT'Believe the hype! Unputdownable, twisty, deftly written thrill ride.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I read it in two days, so engrossing!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Desperate Housewives meets Dexter.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Sexy, stylish, thrilling. A razor-sharp tale of marriage and murder.' CHRIS WHITAKER'Your sassy, twisted must-read of 2025' JANICE HALLETT'If you liked Mr & Mrs Smith, you'll love this' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Darkly funny and clever' KATY BRENT'Huge fun. You won't put it down.' HARRIET TYCEHazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're ex-serial killers.They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to kill. Not many power couples know how to get away with murder. Then Hazel fell pregnant and they gave it all up for life in the suburbs; dinner parties instead of body disposal.But recently Hazel has started to feel that itch again. When she kills someone behind Fox's back and brings the police to their door, she must do anything she can to protect her family. This could save their marriage - unless it kills them first.WHAT MORE READERS ARE SAYING:'If I could give more than five stars I would.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I honestly couldn't stop reading' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Absolutely loved this book. I laughed out loud several times, an excellent dark comedy' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I loved the short chapters, I finished this in one day.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Huge fun.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
A Serious Investigation
by Dell ShannonAs always, Jesse Falkenstein and Sergeant Clock have a score of cases on their hands, but Jesse is mainly interested in the murder of Margaret Brandon, a trance medium. He was her lawyer and liked her, and someone had gone to great efforts to make her death seem accidental. But with so many suspects - the egocentric writer, the young lout, the nephew in line for an inheritance - both Falkenstein and Clock are at their wit's end until their old acquaintance Mr Walker sends his comments from Hawaii - which might be just what they need to get a lead . . .
A Serious Investigation (Murder Room #34)
by Dell ShannonAs always, Jesse Falkenstein and Sergeant Clock have a score of cases on their hands, but Jesse is mainly interested in the murder of Margaret Brandon, a trance medium. He was her lawyer and liked her, and someone had gone to great efforts to make her death seem accidental.But with so many suspects - the egocentric writer, the young lout, the nephew in line for an inheritance - both Falkenstein and Clock are at their wit's end until their old acquaintance Mr Walker sends his comments from Hawaii - which might be just what they need to get a lead . . .'My favourite American crime-writer' New York Herald Tribune
A Serpent Uncoiled
by Simon SpurrierA missing mobster. A bizarre spiritualist society. And three deaths, linked by a chilling forensic detail. Working as an enforcer in London's criminal underworld brought Dan Shaper to the edge of a breakdown. Now he's a private investigator, kept perilously afloat by a growing cocktail of drugs. He needs to straighten-up and rebuild his life, but instead gets the attention of his old gangland masters and a job-offer from Mr George Glass. The elderly eccentric claims to be a New Age Messiah, but now needs a saviour of his own. He's been marked for murder. Adrift amidst liars and thugs, Shaper must push his capsizing mind to its limits: stalked not only by a unique and terrifying killer, but by the ghosts of his own brutal past.
A Serpent Uncoiled
by Simon SpurrierA missing mobster. A bizarre spiritualist society. And three deaths, linked by a chilling forensic detail. Working as an enforcer in London's criminal underworld brought Dan Shaper to the edge of a breakdown. Now he's a private investigator, kept perilously afloat by a growing cocktail of drugs. He needs to straighten-up and rebuild his life, but instead gets the attention of his old gangland masters and a job-offer from Mr George Glass. The elderly eccentric claims to be a New Age Messiah, but now needs a saviour of his own. He's been marked for murder. Adrift amidst liars and thugs, Shaper must push his capsizing mind to its limits: stalked not only by a unique and terrifying killer, but by the ghosts of his own brutal past.
A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery (A Longmire Mystery #9)
by Craig Johnson&“It&’s the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson&’s lean and leathery mysteries.&” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe ninth Longmire book from the New York Times bestselling author of Land of WolvesIt&’s homecoming for the Durant Dogies when Cord Lynear, a Mormon &“lost boy&” forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, Victoria Moretti, and Henry Standing Bear search for the boy&’s mother and find themselves on a high-plains scavenger hunt that ends at the barbed-wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by four-hundred-pound Roy Lynear, Cord&’s father, the group is frighteningly well armed and very good at keeping secrets. Walt&’s got Cord locked up for his own good, but the Absaroka County jailhouse is getting crowded since the arrival of the boy&’s self-appointed bodyguard, a dangerously spry old man who claims to be blessed by Joseph Smith himself. As Walt, Vic, and Henry butt heads with the Lynears, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and fear they might be dealing with a lot more than they bargained for.
A Serpent's Tooth: A captivating episode in the best-selling, award-winning series - now a hit Netflix show! (A Walt Longmire Mystery #9)
by Craig JohnsonThe ninth book in the New York Times bestselling Longmire series, featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire.Cord Lynear, a Mormon 'lost boy' forced off his compound for supposedly rebellious behaviour, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, his second-in-command Victoria Moretti and his good friend Henry Standing Bear search for the boy's mother and find themselves in a scavenger hunt that ends at the doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by Roy Lynear - Cord's father - the group is frighteningly well-armed and very good at keeping secrets.As Walt, Henry and Vic pursue the Lynears, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and find they might be dealing with more than they bargained for.'The characters talk straight from the hip and the Wyoming landscape is its own kind of eloquence' New York Times
A Serving of Scandal
by Prue LeithPeople just love a scandal . . . Kate McKinnon is thirty-six and mother to five-year-old Toby. She used to be a restaurant chef, but then Toby came along. Now she has a small but thriving catering business. Her life is on an even keel but that's about to change.She gets a job cooking lunch at the Foreign Office and there she has her first fateful meeting with Oliver Stapler, Secretary of State. Married and a father, he's totally out of bounds, yet she falls for him. Though she tries to keep her feelings secret, rumours start to fly. When someone alerts the gutter press, who cares whether Kate's affair with Oliver is true or not?
A Settling of Accounts
by Carolyn HartFor New Orleans antique dealer Kay Emory, a brief business jaunt to London's prestigious Durand Galleries had seemed a pleasant enough trip. But then she was caught shoplifting in one of London's most elegant department stores. And only hours later, found falling-down drunk in the hotel bar. Kay Emory had inherited an unexpected and dangerous legacy - a heritage of betrayal and treachery that had once come close to costing her life as an undercover sabotage agent in France. Kay only knew that she couldn't go to the police with her story. Instinct told her that perhaps this whole epi sode was a frame-up connected with her wartime years, yet she wondered what in her past she could have left behind. Any number of people might have wanted her out of the way - but one man, she discovers, stands to gain the most, and he was already moving in to settle accounts....
A Shade Of Doubt (A Shade Of Vampire Series #12)
by Bella Forrest<P><P>Unwilling to even grant the two white witches a reception, Derek orders Mona to expel them from the island the moment he hears of their arrival. But will that be enough to rid themselves of their presence? <P><P> Meanwhile, Rose and Caleb have met with an unexpected hurdle in returning to The Shade. A hurdle that could threaten to crush Rose's dreams into dust. Who will Caleb choose? The Shade holds the answers...
A Shade of Difference
by Allen DruryRacial tensions threaten to sink the US in this sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Advise and Consent from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. From Allen Drury, the twentieth-century grand master of political fiction, comes a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powder keg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to the weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war. Allen Drury paints a vivid and laser-accurate portrait of Washington and international politics, from top secret conferences, to elite cocktail parties, club luncheon rooms, and the private offices of the key players in government. Praise for Allen Drury and A Shade of Difference &“On every page you hear the drums of jeopardy. This is a measure of Mr. Drury&’s mastery. He has a remarkable skill for keeping not only his characters but also his readers in dramatic turmoil. There are hardly any bystanders in his dramatis personae.&” —The New York Times &“The market that found Advise and Consent enormously readable will take this in stride. Here is another contemporary-and beyond-novel dealing with the chitchat as well as the more profound thoughts on issues that are with us—yesterday, today, tomorrow.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“Drury&’s stories are detailed and compelling portraits of the machinery of government as relevant today as when they were first published.&” —HuffPost
A Shade of Midnight (Midnight Shifters Ser. #4)
by Renee GeorgeSecrets from the past never stay in the past...or do they? A Shade of Midnight is a thrilling paranormal mystery that will have you turning the pages from beginning to end. Book 4 of the Midnight Shifters series by USA Today bestselling paranormal romance author Renee George is sure to be a favorite addition to your paranormal romance library."I've always found a 9MM to be an excellent problem solver." Mina Vail Empath Mina Vail spent the last two years trying to forget her time as an assassin for Caledon's ex-king and move on with her life in the human world. Now she runs a security business that doesn't involve killing anyone (most of the time), she has good friends she can count on, and she keeps her relationships easy and carefree. But when her lover is accused of murdering a co-worker, and her ex is the investigating cop, Mina is forced to face her dark past...and her growing feelings for two very different men.Gav Doyle, a cop and a werelion, wants to pair bond with Mina, but while she likes a man who can make her roar, she isn't interested in a lifetime commitment. Eric Bishop, a new partner in a large architect firm and a half incubus, thinks Mina is the cure for his insatiable appetites.When Mina, Gav, and Eric attempt to track the real killer, they end up in the crosshairs between Queen Benoica and the rebel faction who want her off the throne at any price. With the lives of her two loves on the line, will Mina be forced out of the light of her new life and back into the shade of her past?This paranormal romantic suspense contains a menage, scorching M/F/M scenes, shifters, and paranormal creatures. A Shade of Midnight is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
A Shadow Comes Darkly
by Lee OhlsonClark Wright&’s life as an ER nurse is turned upside down when he&’s attacked by a rogue vampire and left for dead. Saved by Alessio, a snarky vampire bartender with an unsettling connection to him, Clark is thrust into a dark paranormal world. As they hunt down Clark's attacker, they uncover a series of violent vampire killings plaguing the city. Bound by fate and a magnetic attraction, Clark and Alessio must unravel the mystery while confronting their deepening bond and the strange dreams connecting Clark to his dead twin. Time is running out, and survival isn't the only thing at stake—so is their fated love. Dark, erotic, and hauntingly seductive, this is a tale of fated love, betrayal, and the gritty underworld that hides beneath the surface of the city.
A Shadow Falls: A Jenny Aaron Thriller
by Andreas Pflüger"Rare and magnificent." — Ken BruenFive years ago, Jenny Aaron was the star member of an elite team charged with tracking Germany's most dangerous criminals — until a shot to the head left her irreversibly blind. Four weeks ago, Aaron tested the new skills that she's acquired in her world of darkness against Ludger Holm, the psychopath who fired that shot. Now she's learned that her worst enemy has left her a legacy of two billion dollars. Although she knows that it's a trap, Aaron realizes that if she is ever to find peace, she must play Holm's deadly game to the bitter end."Compassionate moments between characters add poignancy, and a subplot involving Aaron potentially regaining her sight intrigues . . . this is a thriller worth reading." — Publishers Weekly"A first-rate thriller." — The Sunday Times"Jenny Aaron is the blind Sherlock Holmes." — Stefan Ahnhem
A Shadow Intelligence
by Oliver Harris'Scary if true, or even half true' Sunday Times star pick'A gripping, fast-moving and intelligent novel from new spy fiction star Oliver Harris' Irish IndependentThere is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane - mercurial, inquisitive, free floating. He's spent fifteen years managing events overseas that never make the papers, deniable and deeply effective. Kane is a ghost in his own life, picking up and dropping personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when a woman he loves, Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced centre stage. Drawn ever deeper into a realm of deception, Kane moves from merely infiltrating events to steering them. He's used to a new mode of hybrid psychological warfare - but snowbound Kazakhstan presents unique challenges. Poised between China, Russia and the West, dictatorship and democracy, state intelligence and an increasingly powerful world of private agencies, it's impossible to work out who is manipulating who. And Kane's not the only one trying to figure out where Joanna Lake has gone or what she learned before disappearing.Unable to trust anyone, hunted by his own colleagues, and with the life of someone he loves at stake, Kane needs to work out who is driving events, and why...
A Shadow Intelligence (An Elliot Kane Thriller)
by Oliver HarrisThere is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane—volatile, inquisitive, free-floating—in the field. They take them and put two years and over £100k into their training, showing them how to steal cars, strip weapons, and hack bank accounts. There are courses on the use of blackmail and improvised explosives, and entire workshops solely dedicated to navigating by the stars. But no one tells them how to go home. Kane has spent fifteen years managing events overseas that never make the papers. He is a ghost in his own life, assuming and shedding personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when the woman he loves, another operative named Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced center stage in his own life. Drawn ever deeper into a realm of deception and conflicting agendas, Kane moves from merely infiltrating events to steering them. While he's well-versed in modern psychological warfare, snowbound Kazakhstan presents unique challenges—poised between China, Russia, and the West, dictatorship and democracy, state intelligence and an increasingly powerful world of private agencies, it&’s impossible to work out who is manipulating whom. And Kane&’s not the only one trying to figure out where Joanna Lake has gone or what she learned before disappearing.
A Shadow Intelligence (An\elliot Kane Thriller Ser.)
by Oliver HarrisA BRILLIANT NEW ESPIONAGE THRILLER FOR FANS OF JOHN LE CARREThe intelligence service puts two years and over £100k into the training of new field officers. You're shown how to steal cars, strip weapons, hack bank accounts. There are courses on the use of blackmail and improvised explosives, two workshops solely dedicated to navigating by the stars. But nothing about what I had heard one old spy call whiplash. No one tells you how to go home.There is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane - mercurial, inquisitive, free floating. He's spent fifteen years managing events overseas that never make the papers, deniable and deeply effective. Kane is a ghost in his own life, picking up and dropping personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when a woman he loves, Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced centre stage. Drawn ever deeper into a realm of deception, Kane moves from merely infiltrating events to steering them. He's used to a new mode of hybrid psychological warfare - but snowbound Kazakhstan presents unique challenges. Poised between China, Russia and the West, dictatorship and democracy, state intelligence and an increasingly powerful world of private agencies, it's impossible to work out who is manipulating who. And Kane's not the only one trying to figure out where Joanna Lake has gone or what she learned before disappearing.Unable to trust anyone, hunted by his own colleagues, and with the life of someone he loves at stake, Kane needs to work out who is driving events, and why...
A Shadow Intelligence: an utterly unputdownable spy thriller
by Oliver Harris'Oliver Harris is always pure quality and I'm loving the hell out of his foray into the contemporary spy novel' Ian RankinThe intelligence service puts two years and over £100k into the training of new field officers. You're shown how to steal cars, strip weapons, hack bank accounts. There are courses on the use of blackmail and improvised explosives, two workshops solely dedicated to navigating by the stars. But nothing about what I had heard one old spy call whiplash. No one tells you how to go home.There is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane - mercurial, inquisitive, free floating. He's spent fifteen years managing events overseas that never make the papers, deniable and deeply effective. Kane is a ghost in his own life, picking up and dropping personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when a woman he loves, Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced centre stage. Drawn ever deeper into a realm of deception, Kane moves from merely infiltrating events to steering them. He's used to a new mode of hybrid psychological warfare - but snowbound Kazakhstan presents unique challenges. Poised between China, Russia and the West, dictatorship and democracy, state intelligence and an increasingly powerful world of private agencies, it's impossible to work out who is manipulating who. And Kane's not the only one trying to figure out where Joanna Lake has gone or what she learned before disappearing.Unable to trust anyone, hunted by his own colleagues, and with the life of someone he loves at stake, Kane needs to work out who is driving events, and why...
A Shadow in Moscow: A Cold War Novel
by Katherine ReayIn the thick of the Cold War, a betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6&’s best Soviet agent and the CIA&’s newest Moscow recruit.Vienna, 1954After losing everyone she loves in the final days of World War II, Ingrid Bauer agrees to a hasty marriage with a gentle Soviet embassy worker and follows him home to Moscow. But nothing within the Soviet Union&’s totalitarian regime is what it seems, including her new husband, whom Ingrid suspects works for the KGB. Inspired by her daughter&’s birth, Ingrid risks everything and reaches out in hope to the one country she understands and trusts—Britain, the country of her mother&’s birth. She begins passing intelligence to MI6, navigating a world of secrets and lies, light and shadow.Moscow, 1980A student in the Foreign Studies Initiative, Anya Kadinova finishes her degree at Georgetown University and boards a flight home to Moscow, leaving behind the man she loves and a country she&’s grown to respect. Though raised by dedicated and loyal Soviet parents, Anya soon questions an increasingly oppressive and paranoid regime at the height of the Cold War. Then the KGB murders her best friend and Anya chooses her side. Working in a military research lab, she relays Soviet plans and schematics to the CIA in an effort to end the 1980s arms race.The past catches up to the present when an unprecedented act of treachery threatens all agents operating within Eastern Europe, and both Ingrid and Anya find themselves in a race for their lives against time and the KGB.&“Eloquently portrays the incredible contributions of women in history, the extraordinary depths of love, and, perhaps most important, the true cost of freedom.&” —Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding VeilAn exciting story of two brave female spies in Cold War MoscowIncludes discussion questions for book clubs