• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2023 March #1
  *Starred Review* The war in Ukraine is over, Vladimir Putin has disappeared, and Viktor Kosygin is the new Russian president. CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan travels to London to be closer to a top Russian mole who might be able to help the U.S. understand Kosygin's plans for the future. But almost as soon as Lyndsey lands at Heathrow, she's assigned to a task force investigating one of Russia's wealthiest men, Mikhail Rotenberg. Based in London, Rotenberg is married to Emily Hughes, a British aristocrat. No one knows where Rotenberg's money is hidden, but he's loaned billions to Russia to fund Putin's war against Ukraine and still seems to have plenty left. Lyndsey's mission is to befriend Emily, try to determine where Rotenberg has stashed his money, and keep the cash from being funneled back to Russia to fund Kosygin's regime, which seems as ruthlessly ambitious as Putin's. Lyndsey succeeds in ingratiating herself with Emily, but the situation quickly turns tumultuous, as Mikhail shows his true character and nearly succeeds in pulling off a daring double cross. Katsu's second book in this taut spy series is even better than the first, Red Widow (2021), with the requisite suspense driving the twist-laden plot. Pair this one with Ava Glass' Alias Emma (2022), also starring an outstanding, multidimensional protagonist. Copyright 2023 Booklist Reviews.
• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2023 March #1
  *Starred Review* The war in Ukraine is over, Vladimir Putin has disappeared, and Viktor Kosygin is the new Russian president. CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan travels to London to be closer to a top Russian mole who might be able to help the U.S. understand Kosygin's plans for the future. But almost as soon as Lyndsey lands at Heathrow, she's assigned to a task force investigating one of Russia's wealthiest men, Mikhail Rotenberg. Based in London, Rotenberg is married to Emily Hughes, a British aristocrat. No one knows where Rotenberg's money is hidden, but he's loaned billions to Russia to fund Putin's war against Ukraine and still seems to have plenty left. Lyndsey's mission is to befriend Emily, try to determine where Rotenberg has stashed his money, and keep the cash from being funneled back to Russia to fund Kosygin's regime, which seems as ruthlessly ambitious as Putin's. Lyndsey succeeds in ingratiating herself with Emily, but the situation quickly turns tumultuous, as Mikhail shows his true character and nearly succeeds in pulling off a daring double cross. Katsu's second book in this taut spy series is even better than the first, Red Widow (2021), with the requisite suspense driving the twist-laden plot. Pair this one with Ava Glass' Alias Emma (2022), also starring an outstanding, multidimensional protagonist. Copyright 2023 Booklist Reviews.

Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of seven novels, most recently Red London, Red Widow, The Deep, and The Hunger. Prior to the publication of her first novel, she had a thirty-five-year career as a senior intelligence analyst for several U.S. agencies, including the CIA and NSA, as well as RAND, the global policy think tank. Katsu is a graduate of the masters writing program at the Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelors degree from Brandeis University. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband, where she is a consultant to government and private industry on future trends and analytic methods.