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"MAD FOR ACTION,REQUIRES US BY THE THROAT ON PAGE-ONE AND NEVER ALLOWS GO."--Chicago Sun-TimesWith the Cold-War battled and won, British spymaster Tim Cranmer allows early retirement to rural England and a brand new life together with his appealing small mistress Emma. Nevertheless when both Emma and Cranmeris celebrity double-agent and life-long rival, Larry Pettifer, vanish, Cranmer is instantly away from home, trying to find his amazing protégé, frantically eluding his former co-workers, in a frenzied trip across Europe and in to the lawless, struggling areas of Moscow and southern Russia, to truly save whichever of his life-he has quit,."AMAZING,A sinuous piece, leisurely launched, whose circles become progressively stifling. There's sharp, smart conversation, a lot of it driving an undercurrent of risk. And there's a hero who doesn't view herself as brave but who struggles with inner demons around with the forces arrayed against him."--Period"AS FASCINATING AS LE CARRÉ GETS,The story has got the heartstop duplicity of The Perfect Spy and a few of the annoyed recognition of The Evening Supervisor and The Small Drummer Girl."--The Boston Globe"GRIPPING."--The Christian Science MonitorA NY TIMES NOTABLE BOOK