Thanks to NetGalley and Skyhorse Publishing for an egalley in exchange for an honest review. The writing is simplistic making it a quick read. The book synopsis is better than the book. It just goes from one ridiculous scenario to another. You’d think this makes for a good story, but it doesn’t. They don’t meet again for many years by which time Kate is working for the CIA and the FBI and Max is working in the Russian Embassy in NYC – possibly KGB and they reconnect and renew their sex/love relationship. While on a trip to Russia during the Cold War she meets a Russian student, Max, and they talk for about three minutes, agree to meet later in secret (because, of course it’s not allowed) and have torrid sex in a park whereupon Kate is smitten and in love.
They don’t meet again for many years by which time Kate is working for the CIA and the FBI and Max is working in the Russian Embassy in NYC – possibly KGB One of the most ridiculous books I’ve ever read. One of the most ridiculous books I’ve ever read. Against a background of Soviet brutality and international intrigue, The Russian Key will keep you guessing as it builds to its shocking and unexpected climax.
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A series of dangerous events lead Kate to fear for her life-and to suspect the man who is both her lover and her enemy. When Kate and Max meet up again in New York and inevitably resume their love affair, it is passionate, but fraught with distrust and secret agendas. She still treasures the little gold key he'd given her one memorable night in a Moscow park. She’d met him in Moscow years before when he was a handsome university student named Max and she was a naive American college girl visiting the Soviet Union on a rare friendship tour. Exactly the kind of work she’d hoped for. When her big break comes, she’s recruited to work undercover in New York City, investigating a KGB officer posing as a UN diplomat. Drawn to danger and adventure, she hopes to be sent to Moscow, but instead finds herself stuck in an office doing boring translations. In 1964, at the height of the Cold War, Kate Landau, a young American expert on Russia, joins the CIA. Those seeking a fresh take on the genre will be satisfied.”- Publishers WeeklyĪn exciting debut for fans of The Americans and Red Sparrow. Drawn to danger and adventure, she hopes to be sent to Mosc “An intriguing spy novel written in the form of a memoir. Those seeking a fresh take on the genre will be satisfied.”- Publishers Weekly An exciting debut for fans of The Americans and Red Sparrow. “An intriguing spy novel written in the form of a memoir.
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