Lord of the swallows
Subtitle: a Malko Linge novel
By: Gérard de Villiers ; translated from the French by William Rodarmor
Contributors: Rodarmor, William, translator
Series: Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Vintage crime/Black Lizard original
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780804169370
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: S.A.S. (Fictitious character); Russian Espionage; Fiction
Work titles: Maître des hirondelles
Description: "A high-tension, sexy, political thriller in which freelance CIA agent Malko Linge brings a project to his bosses that could blow open a ring of Russian spies operating in the United States. At a benefit dinner, Austrian playboy and CIA freelancer Malko Linge meets an intriguing woman, Zhanna Khrenkov, who has an unusual proposal. She will disclose everything she knows about her husband Alexei's business if Malko will get rid of Alexei's younger, British mistress. Appalled, Malko refuses--until Zhanna reveals her husband's real job: head of a ring of Russian spies operating undercover inside the U.S. For Malko's CIA contacts, this is a highly necessary job; for Malko, it is a highly sensitive one. He will move cautiously from Vienna to London to Moscow, trying to find the right balance of winning Zhanna's trust without compromising his moral integrity"--