Moscow X

THE SECOND NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SEVENTH FLOOR AND ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR*** DAMASCUS STATION (One of the best spy thrillers in yearsTHE TIMES)
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A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin.

But can Langley trust the Russian at its center?

CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putins moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that conceals the wealth of the super-rich. Maxs family business in Mexico – a CIA front since the 1960s – is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple, and their targets are Vadim, Putins private banker, and his wife Anna, who is both a banker and an intelligence officer herself…

PRAISE FOR MOSCOW X:

The most authentic depiction of CIA deep cover operations youll find in print - John Sipher, Former CIA Senior Operations Officer

A terrific read, cementing McCloskey in my mind as the best spy fiction writer since le Carré - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Spellbinding ... An electrifying read. I could not put it down- Clarissa Ward, CNN Chief International Correspondent

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Moves at a ripping pace. A terrific, unputdownable page-turner

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