Free (iBooks) - Moscow Sting by Alex Dryden [Espionage Thriller]

[apesmom]

From HarperCollins (still $8.99 at B&N)

Moscow Sting by Alex Dryden (#2 Finn Spy series) Kobo

When Finn, a former British spy, is poisoned by a Russian assassin, his ex-boss Adrian, the chief of MI6, wants vengeance. He also wants answers--information that only Finn's widow knows. But Anna, a former KGB colonel who betrayed her country for love, vanished with her child shortly after Finn's death.

Adrian isn't the only one eager to find Anna. Finn accessed intelligence so sensitive that the KGB killed to protect it--and now Anna is in the KGB's crosshairs, as the only person who knows the true identity of the Kremlin insider, superspy, and double agent called Mikhail. The CIA and Cougar, a giant American private intelligence company, are also hunting her. With the Kremlin still in the grasp of all-powerful Vladimir Putin, Mikhail is the West's best hope for revealing Russia's obscure intentions for its newfound oil wealth.

Anna holds the key to the secrets of her motherland, and now the former Russian agent faces her greatest test. To secure her freedom and protect her child, she must uncover the full truth before anyone else does--even as friend and foe set her in their sights.

Moving from Paris to New York, from the Kremlin to the American Southwest, "Moscow Sting" is an absorbing and timely tale of intrigue, betrayal, fatal lies, and complex truths, told with the authentic detail and chilling insight of an experienced insider.

[melmac]

$14.27 in the Aussie store but managed to grab it from the US one
Have you read the first one? Just wondering if it's necessary before reading the second

[koland]

I haven't. But, now have it on hold at the library...

[SteveEisenberg]

Originally Posted by melmac

Have you read the first one? Just wondering if it's necessary before reading the second

Who can say? But if I do start a series like this, I want to start from the beginning.

Checking at search.overdrive.com, it seems that Los Angeles and Orlando are the only metro areas, in the world, where that first book, Red to Black, can be taken out of the public library as an eBook. Is there a Disney connection here? Or maybe it's an Universal Studios thing

Like koland, I just put a in a local public library reserve request for a paper copy of book 1. The reviews are good.

CORRECTION: Searching more carefully, I see there also is an EPUB copy in the Calgary (Canada) Public Library, available for immediate loan.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

Who can say? But if I do start a series like this, I want to start from the beginning.

Checking at search.overdrive.com, it seems that Los Angeles and Orlando are the only metro areas, in the world, where that first book, Red to Black, can be taken out of the public library as an eBook. Is there a Disney connection here? Or maybe it's an Universal Studios thing

Like koland, I just put a in a local public library reserve request for a paper copy of book 1. The reviews are good.

CORRECTION: Searching more carefully, I see there also is an EPUB copy in the Calgary (Canada) Public Library, available for immediate loan.

Both are available at the FLP (with a short wait list).

[carpetmojo]

£4-99 on UK site....

[SteveEisenberg]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Both are available at the FLP (with a short wait list).

Thank you. I just switched my reserve from paper at the local library where I live to Kindle eBook in Philadelphia where I work.

There must have been some problem with the search.overdrive.com database, which I carefully checked last night. This morning there are many more US libraries listing Red to Black in Kindle and EPUB formats, and at least one more EPUB in Canada.

[ApK]

You know, I know what the FLP is (I'm a member), and I know bloody well how to spell Philadelphia, so how come everytime I see FLP here, the first thing through my mind is always "Filadelphia Library of....what's the 'P' stand for again?"

[koland]

Originally Posted by ApK

You know, I know what the FLP is (I'm a member), and I know bloody well how to spell Philadelphia, so how come everytime I see FLP here, the first thing through my mind is always "Filadelphia Library of....what's the 'P' stand for again?"

P***k'n spelling?

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by ApK

You know, I know what the FLP is (I'm a member), and I know bloody well how to spell Philadelphia, so how come everytime I see FLP here, the first thing through my mind is always "Filadelphia Library of....what's the 'P' stand for again?"

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by ApK

You know, I know what the FLP is (I'm a member), and I know bloody well how to spell Philadelphia, so how come everytime I see FLP here, the first thing through my mind is always "Filadelphia Library of....what's the 'P' stand for again?"

So glad I'm not the only one!

[koland]

now free from B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mosc...=9780062005410

[RareBird]

Free on Kobo too. http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Mosco...N-g/page1.html

Edit: Which of course was mentioned in the first post I just missed it.

[ATDrake]

Now also free @ iTunes (available to Canadians).

[SteveEisenberg]

I'm 30% through my FLP copy of series book one (Red to Black), and it's a wonderful mesh of strong characterizations with a realistic ripped-from-the-headlines plot.

Before the real-life fall of Communism, I read of boatload of fiction and non-fiction about the USSR/Russia. That ended when Russia stopped seeming so central to the world's future. This book brings back all my interest by making a strong claim for its subject's importance without (at least so far) resorting to implausibilities.