Captivatingly clever and chillingly topical, our Thriller of the Month for January The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli leads the reader straight into the dark heart of Russian politics. And if you are hungry for more, we've picked five further thrilling tales of crime, espionage and deception set in Russia and the USSR you might enjoy next.
Blending page-turning thriller and the sharpest political fiction to masterly and all-too-plausible effect, da Empoli's prize-winning international bestseller, translated into English by Willard Wood, findsPutin's enigmatic and notorious spin doctor searching for a way out from the maze of propaganda and deception he has helped to create.
A riveting piece of contemporary fiction that gets to the heart of the Russian governmental machine, The Wizard of the Kremlin details the life and times of Putin's chief spin doctor.
And once you've finished reading, here are five more exquisite Russia-set thrillers to follow it up with:
One of the most pivotal post-war crime thrillers, Smith's labyrinthine excavation of corruption, avarice and violence inside the 1980s Soviet regime expertly marries a gripping police procedural with an incisive commentary on Cold War relations.
A masterpiece of sustained suspense, Davidson's Siberia-set thriller finds a desperate Soviet scientist willing to risk everything to get a message through to the West.
Le Carre's first post-glasnost spy novel is a complex interrogation of ideals and the shifting geopolitical landscape, as a small-time publisher finds himself at the centre of dangerous negotiation.
The master storyteller's third page-turning novel pitches a historian into a deadly race against time through Moscow and the frozen Russian North to locate Stalin's secret diary.
Abounding in secrets, divided loyalties and shrewd political commentary, this gripping espionage thriller from the bestselling author of Damascus Station finds two CIA operatives amidst the dark opulence of St Petersburg and beyond attempting to recruit Putin’s private banker.
A riveting piece of contemporary fiction that gets to the heart of the Russian governmental machine, The Wizard of the Kremlin details the life and times of Putin's chief spin doctor.
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