Moscow Exile

<b>John Lawton</b> has written eight Inspector Troy thrillers three previous Joe Wilderness novels a standalone<br>novel and a volume of history. His Inspector Troy novels have been named best books of the year by the <i>New</i><br><i>York Times</i> <i>Los Angeles Times</i> and <i>New York Times Book Review</i>. He lives in Derbyshire England <b>ONE OF THE <i>GUARDIAN</i>'S BEST CRIME AND THRILLER TITLES OF 2023</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST THRILLER 2024</b><br><b></b><br><b></b>Charlotte is a British expatriate who has recently settled in Washington D.C. with her second husband but enviable dinner parties aren't the only thing she is planning. Meanwhile Charlie Leigh-Hunt has been posted to Washington as a replacement for Guy Burgess last seen disappearing around the corner and into the Soviet Union. Charlie is surprised to cross paths with Charlotte an old flame of his who thanks to her gossipy parties has a packed pocketbook full of secrets she is eager to share. <br><br>Two decades later in 1969 Joe Wilderness is stuck on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain held captive by the KGB a chip in a game way above his pay grade - but his old friends Frank and Eddie are going to try to spring him out of the toughest prison in the world. All roads lead back to Berlin and to the famous Bridge of Spies...<br><br>Featuring crackling dialogue and brilliantly plotted Cold War intrigue <i>Moscow Exile</i> is a gripping thriller populated by larger-than-life personalities in a Cold War plot that feels strangely in tune with our present. The newest literary spy thriller from a master of the genre <i>Moscow Exile</i> is a richly populated gripping tale of espionage set in Washington D.C. during the post-war period. Lawton's reputation as <b>one of the best authors of espionage fiction</b> is burnished by <i>Moscow Exile</i>...all the action and intrigue of an old Len Deighton trilogy Another virtuoso performance in what continues to be an espionage series of uncommon depth and breadth . . . Lawton infuses the entire troupe with sparkling life using <b>crackling dialogue and rapier wit </b>to bring a Technicolor sheen to the moral ambiguity of the Cold War [A] lush historic novel . . . The resilience and determination of his Charlie Coky and eventually Joe Wilderness provide a strong portrait of Lawton's real-life sense of espionage: <b>calculating well-armed self-defined</b> A <b>wonderfully rewarding</b> thriller that makes me want to go back and reread all its predecessors to enjoy the subtleties and pleasures on display <b>Beautifully written and cut with flashes of sardonic wit</b> it is nominally the fourth of Lawton's 'Joe Wilderness' novels but also features members of the Troy family from his primary series which has been delighting the discerning reader for more than twenty-five years now and as a body of work is shaping up to be <b>one of the most impressive achievements in spy-fi</b> Lawton's reputation as <b>one of the best authors of espionage fiction</b> is burnished by <i>Moscow Exile</i>...all the action and intrigue of an old Len Deighton trilogy Another virtuoso performance in what continues to be an espionage series of uncommon depth and breadth . . . Lawton infuses the entire troupe with sparkling life using <b>crackling dialogue and rapier wit </b>to bring a Technicolor sheen to the moral ambiguity of the Cold War [A] lush historic novel . . . The resilience and determination of his Charlie Coky and eventually Joe Wilderness provide a strong portrait of Lawton's real-life sense of espionage: <b>calculating well-armed self-defined</b> A <b>wonderfully rewarding</b> thriller that makes me want to go back and reread all its predecessors to enjoy the subtleties and pleasures on display <b>Beautifully written and cut with flashes of sardonic wit</b> it is nominally the fourth of Lawton's 'Joe Wilderness' novels but also features members of the Troy family from his primary series which has been delighting the discerning reader for more than twenty-five years now and as a body of work is shaping up to be <b>one of the most impressive achievements in spy-fi</b>