The Eighth Sister
By Robert Dugoni
Mystery
surrounds the sisters. Their identities are unknown even to each other. Trained
from birth to penetrate Russia’s foreign intelligence service and report to the
CIA, suddenly they are disappearing. Three of them are dead. What is it about
this intrigue that appeals to ex-agent Charles Jenkins? What convinces him to
come out of retirement, and away from the love of his family? He had left the CIA
disillusioned; now he’s back in the midst of extreme danger.
Charles
Jenkins, a character known from author Robert Dugoni’s riveting David Sloane
series of legal thrillers, will now match wits against Viktor Federov. This FSB
agent is very smart, a personality wrapped in many layers, ruthless, and very
good at his job. He is the challenging opponent working for his government to
thwart Jenkins when he travels to Russia to spy and investigate. The male and
female spy characters are incredibly good at espionage. The little known
aspects and tricks of their trade have become their way of life – of staying
alive. The Russian setting is as captivating as the tale told. Winter is fast
approaching, and so are the footsteps that are quickening behind the
protagonist, and so is the tightening of the squad of spies surrounding the
hero. The clock is ticking and it will take all his knowledge, creativity, and good
luck for the hero to break the case. The question is, even if he’s successful will
that be enough for him to get out and get to safety?
Bonus
thrills abound as this international action thriller moves into the court room.
When Sloane ends up having to take on governments, that’s when precedent is sometimes
abandoned and the search for justice becomes a troubling case. Spies have few
friends, or colleagues who are willing to step forward and help or testify, or
even acknowledge their acquaintance, and a paper trail gets quickly buried.
Critically
acclaimed author Robert Dugoni’s books are New York Times Best Sellers, #1 with
the Wall Street Journal, and he is #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of The Tracy
Crosswhite series. This series has sold over two million copies and has been
optioned for television series development. But that’s not all! There’s also
the best selling David Sloane series, and even more stand alone books including
The Cyanide Canary – a Washington Post best book of the year. His website is robertdugonibooks.com. Along with
multiple awards and award nominations, Robert Dugoni books are sold world-wide
and translated into more than two dozen languages. With all this work, it’s
amazing how much time Robert Dugoni gives back to the writing community through
classes, workshops, and speaking engagements. See him in October at the Write
on the Sound (WOTS) Conference in Edmonds.
And for more
from the author himself, join co-hosts Wendy Kendall and Carl Lee on the
podcast A Novel Talk with
Robert Dugoni.
