Red Widow by Alma KatsuRead about another entry on the list.
This suspenseful spy story by Alma Katsu stars another operative with a career on shaky ground. While Lyndsey Duncan was once known as “the human lie detector” at the CIA’s Moscow Field Station, she finds herself getting placed on administrative leave after her last assignment. Things take a turn, though, when she gets called back in by the Chief of the Russia Division to conduct an internal investigation. As she teams up with an agent named Theresa Warner, the widow of a former director, the pair begin to uncover a web of lies ensnaring their department.
Red Widow is among Ellen Crosby's seven top Russian spy novels.
The Page 69 Test: Red Widow.
--Marshal Zeringue
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