LENINGRAD DECEPTION - Richard Lyntton

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Résumé :
From Richard Lyntton, Amazon #1 international bestselling author of The Deception Series, comes a gripping Cold War espionage thriller featuring British tank commander, journalist, and trained killer Jack Steele. Leningrad. Stockholm. London. Venice. Capri. The Berlin Wall is about to fall. But powerful men will kill to stop it. As East and West dare to hope for peace, British Army officer Jack Steele is drawn into a deadly conspiracy stretching from the Soviet Union to the Vatican-and culminating on the glamorous island of Capri, where secret negotiations could change the course of history forever. A Soviet diplomat is murdered. A Vatican peace initiative is under threat. A shadow network of KGB hardliners will stop at nothing to keep the Cold War alive. Caught between assassins, spies, double agents, political betrayal, and a deadly final showdown in Capri, Steele uncovers a plot far more dangerous than a single killing-one that could plunge Europe back into chaos just as freedom seems within reach. But in the secret world of espionage, peace can be the most dangerous weapon of all. Inspired in part by the extraordinary true story of President Ronald Reagan's secret Deception Committee and the covert strategy behind the West's Cold War victory, Leningrad Deception is a fast-paced international spy thriller of espionage, assassination, betrayal, and geopolitical intrigue. For readers of John le Carr?, Frederick Forsyth, Daniel Silva, Tom Clancy, and Vince Flynn....

Biographie:
Richard Lyntton writes international spy thrillers inspired by his real-world experience in the British Army, Russia, and the former Yugoslavia.Born in Highgate, London, as Richard Bramford, he was educated at William Ellis School, Exeter University, Moscow State Linguistic University, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.He served as a British Army captain and tank commander during the First Gulf War before working in Russia as a European Community Task Force Humanitarian Liaison and later as a UNHCR Liaison Officer. He subsequently served as a United Nations Military Observer in Sarajevo during heavy shelling and NATO airstrikes.He later became a United Nations Television producer in the former Yugoslavia and was called to testify before the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague after witnessing and filming human rights abuses in Bosnia. His wartime footage is archived at the Imperial War Museum in London.His Jack Steele thrillers combine British espionage fiction, geopolitical conspiracy, Cold War intrigue, and high-stakes international suspense. His books include Crown Deception, Leningrad Deception, Hyde Park Deception, and North Korea Deception.For the record, Richard Lyntton has never been involved in espionage of any kind.He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, interior designer Michelle Wenitsky, and their two sons....

Sommaire:
Richard Lyntton writes international spy thrillers inspired by his real-world experience in the British Army, Russia, and the former Yugoslavia.Born in Highgate, London, as Richard Bramford, he was educated at William Ellis School, Exeter University, Moscow State Linguistic University, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.He served as a British Army captain and tank commander during the First Gulf War before working in Russia as a European Community Task Force Humanitarian Liaison and later as a UNHCR Liaison Officer. He subsequently served as a United Nations Military Observer in Sarajevo during heavy shelling and NATO airstrikes.He later became a United Nations Television producer in the former Yugoslavia and was called to testify before the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague after witnessing and filming human rights abuses in Bosnia. His wartime footage is archived at the Imperial War Museum in London.His Jack Steele thrillers combine British espionage fiction, geopolitical conspiracy, Cold War intrigue, and high-stakes international suspense. His books include Crown Deception, Leningrad Deception, Hyde Park Deception, and North Korea Deception.For the record, Richard Lyntton has never been involved in espionage of any kind.He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, interior designer Michelle Wenitsky, and their two sons....