Black Wolf, Kathleen Kent
Black Wolf, Kathleen Kent
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Black Wolf
A Novel

Author: Kathleen Kent

Narrator: Eva Kaminsky

Unabridged: 14 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2023


Synopsis

A dazzling spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary facial recognition powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the Soviet Union—and the path of a killer who shouldn’t exist.

It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents—none of whom know she is playing two roles. To the prying eyes of the KGB, she is merely a secretary; to her CIA minders, she is the only one who can stop the flow of nuclear weapons from the crumbling Soviet Union into the Middle East.

For Mel has a secret; she is a “super recognizer,” someone who never forgets a face. But no training could prepare her for the reality of life undercover, and for the streets of Minsk, where women have been disappearing. Soviet law enforcement is firm: murder is a capitalist disease. But could a serial killer be at work? Especially if he knew no one was watching? As Mel searches for answers, she catches the eye of an entirely different kind of threat: the elusive and petrifying “Black Wolf,” head of the KGB.

Filled with insider details from the author’s own time working under the direction of the U.S. Department of Defense, Black Wolf is a riveting new spy thriller from an Edgar-nominated crime writer, and a biting exploration of the divide between two nations, two masterminds, and two roles played by a woman pushed to her breaking point, where she’ll learn that you can only ever trust one person: yourself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4+ stars Kathleen Kent has all the necessary credentials to write a convincing spy thriller in which she weaves fact with fiction. It’s August 1990 and the last dying embers of the Soviet Union as Mikhail Gorbachev hangs on by his fingernails. In this novel Minsk in the Byelorussian Soviet Empire tak......more

Goodreads review by L.A.

A fantastic entry in the espionage/spy thriller genre by acclaimed author Kathleen Kent. I had the opportunity to hear the author--thanks to my local Sisters in Crime chapter-- speak about how this book came to be. I was instantly intrigued because it draws from Kent's experience working for the US......more

This book took me on one helluva ride, and I loved every second of it. The plot was well executed and kept things moving along at a wonderful pace. There’s a lot going on in this one but you’re easily able to keep track of everything happening. As the story unfolds and we are introduced to new chara......more

We got a great spy thriller from author Kathleen Kent! I have been waiting for a good undercover yarn and this one does not disappoint. This one takes place in the Soviet Union in the year 1990 which is awesome in itself from a timepiece perspective. It is right before the Soviet Union dissolves and......more

Goodreads review by Lilibet

I tried to like this book. I really did. But by 20 minutes into what was supposed to be an espionage thriller with some serial killer elements thrown in, I was bored out of my mind. And the real story hadn’t even begun yet. Our protagonist, for lack of a better way to sum it up, hadn’t even accepted......more