TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCloskey,David
TI  - Moscow X: a novel 
SN  - 9781324050759
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W W Norton & Company, Inc.
KW  - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
KW  - Undercover operations
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Spy fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - Novels
N2  - "CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max's family business in Mexico--a CIA front since the 1960s--is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple to target Vadim, Putin's private banker, and his wife, Anna, who--unbeknownst to CIA--is a Russian intelligence officer under deep cover at the bank. As they descend further into a Russian world dripping with luxury and rife with gangland violence, Sia and Max's only hope may be Anna, who is playing a game of her own. Careening between the horse ranch in northern Mexico, the corridors of Langley, and the dark opulence of Putin's Russia, Moscow X is both a gripping thriller of modern espionage and a raw, unsparing commentary on the nature of truth, loyalty, and vengeance amid the shadow war between the United States and Russia" -- Amazon
ER  -