Palace Of Treason
Jason Matthews
Scribner, Jun 2 2015, $26.99
ISBN: 9781476793740
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (Sluzhba Veshney Razvedki –SVR) Captain
Dominika Egorova is a special double agent working for the Americans. Her synesthesia perceptions make her very
valuable because she “reads” a person’s inner secrets and much more. Recently Dominika gained access to Putin’s most
inner sanctum of advisors to the euphoria for what she can do for his country
and fear for her safety by her American handler (and lover) Nate Nash.
In Vienna, Iranian nuclear scientist Dr. Parvis Jamshidi informs Nate
and Dominika of his country’s bomb-making ambitions. The two lovers try to defuse Iran’s nuke
efforts. Learning from a CIA mole about
seditious acts by Russians, SVR operative Alexei Zyuganov plans to dish out
vicious deaths to the traitors Lieutenant General Mikhail Solovyov and Egorova,
and anyone abetting them.
Filled with the rare combo of violence and torture on one hand,
and cerebral analysis and plans on the other, the second Egorova-Nash spy
thriller (see Red Sparrow) is a terrific taut
tale. The fully developed cast and
settings make this work; as the heroes cope with odious abominations and
political ambitious hacks in key positions. Local recipes add a sense of geography though
my stomach tells me to read a few romances before trying them.
Harriet Klausner
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