Book description
Lead Fiction, Spring 2019: This thriller brilliantly evokes 1973 Moscow and a world of diplomacy and counter-espionage.
Escaping failure as an undergraduate and a daughter, not to mention bleak 1970s England, Martha marries Kit - who is gay. Having a wife could keep him safe in Moscow in his diplomatic…
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1 author picked The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I enjoyed this distinctly unusual take on a Cold War novel. Martha is not a spy; she is a young new wife living in Moscow in 1973 with her rookie diplomat husband. She’s not even a wife in every sense, as her husband Kit is a gay childhood friend using her as cover.
The closed embassy community is well-evoked, especially the low-level threat to Westerners. People–and even places–disappear, and suicides happen. Wives must obey the rules for their own safety, and there are consequences when they do not, such as when Martha makes a dangerous friend.
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From Deborah's list on Cold War espionage with women spies and heroines.
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