Hi all! I’m back again. This time with a book tour for Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent. I must give my apologies as I have missed my tour date but its here now! Thanks to Aries Fiction for my gifted copy of the book to bring my unbiased review.
A dazzling new spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the collapsing Soviet Union – and the path of a killer that shouldn’t
exist.
Minsk, 1990. The Soviet Union is crumbling. The scavengers and predators are gathering, eager to
pick the meat off the bones of a dying empire.
THE SPY: Melvina Donleavy is part of a US trade delegation… and on her first undercover mission with the CIA. Mel has a secret skill: she is a ‘super recognizer’, someone who never forgets a face.
She is the CIA’s early warning system, on watch for hostile agents trying to extract fissionable materials from the moribund USSR.
THE SERIAL KILLER: On the streets of Minsk, women are being strangled. Many more have disappeared. The Soviet Union is not a gentle place for women and too many men are capable of such violence, but the truth is worse: just one man is responsible. Worse still, the authorities will never
admit to his existence – serial killers, after all, are a symptom of capitalist decadence. And now he has a new target…
THE SPY HUNTER: Chairman of the BSSR’s KGB, recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union medal, the Order of Lenin, the Medal for Valour, the Order of the Patriotic War and the Order of the Red Star.
They say you never hear his footsteps until he’s carrying your coffin. And now he has a new target…
The Cold War may be coming to a close, but Mel is in danger of being obliterated by its fallout.
Whichever way she turns, the wolves are gathering.
Black Wolf is a spy thriller from Kathleen Kent who is a new author for me. As soon as I read the synopsis and the details of Kathleen’s career, I just knew this book would be a great read.
This is a book that has facts so skillfully interwoven with fiction to make it a tense, exciting, and gripping read. The detailed and vivid settings made it so I could picture Minsk and felt like I was there. The tension within the city due to the politics is almost tangible, and the danger of the streets cranked it up all the way.
The characters are fully developed, and I really got behind Melvina as the twisty and intricate plot unfolded. I found myself wanting to read Black Wolf anytime I had a few minutes spare. It became an addictive read, and I didn’t expect that with this book!
As the story raced to its conclusion, I found myself turning the pages faster by the minute. It was an intriguing book that got more intriguing the more I read! I do hope that Kathleen Kent has another mission for Melvina. I will be the first in the queue to read it! It’s such a highly recommended read!
Buy Link
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6KRHDZ4?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_ME7HJDE0DX97R291ZZFC
About the author
Kathleen Kent’s debut novel, The Heretic’s Daughter–about the author’s 9X great-grandmother, who was hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692– made the New York Times’ Bestseller List the first week of
publication. It has since been published in 17 countries and was followed by two more bestselling historical novels, The Traitor’s Wife and The Outcasts. Her 7th novel BLACK WOLF, a Russian spy
novel, will be released 2/14/23. She was Edgar Nominated for her contemporary crime trilogy: The Dime, The Burn and The Pledge. The Washington Post writes, “Raymond Chandler praised Dashiell
Hammett for taking crime fiction out of the drawing room and into the streets. With Betty Rhyzyk, Kathleen Kent brings those mean streets to life as excitingly as anybody has in years.” She has written
short stories and essays for D Magazine, Texas Monthly and LitHub, and has been published in the crime/horror anthology Dallas Noir. In March 2020 she was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters
for her contribution to Texas literature.
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Twitter: @kathleenkent214
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Website: kathleenkent.com
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Sounds intense! Great review!
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Thanks! It was a brilliant read!
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