The Burning Lake
$35.42
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2011
Summary
Prominent journalist Katarina Mironova, known around the world as Kato, is found murdered, shot to death on the banks of Russia’s Techa River near the radioactive village of Metlino. She could simply fade from the public eye, one more journalist killed during Putin’s war on the free press. But to Russian agent Alexei Volkovoy, Kato’s murder summons too many memories, haunts him in too many ways to allow her death go unavenged.Volk’s investigation takes him from Moscow to Mayak, the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant where a massive explosion occurred in 1958, and finally to Las Vegas. All the while the life he has known with his long-time lover, Valya, and his patron, the General, slowly unravels as details about his secret ties to Kato begin to emerge.Meanwhile, American contract agent Grayson Stone and shadowy French assassin Jean-Louis have secrets about the tragic consequences of a nuclear alliance among venal Russian, American, and French politicians…secrets the Americans and the French will pay anything to protect.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590589274 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590589270 |
| Author: | Brent Ghelfi |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Volk Thrillers |
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Critics Review
”“The Burning Lake” is evocatively written, and Volk is a marvelous antihero. Ghelfi’s Russia is a soul-numbing nightmare of corruption, crime, deadly pollution, and lost hope. This one merits comparison with the brilliant thrillers of Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith.” –“Booklist”
“Readers who relish the darker side of today’s Russia will welcome Ghelfi’s fourth thriller featuring spy Alexei ‘Volk’ Volkovoy…The twisty trail eventually takes Volk to Las Vegas for an exciting showdown.” –“Publishers Weekly”
“If Robert Ludlum and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn were to collaborate on a thriller, they’d come up with “The Burning Lake” by Brent Ghelfi. If they were lucky.” –Keith Thomson, author of “Once a Spy” and “Twice a Spy”
“Swift, sharp charter descriptions and atmospheric evocations of fray, melancholy Moscow and the seedier streets of Los Angeles add style and color to a delectably complicated plot.” –“Kirkus Reviews” of “The Venona Cable”
Brent Ghelfi
Brent Ghelfi has served as a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals, been a partner in a Phoenix-headquartered law firm, and now owns and operates several businesses. He has traveled extensively throughout Russia, and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife and family.
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