The Korean woman

The Korean woman

John Altman, 1969-

Book - 2019

"North Korea's deadliest weapon is sleeper agent Song Sun Young. Married with children and living the good life in New York City, she has waited seven years to activate the mission she was trained to do: infiltrate America's financial infrastructure. She prays the call from her handlers will never come, because she loves her husband and kids and affluent New York lifestyle. But the call does come. During volatile negotiations between the White House and Pyongyang, Song is hurled back into a reality she had hoped to leave behind forever. Unbeknownst to her, the CIA has already broken her cover. Working with "retired" Israeli operative Dalia Artzi, they track the Korean agent as she relentlessly executes her mission. ...Langley is pulling strings behind the scenes, confident of its advantage in this high-stakes game--until an unforeseen wild card from within its very ranks hijacks the operation for an unthinkable purpose. Dalia realizes that Song has been the unwitting catalyst for the disaster now unfolding, and that she alone can stop it from engulfing the world"--Jacket.

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Subjects
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Fiction.
Women spies > Fiction.
Espionage, North Korean > Fiction.
Intelligence officers > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Spy fiction.
Genres
Thrillers (Fiction)
Spy fiction
Published
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
John Altman, 1969- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
261 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781470826970
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Review by Booklist Review

Song Sun Young, a Manhattan wife and mother, balances piano recitals and PTA fund-raisers while living a secret life as a North Korean agent. She's been inactive for seven years until a phone call puts her back in the game. Unbeknownst to Song, the CIA has been watching her for years, and they are hot on her trail. Helping the folks at Langley is former Israeli operative Dalia Artzi (False Flag, 2017), a Princeton University professor. Altman's depiction of Song's long-dormant tradecraft shines in this high-adrenaline thriller. A subplot involving a dying agent with an ax to grind unnecessarily steals the focus from the two fierce ladies playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse.--Karen Keefe Copyright 2019 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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