Red warning A novel

Matthew Quirk

eAudio - 2022

CIA officer Sam Hudson races to find a Russian deep cover operative loose in the U.S. and a mole in the Agency before they can launch a devastating attack on Washington, D.C., in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from the author of The Night Agent and Hour of the Assassin. For years CIA officer Sam Hudson has been hunting Konstantin, a Russian deep cover operative responsible for a string of assassinations in the West-and he believes a well-placed source in Geneva can finally get him close to the killer. But when their meeting is ambushed, Sam's partner is murdered and he barely makes it out alive himself. Back in the States, the bosses put him on leave and want him to drop his obsession with Konstantin, but Sam can't let a man who&...#039;s taken so many lives slip away again. When he gets a mysterious call at the Lincoln Memorial just before a bomb goes off, he realizes Konstantin has followed him to the U.S.-and is targeting him and everyone close to him. Teaming up with fellow CIA officer Emily Pierce, he sets out to redeem himself and uncover a plot that has been lying in wait since the end of the Cold War, its elements hidden among the most iconic buildings in the capital. With enemies lurking both inside and outside the Agency and the Russian threat looming ever larger, Sam must use all his training and nerve to stop Konstantin before he can trigger the plot to devastate Washington and bring the US to its knees.

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Genres
Suspense fiction
Published
[United States] : HarperAudio 2022.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Matthew Quirk (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Will Damron (narrator)
Edition
Unabridged
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 36 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780063051669
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Library Journal Review

CIA officer Sam Hudson has been trying to track down and capture a Russian sleeper agent code-named Konstantin. Hudson's meeting with an informant in Geneva is ambushed, leaving the informant and Hudson's partner dead and Hudson badly injured. While recovering, Hudson is on hand for a string of explosions in Washington, DC, so the CIA begins to suspect that he had a part in these operations. Hudson goes rogue to prove his innocence. While investigating, he finds evidence that a decades-old Cold War plan is about to be put into play. If successful, the plan could destroy the U.S. government and the monuments of DC. He gets unexpected help from a fellow CIA officer and a Russian informant, while uncovering traitors, assassins, and previously unknown double agents. Quirk (Night Agent) leads listeners on a fast-moving chase ending in the underground tunnels and sewers of the U.S. capitol. Narrator Will Damron ably delivers the ups and downs, the desperation and triumph of the race to save the country. VERDICT Quirk's fans and readers of spy stories will enjoy this audio.--Joanna M. Burkhardt

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