Countdown in Cairo (The Russian Trilogy)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0310278732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Sad Reality to Hope" according to Jerry Hatfield. Hynd comes through every time. The picture he painted of Cairo made me glad that I was reading it from here in pastoral Southern Arizona. The ending was wonderful.. Great Triology Anne Mueller Grown up Nancy Drew spy story. Read them in order to get the most of the story.. M.O. Castro said Very impressed!. I read the Russian Trilogy in order over the past week. I thought the first two books were very entertaining but, frankly, I debated on whether or not I should read this last book. Thankfully, my compulsion to finish something after starting it took over and I bought "Countdown in Cairo". I was blown away! The characters were fully developed now and, of course, all loose ends were tied. The political background and international intrigue were somewhat forced in the previous books but flowed effortlessly in "Cairo". I did not think it was slow in the middle at all. It was a tr
It takes half the book for LaDuca to get to Cairo to solve the puzzle of Cerny, for whom she worked, following complications in New York and in Rome that weave into the action two major supporting characters, the Russian Yuri Federov and the Italian Gian Antonio Rizzo, who are in some respects more intriguing and complex than protagonist LaDuca. All rights reserved. Despite some plotting softness, this espionage thriller is stylish and provides an especially satisfying close without being in the least preachy. . (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. After that breathtaking beginning, the action gets leisurely—too leisurely. A stark opening chapter concludes with LaDuca zipped in a body bag in a morgue outside Cairo, and the action then goes back two months to introduce the central puzzle—the sighting of Michael Cerny, a CIA agent believed to be dead, then the bang of a car-bomb explosion. From Publishers Weekly Hynd
If you’ve been waiting for Alex LaDuca’s next adventure, this fast-paced thriller is it. You will be holding your breath from its explosive beginning to the very last twist.. But to find the answers, Alex needs to move quickly into the underworld of the Egyptian capital, a nether society of crooks, killers, spies, and Islamic fundamentalists. She is thrown into the deadliest game of double cross of her career as the events that began in Kiev and continued in Madrid find their culmination in the volatile Middle East. And she must work alone, surviving on her wits, her training, and a compact new Beretta. Why won’t the dead stay dead? Federal agent Alexandra LaDuca travels to Egypt to investigate the possible sighting of a former mentor, a CIA agent who everyone thought was dead. Her assignment is to locate a man she once knew. Her search immerses Alex deeply into the explosive international politics of the day, touching on Arab-American relations and the new balance of terror between Russia and the United States. And it doesn’t help that she’s forced into a partnership with a quirky double agent known only as