Former CIA case officer Charles Jenkins is a man at a crossroads: in his early sixties, he has a family, a new baby on the way, and a security consulting business on the brink of bankruptcy. Then his former bureau chief shows up at his house with a risky new assignment: travel undercover to Moscow and locate a Russian agent believed to be killing members of a clandestine US spy cell known as the seven sisters.

Desperate for money, Jenkins agrees to the mission and heads to the Russian capital. But when he finds the mastermind agent behind the assassinations - the so-called eighth sister - she is not who or what he was led to believe. Then again, neither is anyone else in this deadly game of cat and mouse.

Pursued by a dogged Russian intelligence officer, Jenkins executes a daring escape across the Black Sea, only to find himself abandoned by the agency he serves. With his family and freedom at risk, Jenkins is in the fight of his life - against his own country.

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11 hours and 20 minutes
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Robert Dugoni
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Edoardo Ballerini
Audible release date

9 April 2019
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English
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Brilliance Audio
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B07NLDZXJ3
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 hours and 20 minutes
Author	Robert Dugoni
Narrator	Edoardo Ballerini
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	09 April 2019
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07NLDZXJ3
Best Sellers Rank	18,778 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 255 in Espionage Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 962 in Espionage Thrillers (Books) 12,615 in Teen & Young Adult (Books)

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jules

Too complicated and tedious

Reviewed in Australia on 23 August 2019

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A novel of two halves... the first never believable and the second too drawn out and complex. In general not engaged by the characters or the storyline. Some of the Moscow interlude was quite thrilling but then it dwindled to a rather tedious legal drama. Disappointing as I enjoyed reading his other novels.

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Charles Bowyer

Intriguing to the End.

Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2021

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As a lawyer I am often fatigued from authors who focus on jury trials but I found the combination of CIA venality and its propensity to save face at any cost and to sacrifice Agents ( past & present) under the pretext of national security simply fascinating.

I enjoyed this book right up to the last page and word.

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carrot68

Fascinating

Reviewed in Australia on 23 July 2019

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A good book means late nights. Thank goodness as a 74year old with a back problem, I can please myself and sleep in? What would I do without books?

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Le Chasseur

A great read

Reviewed in Australia on 14 February 2021

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I enjoyed this adventure immensely. And it was an adventure in two parts: one being espionage, the other being the law case.

Both parts had the the essential element of credibility. The intrigue of the US spy network in Russia moulded into the US legal system being manipulated by the CIA.

This is a very pleasing book and I look forward to the sequel(s) with great anticipation.

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Ozdigger

Two in one

Reviewed in Australia on 20 July 2019

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I feel that I have just read two novels. One a bumbling spy thriller and the other a courtroom drama, but yes both stories mesh together perfectly. I really enjoyed this book

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Noondog

Certainly explains the great difference between the USSR and USA

Reviewed in Australia on 31 July 2019

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The main character in this thriller retired from the FBI 20 years prior, then receives an invitation to rejoin them and return to the USSR to track down the very undercover 8 girls reporting on the USSR's operations to the USA.
Quite a few turns in most of the book with very interesting characters. Thoroughly enjoyed the book.

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Diana

Late start

Reviewed in Australia on 22 August 2019

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Interesting story especially as it is advertised book one of Charles Jenkins an older and exciting character. I was lost at times and then it all became clear. Looking forward to the next book.

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john o'malley

Believable !

Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2019

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Believeable and well written

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Alina Halliday

Awful ..... don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2019

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I managed my way through a third of this garbage, before I saw sense and exited purgatory. I cannot believe any person of even limited intelligence could rate this offering worthy of praise, it is truly awful. Unbelievable plot, cliched in the extreme, and a seven year old's version of good versus bad. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

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Mephisto

Is it me?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2020

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I had read the reviews before buying the , thankfully very cheap, Kindle edition.
I thought that it was a load of predictable rubbish and gave up reading before I had read half.
Maybe it improved later on.
Mr Dugoni should read some superior spy novels such as John le Carre , Graham Green, Alan Furst etc etc, and then try again.

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Foz

Good (but not great) espionage story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2020

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Book of 2 halves. Espionage story leading into a court room drama, great concept and a very good read. Very close to 5 stars from me. Just find the concept of a 6'5" black man being able to travel through Eastern Europe while being sought by all law agencies and managing to elude them i modern European surveillance society a little tough to swallow. Other than that, it was 5 star. If I could have got over the sheer sticky out ness of the main character and his successful eluding of security services this would have been epic, but I just think he would especially in these racially charged times) so obvious, he wouldn't have escaped in real life... That made it tough to accept.

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David from Teesside

An enjoyable compelling spy story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2020

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At last a satisfying spy thriller with credible characters and a credible storyline including the actions of a government desperate to conceal the truth at almost any cost. Whilst there are inevitably a few flaws (it is a story after all) the approach taken by the author draws us into a world full of detail such that it can be pictured as we read it. The Russian adversary is shown as being a match for the main character but neither of them are "invincible" or super human which makes the story so much more enjoyable.

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Harvey

Wow!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2020

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What a great tale. Believable characters especially the hero. Just loved reading this adventure, easy to picture each person depicted. Wonderful visions of Russia, its people and ethos. Heart pumping action. Just having to wait for the next book is all the more worthwhile. Highly recommended

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