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A "masterful" and "riveting" thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary facial recognition powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the Soviet Union--and the path of a killer who shouldn't exist (Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author).
She never forgets a face.
He never forgets his prey.
It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents--none of whom know she is playing two roles. To the prying eyes of the KGB, she is merely a secretary; to her CIA minders, she is the only one who can stop the flow of nuclear weapons from the crumbling Soviet Union into the Middle East.
For Mel has a secret; she is a "super recognizer," someone who never forgets a face. But no training could prepare her for the reality of life undercover, and for the streets of Minsk, where women have been disappearing. Soviet law enforcement is firm: murder is a capitalist disease. But could a serial killer be at work? Especially if he knew no one was watching? As Mel searches for answers, she catches the eye of an entirely different kind of threat: the elusive and petrifying "Black Wolf," head of the KGB.
Filled with insider details from the author's own time working under the direction of the U.S. Department of Defense, Black Wolf is a riveting new spy thriller from an Edgar-nominated crime writer, and a biting exploration of the divide between two nations, two masterminds, and two roles played by a woman pushed to her breaking point, where she'll learn that you can only ever trust one person: yourself.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
This intelligent, propulsive spy thriller from Edgar finalist Kent (the Betty Rhyzyk series) takes Melvina "Mel" Donleavy, a 26-year-old CIA agent on her first undercover mission, to Minsk, Soviet Belarus, a dangerous place in 1990 as Soviet control crumbles and the Byelorussian mafia gains increasing power. A "super recognizer," Mel has the uncanny ability to remember every face she sees. Mel's four-person team poses as a U.S. State Department group researching possible funding to the newly sovereign country. Their real task is to gather intel and assess new threats. Mel's been given her own top-secret assignment: to investigate rumors that Iran is negotiating a clandestine pact with Belorussia to secure nuclear weapons. She soon appears on the radar of Martin Kavalchuk (aka the Black Wolf), the head of the country's KGB. Meanwhile, women have been disappearing from the streets of Minsk, the work of a serial killer known as the Svisloch Strangler, and Mel winds up investigating the case. Kent draws on her own experience working for the U.S. Department of Defense to create an utterly convincing espionage novel full of tradecraft. Readers will eagerly await Mel's further adventures. Agent: Danny Baror, Baror International. (Feb.)
Booklist Review
It's 1990, and rookie CIA operative Melvina Donleavy's first mission takes her to Minsk on the eve of Belorussia's independence, where she's tasked with identifying rogue nuclear scientists suspected of covertly building weapons in the volatile Soviet states. Mel's rare skill--the ability to remember every face she's ever seen--is the agency's secret weapon. Cloaked by a CIA team posing as a group of economics experts, Mel finds that Minsk is more dangerous than their hosts at the technology ministry will admit. The Bratva mafia's foothold is growing, and women have been disappearing at a staggering rate for years. The authorities insist that a Belorussian serial killer is an impossibility, but the identical murders of two of Mel's potential informants says otherwise. Mel's determined inquiries about the killings draw the interest of Minsk's untouchable killer and its KGB boss, the terror-inducing "Black Wolf," as her covert mission isolates her from help. Tension builds quickly here, and Minsk's KGB-controlled streets, long hidden from Western visitors, create an atmosphere of dangerous alienation.