From“quitepossiblythebesthistoricalnovelistwehave“(PhiladelphiaInquirer),thefourthJoeWildernessspythriller,movingfromRedScare-eraWashington,D.C.toaKGBprisonnearMoscow’sKremlinInMoscowExile,JohnLawtondepartsfromhisusualstompinggroundsofEnglandandGermanytojumpacrosstheAtlantictoWashington,D.C.,inthefragilepostwarperiodwheretheRedScareisgrowingnoisiereveryday.CharlotteisaBritishexpatriatewhohasrecentlysettledinthenation’scapitalwithhersecondhusband,amanwholooksintriguinglylikeClarkGable,butherenviabledinnerpartiesandsoir矇esaren’ttheonlythingssheisplanning.Meanwhile,CharlieLeigh-HunthasbeenpostedtoWashingtonasareplacementforGuyBurgess,lastseendisappearingaroundthecornerandintotheSovietUnion.CharlieissoonshockedtocrosspathswithCharlotte,anoldflameofhis,who,thankstoallhergossipyparties,hasapackedpocketbookfullofsecretssheiseagertoshare.Twodecadesorsolater,in1969,JoeWildernessisstuckonthewrongsideoftheIronCurtain,heldcaptivebytheKGB,achipinagamewayabovehispaygrade--buthisoldfriendsFrankandEddiearegoingtotrytospringhimoutofthetoughestprisonintheworld.AllroadsleadbacktoBerlin,andtothefamousBridgeofSpies...Featuringcracklingdialogue,brilliantlyplottedColdWarintrigue,andthereturnofbelovedcharacters,includingInspectorTroy,MoscowExileisagrippingthrillerpopulatedbylarger-than-lifepersonalitiesinaColdWarplotthatfeelsstrangelyintunewithourpresent.
