Jason Matthews Livres

In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré, this shocking thriller offers insider details from a veteran CIA officer. Set in present-day Russia under President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to navigate the post-Soviet intelligence landscape. Reluctantly trained as a “Sparrow,” a seductive operative, she is tasked with targeting Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer managing a crucial Russian mole. Utilizing the “honey trap” technique, Dominika learns the art of “sexpionage” at Russia’s secret “Sparrow School.” As the narrative unfolds across Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate engage in a high-stakes duel of wills, tradecraft, and forbidden passion that endangers their lives and those around them. With shifting allegiances, their dangerous game escalates, leading one into a perilous double life in a life-or-death operation involving intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC. Packed with insider knowledge, this novel features a cast of unforgettable characters, including a sadistic Spetsnaz operative and a weary CIA Station Chief. With its authentic portrayal of espionage and counterintelligence, this masterful tale introduces Jason Matthews as a significant new voice in the genre.

Russian counterintelligence chief Colonel Dominika Egorova has been a recruited asset of the CIA - stealing Kremlin secrets for her handler Nate Nash - for over seven years. In the dazzling finale of the Red Sparrow trilogy, their forbidden and tumultuous love affair continues, mortally dangerous for them both, but irresistible. In Washington, a newly installed administration is selecting its cabinet members. Dominika hears whispers of a closely held Kremlin operation to place a mole in a high intelligence position. If the Kremlin's candidate is confirmed, the Russians will have access to all the names of assets spying for the CIA in Moscow, including Dominika's. Dominika recklessly immerses herself in the palace intrigues of the Kremlin, searching for the mole's identity, and stealing as many of President Putin's secrets for her CIA handlers before her time runs out. With a plot ripped from tomorrow's headlines, The Kremlin's Candidateis a riveting read and a thrilling conclusion to the trilogy than began with Red Sparrowand Palace of Treason.

"In the early morning of February 10, 1962, James B. Donovan began his walk down Glienicke Bridge, which then linked West Berlin to East. With him walked Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, for years the chief of Soviet espionage in the United States. Approaching them from the other side, under equally heavy guard, was Francis Gary Powers, the American U-2 pilot shot down by the Soviets. These were the strangers on a bridge, the representatives of two opposing worlds. Here Donovan, who negotiated their exchange and defended Abel at every stage of his trial, tells their story. Originally published in 1964, and now with a new foreword by bestselling author Jason Matthews, this is the singular insider account of one of the most important moments in Cold War history, the incredible spy exchange that is now the subject of the major motion picture Bridge of Spies by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan. At once a noir procedural drama and a brilliant character study, Strangers on a Bridge is the gripping, fascinating story of the great spy case of a generation."--

"Paris A young woman is cornered on a deserted boulevard. Moments later she walks away, leaving her assailant for dead. Athens An elderly man walks into the American embassy with a story to tell. Moscow The most unlikely of traitors is uncovered by the most dangerous of men. Washington A brilliant, unorthodox CIA agent must single-handedly connect the dots to stop an intricate house of cards from toppling in a cold war that's taken a terrifying new twist."