{"product_id":"book-ccsp","title":"Moskva","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Longlisted for the 2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Even better than \u003ci\u003eChild 44\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of \u003ci\u003eMoskva \u003c\/i\u003eby Jack Grimwood, read by Daniel Weyman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoskva \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly written, chilling and sophisticated début serial killer thriller set in Cold War Moscow. Makes \u003ci\u003eKolymsky Heights \u003c\/i\u003elook like a walk in \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed Square, 1985.  The naked body of a young man is left outside the walls of the Kremlin; frozen solid - like marble to the touch - missing the little finger from his right hand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA week later, Alex Marston, the headstrong fifteen year old daughter of the British Ambassador disappears. Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, posted to Moscow to keep him from telling the truth to a government committee, is asked to help find her.  It's a shot at redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Russia is reluctant to give up the worst of her secrets.  As Fox's investigation sees him dragged deeper towards the dark heart of a Soviet establishment determined to protect its own so his fears grow, with those of the girl's father, for Alex's safety. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd if Fox can't find her soon, she looks likely to become the next victim of a sadistic killer whose story is bound tight to that of his country's terrible past …\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Jack Grimwood:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exists (Martin Cruz Smith's \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e), Jack Grimwood's \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e looks like a crazy gamble\u003cb\u003e. But it's one that comes off …\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e                    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tom Fox is well drawn, the action scenes are \u003cb\u003efilled with energy and tension, but the real hero of \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e is Russia itself, bleak, corrupt, falling apart, but with an incurable humanity\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Callaghan, author of \u003ci\u003eA Killing Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ecompulsive\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003esupremely intelligent thriller\u003c\/b\u003e from a master stylist'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Marshall, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Straw Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA first-rate thriller\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e grips from the very first page. Heartily recommended'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Twelfth Department\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like the city herself, Jack Grimwood's \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003erichly layered, stylish, beautifully constructed, and full of passion beneath the chills\u003c\/b\u003e. Part political thriller, part historical novel, part a story of personal redemptions, \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e cements Jack Grimwood as a powerful new voice in thriller writing. \u003cb\u003eNot to be missed\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Pinborough, author of The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHard to know what to praise first here\u003c\/b\u003e: the operatic sweep of this \u003cb\u003emesmerising\u003c\/b\u003e novel; the surefooted orchestration of \u003cb\u003etension\u003c\/b\u003e; or the \u003cb\u003evividly realised\u003c\/b\u003e sense of time and place; all of these factors mark Jack Grimwood's \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e out as \u003cb\u003esomething special in the arena of international thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Forshaw, author of \u003ci\u003eBrit Noir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e           \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMemorable characters, powerful recreations\u003c\/b\u003e of history and an \u003cb\u003eunrelenting pace\u003c\/b\u003e that will keep you breathless. 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