Lord of the swallows : a Malko Linge novel

ISBN: 9780345808219 (paperback)
Physical Description: print 242 pages
Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, [2016]

Villiers, Gérard de 1929-2013 (Author). Rodarmor, William, (translator.).

Summary: At a benefit dinner, Austrian playboy and CIA freelancer Malko Linge meets an intriguing woman, Zhanna Khrenkov, who has an unusual proposal. She will disclose everything she knows about her husband Alexei's business if Malko will get rid of Alexei's younger, British mistress. Appalled, Malko refuses--until Zhanna reveals her husband's real job: head of a ring of Russian spies operating undercover inside the U.S. For Malko's CIA contacts, this is a highly necessary job; for Malko, it is a highly sensitive one. He will move cautiously from Vienna to London to Moscow, trying to find the right balance of winning Zhanna's trust without compromising his moral integrity."--From publisher.