Sue Duffy
(Kregel Publications)
ISBN: 978-0825425745
December 2011/288 pages/$14.99
After losing everyone she loves, concert pianist Liesl Bower has nowhere to go but to escape into her music. Searching for the peace she usually finds in her concertos and sonatas, Liesl can’t shake the feeling that she is being haunted by her past . . . and by someone following her. When she spots a familiar and eerie face in the audience of a concert she’s giving for the president in Washington, DC, the scariest day of her life comes back to her with a flash. It has been fifteen years since Liesl watched her beloved Harvard music mentor assaulted on a dark night in Moscow and just as long since the CIA disclosed to her that he’d been spying for Russia. She had seen that man--that eerie face--the night Professor Devoe was attacked. And now he’s back--and coming for her.
On the run and struggling to rely on the protection of CIA agent Ava Mullins and handsome newspaper reporter Cade O’Brien, Liesl learns she is the prey of an underground cell of Russian KGB agents determined to restore their country to its former Soviet might. But what she doesn’t know is that she is in possession of something--a piece of sheet music--that Russian intelligence is now frantic to find. Inside that music is a secret code, the hidden transcriptions of her deceased mentor, that clearly identify a Russian mole operating inside Israel’s Department of Defense, a mole with enough power and access to execute a daring assassination that no one would see coming.
Caught in a deadly conflict between American and Russian undercover agents, this innocent young pianist is just trying to survive her own personal trauma. Through it all, Liesl must learn that no matter how dark her world grows or how fiercely her enemies pursue her, God is still in control--if only she can yield herself to His grace. Read an excerpt here.
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MY THOUGHTS:
This was an intriguing novel which brought back memories of the days of the Cold War between the USA and Russia. Liesl immediately captured my heart as she is suddenly thrust into the midst of a race for something she's unaware she has -- or even know where it is. The introduction of Cade and his grandfather, Ian, was a little bumpy; I wasn't initially sure how they connected to the story, but once that was clear, they quickly endeared themselves to me and it was a relief to know that Liesl had someone looking out for her personal interests as well as for national security. Spies, counterspies, CIA agents, political intrigue, dysfunctional family baggage, and a hint of romance all intertwine in this captivating book, and an unexpected twist at the end leaves potential for an upcoming sequel.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Kregel Publications & Litfuse Publicity as part of their Blogger Review program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
i think my hubs would enjoy this book as well as me...
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