Leningrad Deception

From Richard Lyntton, Amazon #1 international bestselling author of The Deception Series, comes a gripping Cold War espionage thriller featuring British tank commander, journalist, and trained killer Jack Steele.Leningrad. Stockholm. London. Venice. Capri.The Berlin Wall is about to fall. But powerful men will kill to stop it.As East and West dare to hope for peace, British Army officer Jack Steele is drawn into a deadly conspiracy stretching from the Soviet Union to the Vatican-and culminating on the glamorous island of Capri, where secret negotiations could change the course of history forever.A Soviet diplomat is murdered.A Vatican peace initiative is under threat.A shadow network of KGB hardliners will stop at nothing to keep the Cold War alive.Caught between assassins, spies, double agents, political betrayal, and a deadly final showdown in Capri, Steele uncovers a plot far more dangerous than a single killing-one that could plunge Europe back into chaos just as freedom seems within reach.But in the secret world of espionage, peace can be the most dangerous weapon of all.Inspired in part by the extraordinary true story of President Ronald Reagan's secret "Deception Committee" and the covert strategy behind the West's Cold War victory, Leningrad Deception is a fast-paced international spy thriller of espionage, assassination, betrayal, and geopolitical intrigue.For readers of John le Carré, Frederick Forsyth, Daniel Silva, Tom Clancy, and Vince Flynn.