Synopsis
“Red to Black has more in common with the elegantly paced books of John le Carré than it does with Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. But readers who appreciate a healthy dose of real-world worries in their spy novels won’t complain.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gorky Park for the Putin era, Red To Black by Alex Dryden could have been ripped from recent headlines. At once a spy thriller, a love story, and a chilling look at a dangerously resurgent superpower, it is a masterful work that Stephen Fry calls, “Brilliant and unforgettable….Nothing short of miraculous.” Welcome to the New Russia.
About Alex Dryden
See more books from this AuthorOver the next few years, at first with Anna’s quiet support and eventually with her active connivance, Finn unravels a convoluted plan hatched decades earlier to launder “black money” through Luxembourg, Russia’s client states and elsewhere, and to deploy it in ways that could shift the world’s b...
| Read Full Review of Red to BlackThe deep waters of the Cold War might be just as frigid as ever.
Oct 31 2009 | Read Full Review of Red to BlackFinn and Anna find themselves in a vertiginous game of cat and mouse with each other, with their overseers, and against the fatal criminal world of black markets filled with industrial giants and cutthroat government operatives.
Oct 31 2009 | Read Full Review of Red to BlackIf you don't see the current peaceful relationship between the old foes of the Cold War as fertile grounds for inspiring a new spy novel, Alex Dryden might argue you aren’t looking deep enough.
Oct 31 2009 | Read Full Review of Red to BlackWe are informed that Alex Dryden, the author of RED TO BLACK, is a pseudonym for a British journalist and writer who has watched and chronicled the transformations of the Russian Empire for over two decades.
Jan 23 2011 | Read Full Review of Red to BlackAlthough Alex Dryden has created a spy thriller with a heart-racing plot and sizzling romance, the real reason to read this novel is to understand just what post-Cold War Russian politics are all about.
| Read Full Review of Red to BlackSomeone once said that good novels are lies that reveal the truth, and the author of this fine espionage thriller writes that fiction is a good way to get at "hidden truths."
Nov 24 2009 | Read Full Review of Red to BlackAn aggregated and normalized score based on 119 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes