A solid Cold War tale with a difference.

The Last Flight from Moscow (The Spy Next Door) by Andie Newton        

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Mae Pierce is an ex OSS agent who’d been in Vienna when the Red Army liberated the city.  At the time she was a prisoner of a German Officer, Kommandant Wolff. She’d been tortured and more when rescued. How she remained behind in Vienna is mixed up with drinking too much vodka, gambling and a silky black Japanese dressing gown.

Her old partner Sutton Maxfield talks her into going undercover on a trade exhibition in Moscow looking for an unknown spy who’s to assassinate Krushchov. Unfortunately it seems Mae’s being thrust into the mix as a trade fair model at the exhibition. Mae’s not pleased as the men from the CIA feel the spy looking for couldn’t possible be a woman. They leave her out of the loop. They see Mae as a “has been”. Except Mae is anything but. Sure she has her demons and her loyalties.

In the meantime she’s acquired a wide eyed innocent type trainee who needs mentoring by one of the best. Mae seems to imbue every situation with her own personal brand of chaos, particularly when the chips are down.

Gripping, slightly exotic and downright addictive. I loved it.

A Harper Collins UK ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.