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Sally McGrane discusses her new novel, Moscow at Midnight.

Praise for Moscow at Midnight

“Everyone’s talking about Russia but this is a book that really takes you there, a crime thriller with a truly documentary eye, full of insights about Russian people, politics and culture- while never failing to intrigue and excite.” —Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible

“A worthy successor to John le Carré . . . A fast-paced spy thriller, full of unexpected twists and turns.” —Buchbord 

“Great! Tense right up to the final page . . . A multi-layered, thrilling novel that is difficult to resist and hard to put down, even at the end.” —Süddeutsche Zeitung

About Moscow at Midnight

Downsized by the CIA, Max Rushmore is re-hired by a private contractor—operating on a tightened budget in a world of ratcheting tensions—to return to Moscow and investigate the death of a beautiful nuclear waste disposal expert. But Max, whose non-transferable skills include never having met a Russian he couldn’t drink under the table, soon uncovers all sorts of inconsistencies: could it be that she is not dead at all? So begins a game of cat-and-mouse that takes the agent across Russia as he follows his only clue: a rare Siberian diamond. With all the breathless tension of classic espionage novels, Moscow at Midnight is both humorous and utterly enthralling—a fast-paced page-turner of the old school.