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Author of To A Wolf The Kill - The acclaimed post-Soviet spy thriller.
“A first-class piece of spy fiction.”
— Canberra Times
“An outstanding achievement.”
— Australian Book Review
“Kirov is a cross between Le Carré’s Smiley and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe.”
— The Age
“Superbly crafted.”
— The Sunday Age
As Russia bulldozes itself into a new era, an American national dies in a Moscow cell, rumours surface of a CIA operation against one of America’s own allies, and the Russian president disappears.
Pyotr Nikolaevich Kirov of the Special Investigations Department is reluctantly drawn into a tangle of Kremlin intrigue and counterespionage, but it soon becomes clear that not everyone is eager for the old Soviet ways to change.
The deeper Kirov digs, the clearer it becomes that the past has not loosened its grip on Russia at all. Powerful men, long hidden in the shadows, are preparing to take back control—and are willing to use anyone, betray anyone, and destroy anything in order to get it.
Kirov has been thrown to the wolves... and this pack remembers how to kill.
Jon Weaving was born in London, spent most of his life in Australia, and now lives with his wife and a house full of cats in the north of Aotearoa New Zealand. Before becoming a full time writer, he worked in everything from offices to welding shops, played music and raced motorcycles. He has been a columnist, writing tutor and short story writer - winning many awards including the Bicentennial Award for Literature.
His critically acclaimed post-Soviet spy thriller To A Wolf The Kill was originally published by William Heinemann/Reed Books and then Random House/Arrow books - and has now been reissued by the author for a new generation of readers.
More praise for To A Wolf The Kill
"From the chilly corridors of the Kremlin to a remote Australian island, this novel of international treachery is an utterly convincing journey through post-glasnost Russia." - Reader's Feast Magazine
"Weaving's novel is so good... plenty of action and suspense... and a surprise ending that's as sharp as a knife through the heart." - The Sunday Telegraph
"Brings to mind Gorky Park, albeit a much better and updated version... quickly builds to a thudding climax that will long stay in the memory." - Canberra Times
"Weaving is to be commended for devising such a gripping thriller for our uncertain times, and for getting it all so right." - Australian Book Review
"Jon Weaving has constructed exactly the right kind of counter-espionage maze." - The Age
"Superbly crafted... deals with dark Russian deeds and Byzantine plots... so utterly believable and tightly written that it demands a sequel." - The Sunday Age
"It's remarkable... one of the most assured and suavely written crime thrillers ever... presented with an astonishing virtuosity... ensures Jon Weaving a place in the same class as the most famous of those poets of the spy/crime novel." - Art Streams Magazine
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