Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of eight novels, most recently Red London, The Fervor, and Red Widow. Prior to the publication of her first novel, she had a thirty-five-year career as a senior intelligence analyst for several U.S. agencies, including the CIA and NSA, as well as RAND, the global policy think tank. Katsu is a graduate of the masters writing program at the Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelors degree from Brandeis University. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband, where she is a consultant to government and private industry on future trends and analytic methods.
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"Katsu paints a vivid picture of modern London at the intersection
of a vast, dangerous game being waged between Russia, its monied
exiles, the British upper classes, and American
intelligence." —CrimeReads
"For those who love spies and thrillers, Alma Katsu’s latest Red
London is a thrilling detour into the fictional world of CIA agent,
Lyndsey Duncan.…An intriguing protagonist, sensitive, principled,
highly capable, but down-to-earth. As the story’s tension escalates
it is sure to leave eager readers on the edge of their
seats." —Hill Rag
"A well-written and fascinating look at a CIA officer and a
Russian oligarch in post-Putin London…Katsu captures the mystique
and mystery of the shadowy world of espionage." —The Washington
Times
"Alma Katsu is a top-flight writer.…What allows the book to rise
above Red Widow is the intimate way that Katsu threads together the
minute details about the espionage world that only someone on the
front lines would know. This, coupled with a fine blending of
interpersonal relationships, makes Red London an outstanding and
immensely readable thriller." —Book Reporter
"Katsu’s knowledge of world events and spy craft make for a
believable and compelling spy novel. The book’s ending is
especially satisfying." —The Big Thrill
"An engaging read, with breathtaking international intrigue,
Russian skullduggery, and old-fashioned Anglo-American intelligence
cooperation . . . Masterful in its character development . . . The
interaction of the two women as case officer and target makes for
an absorbing spy plot . . . . A refreshing transition to post-Putin
espionage and an entertaining portrayal of the oligarchic diaspora
and its international machinations in a complex and ever-evolving
geopolitical vortex . . . Well-written, suspenseful." —Cipher
Brief
"A superb spy thriller ripe for the times . . . Katsu transposes
the traditional male heroes from the likes of John le Carre and Len
Deighton in crafting a thriller that matches up to the best from
both of them. Lyndsay is a post-modern, female version of George
Smiley and Red London is every bit as much fun as his greatest
adventures." —BookTrib
"Katsu’s second book in this taut spy series is even better than
the first with the requisite suspense driving the twist-laden
plot….Starring an outstanding, multidimensional protagonist."
—Booklist (starred review)
"Katsu paints a vivid picture of modern London at the intersection
of a vast geopolitical game between Russia, its monied exiles, the
British upper classes, and American intelligence.” —CrimeReads
"Katsu, a former intelligence officer, shows us how
intelligence-gathering works, how spies relate to each other, how
intelligence agencies uneasily coexist. What sets the novel apart
even more is the smoothness with which the author builds her tense
narrative and characters—Lyndsey is unflashy but sensitive and
principled and good at what she does, while Emily is one of the
most sympathetically drawn victims in recent spy fiction. A strong
second installment in a series we hope continues.” —Kirkus
Reviews
"Entertaining . . . Katsu knows her tradecraft. . . . A spy novel
that focuses on relationships, women, and family is a refreshing
change. . . . Katsu should win new fans with this
one.” —Publishers Weekly
"Tense, smart, and surprising—from page one, Red London draws you
into a web of power, money, seduction, and betrayal. A top-notch
espionage novel." —Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling
author of The Shadow Tracer and Phantom Instinct
"An elegantly written novel of espionage, reminiscent of the great
Daniel Silva. Well-plotted, wholly credible, and enormously
tense—spy fiction fans simply must read this one!” —Mark
Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Burner, a Gray Man
novel
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