ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE MOSCOW VECTOR

At first, the deaths are considered to be statistically insignificant, nothing more than "background noise," until the pattern is recognized: Someone is killing the top Russian specialists in every Western intelligence agency--the UK's MI6, Germany's BND, France's DGSE. Erik Bergmann skillfully infuses the myriad characters with distinct accents in this spine-tingling trek though the Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Germany, and Washington. From crusty Soviets intent upon returning Russia to its glory days to the soft-spoken supersecret Covert One operatives, Bergmann moves this captivating plot from the frying pan into the nuclear furnace. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 05]