Dispatch from a Cold Country

By Robert Cullen

Book Overview

Gorky Park with an American protagonist and a nifty art-history element. *Third in the Colin Burke series *Enormously authoritative espionage; author was Newsweek's Moscow Bureau Chief for 15 years. *Critics have called the series better than Gorky Park. *A terrific combination of classic espionage and classic private-eye novel; additionally, the art-history angle will appeal to yet another audience (particularly women). *An intricately plotted thriller ... the stuff that keeps readers up well past bedtime - Los Angeles Times *More than an effective page-turner, this is good enough that one wishes to call it a fine novel - Kirkus *An excellent thriller, with clever twists and masterful styling - Publishers Weekly *Richly detailed and relentlessly suspenseful - West Coast Review of Books *...series hallmarks such as a strong sense of place and fast pacing make this a priority purchase for fiction collections. - Library Journal This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933397896
• ISBN13: 9781933397894
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Lots of Color

This is another exciting book from Mr. Cullen. He really has a distinctive way a describing the dark beauty of Russia and getting into the heads the Russian every man. The story has a great story line and he peppers the book with interesting sub plots that keep you interested. With that said I did think the love story sub plot could have been left out. I am convinced that long ago some book publishing executive wrote...

Fabulous read and great local color of St. Petersburg

Cullen writes an engrossing thriller that does full justice to the beauty and color of St. Petersburg, and he knows the Hermitage well. I was a Fulbright professor in St. Petersburg in 1998 (back again in summer 1999) and I was in and out of the offices and galleries he mentions, and so have a special appreciation for how well he captured the look, feel, and temperament of that great museum. There is, however, a stark...