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The Spy in the Archive

How one man tried to kill the KGB

by Gordon Corera ...

Narrated by Gordon Corera ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily ... Read more

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LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily
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In True Face

A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

by Jonna Mendez ...

Narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold WarJonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their ... Read more

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The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold WarJonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their
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The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story ... Read more

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Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story
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Operation Gladio

The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia

by Paul L. Williams ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

In this disturbing exposé, journalist Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and U.S. mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence, in many European countries, of "stay-behind" units consisting of five thousand to fifteen thousand military ... Read more

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In this disturbing exposé, journalist Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and U.S. mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence, in many European countries, of "stay-behind" units consisting of five thousand to fifteen thousand military
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The Spy in Moscow Station

A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

by Eric Haseltine ...

Narrated by Eric Haseltine ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

**This program is read by the author.The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed.**Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA.In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist—those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author.The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed.**Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA.In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist—those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency.
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SECRET POLICE OF RUSSIA, THE

Neglectful Treatment, Cooperation, and Giving in (2022 Guide for Beginners)

by Marc Booth ...

Narrated by Evan Brown ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

In 1918, Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia.He was betrayed by the Secret Police, who labeled him "the most dangerous counter-revolutionary at large in the Tashkent region."As he fled from Lenin's men, he was aided by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Kirghiz and the Sarts, and for months he was forced to live the life of a hunt ... Read more

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In 1918, Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia.He was betrayed by the Secret Police, who labeled him "the most dangerous counter-revolutionary at large in the Tashkent region."As he fled from Lenin's men, he was aided by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Kirghiz and the Sarts, and for months he was forced to live the life of a hunt
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The Liar

How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

by Benjamin Cunningham ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow.In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB were both watching Karel Koecher closely—and they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. They were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and ... Read more

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The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow.In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB were both watching Karel Koecher closely—and they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. They were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and
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Bridge of Spies

A True Story of the Cold War

by Giles Whittell ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

The “riveting, meticulously researched, and beautifully written” (Ben Macintyre, author of The Spy and the Traitor) true story chronicles the first and most legendary prisoner exchange of the Cold War, between East and West at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie“A marvelous saga of dangerous missions, helter-skelter innovation, and clandestine activity.”—The Wall Street JournalWho ... Read more

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The “riveting, meticulously researched, and beautifully written” (Ben Macintyre, author of The Spy and the Traitor) true story chronicles the first and most legendary prisoner exchange of the Cold War, between East and West at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie“A marvelous saga of dangerous missions, helter-skelter innovation, and clandestine activity.”—The Wall Street JournalWho
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The Puzzle Palace

Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

by James Bamford ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

20 hours 24 min

In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded public scrutiny, but The Puzzle Palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. So sensitive was the ... Read more

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In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded public scrutiny, but The Puzzle Palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. So sensitive was the
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Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy

The Secret World of Corporate Espionage

by Eamon Javers ...

Narrated by Raymond Scully ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

“Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare—a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery… An important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel.” —David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZAward-winning reporter Eamon Javers’s Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy is a penetrating work of investigative and historical ... Read more

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“Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare—a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery… An important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel.” —David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZAward-winning reporter Eamon Javers’s Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy is a penetrating work of investigative and historical
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Brief History of Spies and Espionage, A: The Secret War Behind History

by Thomas Everly ...

Narrated by Thomas Everly ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Uncover the gripping history of espionage, where spies and codebreakers wage a secret war for global dominance. Perfect for a captivating commute or a focused learning session, this tense narrative moves from ancient battlefields to modern data centers. Experience the dark, suspenseful underworld of covert intelligence that quietly dictates the fate of nations.Rather than a dry academic study, ... Read more

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Uncover the gripping history of espionage, where spies and codebreakers wage a secret war for global dominance. Perfect for a captivating commute or a focused learning session, this tense narrative moves from ancient battlefields to modern data centers. Experience the dark, suspenseful underworld of covert intelligence that quietly dictates the fate of nations.Rather than a dry academic study,
... Read more
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Origins of Coronavirus

Wuhan, the Secret Research That Sparked the Pandemic, and the Cover-Up of the Century

by Jari Kuikanmäki ...

Narrated by Jari Kuikanmäki ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

A TRUE CRIME INVESTIGATION INTO THE COVER-UP OF THE CENTURYIn January 2020, as reports of a mysterious new virus emerged from Wuhan, China, the world was told that it had likely jumped from animals to humans at the Huanan Seafood Market. Journalist Jari Kuikanmäki was among the first to investigate a far more troubling possibility: that the virus may have originated inside a laboratory.What began ... Read more

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A TRUE CRIME INVESTIGATION INTO THE COVER-UP OF THE CENTURYIn January 2020, as reports of a mysterious new virus emerged from Wuhan, China, the world was told that it had likely jumped from animals to humans at the Huanan Seafood Market. Journalist Jari Kuikanmäki was among the first to investigate a far more troubling possibility: that the virus may have originated inside a laboratory.What began
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OSS

The Secret History Of America's First Central Intelligence Agency

by Richard Harris Smith ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

15 hours 33 min

In the months before World War II, FDR prepared the country for conflict with Germany and Japan by reshuffling various government agencies to create the Office of Strategic Services—America's first intelligence agency and the direct precursor to the CIA. When he charged William ("Wild Bill") Donovan, a successful Wall Street lawyer and Wilkie Republican, to head up the office, the die was set for ... Read more

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In the months before World War II, FDR prepared the country for conflict with Germany and Japan by reshuffling various government agencies to create the Office of Strategic Services—America's first intelligence agency and the direct precursor to the CIA. When he charged William ("Wild Bill") Donovan, a successful Wall Street lawyer and Wilkie Republican, to head up the office, the die was set for
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How J. Edgar Hoover’s Newspaper Interview Created the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List

by Daniel A.Champion ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Untold Story Behind the FBI’s Most Iconic ListWhat if a simple newspaper interview ignited a revolution in crime-fighting? The truth is, J. Edgar Hoover, one of the most powerful figures in law enforcement history, never expected that one conversation would lead to the creation of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List—a list that has become synonymous with ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Untold Story Behind the FBI’s Most Iconic ListWhat if a simple newspaper interview ignited a revolution in crime-fighting? The truth is, J. Edgar Hoover, one of the most powerful figures in law enforcement history, never expected that one conversation would lead to the creation of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List—a list that has become synonymous with
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Schatten über Berlin: Die totale Kontrolle

Ein Hacker Roman über Manipulation und Verrat

by Mike Basler ...

Narrated by Vincent C. Michaels (AI) ...

Unabridged

2 hours 31 min

Willkommen im Berlin der Zukunft. Wir schreiben das Jahr 2030 und der technologische Wandel hat die Stadt in eine dystopische Festung verwandelt. In diesem packenden Berlin 2030 Roman existiert keine Privatsphäre mehr – der gläserne Bürger ist längst Realität geworden. Die totale Kontrolle liegt in den Händen von Projekt PANDORA, einem allwissenden Überwachungssystem, das von einer ... Read more

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Willkommen im Berlin der Zukunft. Wir schreiben das Jahr 2030 und der technologische Wandel hat die Stadt in eine dystopische Festung verwandelt. In diesem packenden Berlin 2030 Roman existiert keine Privatsphäre mehr – der gläserne Bürger ist längst Realität geworden. Die totale Kontrolle liegt in den Händen von Projekt PANDORA, einem allwissenden Überwachungssystem, das von einer
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American Sons

The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman (40th Anniversary Edition)

by Christopher Boyce, Cait Boyce, Vince Font ...

Narrated by David Colacci, Susan Ericksen ...

Unabridged

13 hours 42 min

Forty years before the names Snowden and Manning entered the world's cultural lexicon, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee became America's youngest convicted spies—condemned to federal prison in 1977 for their roles in one of the most highly publicized espionage cases in Cold War history.Yet the story of their crime, as told in the book and movie The Falcon and the Snowman, was only the ... Read more

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Forty years before the names Snowden and Manning entered the world's cultural lexicon, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee became America's youngest convicted spies—condemned to federal prison in 1977 for their roles in one of the most highly publicized espionage cases in Cold War history.Yet the story of their crime, as told in the book and movie The Falcon and the Snowman, was only the
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The Spy Who Knew Too Much

An Ex-CIA Officer’s Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal

by Howard Blum ...

Narrated by Steve Hendrickson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

“Howard Blum writes history books that read like thrillers.”—New York TimesA retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a CIA officer who married into the very family that derailed his own CIA career—in this compulsive true-life tale of vindication and redemption, filled with drama, intrigue, and mystery from the New York Times bestselling ... Read more

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“Howard Blum writes history books that read like thrillers.”—New York TimesA retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a CIA officer who married into the very family that derailed his own CIA career—in this compulsive true-life tale of vindication and redemption, filled with drama, intrigue, and mystery from the New York Times bestselling
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Three Minutes to Doomsday

An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History

by Joe Navarro ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

An intense cat-and-mouse game played between two brilliant men in the last days of the Cold War, this shocking insider’s story shows how a massive giveaway of secret war plans and nuclear secrets threatened America with annihilation.In 1988 Joe Navarro, one of the youngest agents ever hired by the FBI, was dividing his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter ... Read more

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An intense cat-and-mouse game played between two brilliant men in the last days of the Cold War, this shocking insider’s story shows how a massive giveaway of secret war plans and nuclear secrets threatened America with annihilation.In 1988 Joe Navarro, one of the youngest agents ever hired by the FBI, was dividing his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter
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The Russian Doll

The most gripping, addictive and unputdownable spy thriller with a shocking twist

by Marina Palmer ...

Narrated by Heather Long ...

Unabridged

10 hours

'Utterly riveting and compulsive reading, packed with suspense and tension' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'A terrific, twisty-turny thriller' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️When Ruth Miller returns a dropped scarf to Elena Shilkov, she is whisked from a dreary shared house to a world of unimagined luxury.The super-rich Russian wants a new personal assistant and won't take no for an answer.Ruth gets accom... ... Read more

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'Utterly riveting and compulsive reading, packed with suspense and tension' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'A terrific, twisty-turny thriller' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️When Ruth Miller returns a dropped scarf to Elena Shilkov, she is whisked from a dreary shared house to a world of unimagined luxury.The super-rich Russian wants a new personal assistant and won't take no for an answer.Ruth gets accom...
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White Robes and Broken Badges

Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us

by Joe Moore ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group’s structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means necessary.“We need you back.”It was a call FBI ... Read more

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In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group’s structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means necessary.“We need you back.”It was a call FBI
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A Pretext for War

9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies

by James Bamford ...

Narrated by Ray Childs ...

Abridged

4 hours 55 min

The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the existence of the NSA, the largest, most secretive, and ... Read more

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The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the existence of the NSA, the largest, most secretive, and
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Soviet Union Spy Operations

Learn About the Soviet Union's Most Notorious Spy Organization and Its Lasting Impact on World History (2022 Guide for Beginners)

by Roger Holt ...

Narrated by Peter Finch ...

Unabridged

2 hours 33 min

The KGB is one of the most well-known abbreviations of the twentieth century, and it has come to represent the shadowy and often violent activities of the Soviet Union's secret police and internal security agencies.Indeed, it has frequently been used to refer to the Soviet state security agencies throughout its history, from the formation of the Cheka (Extraordinary Commission) in 1917 to the ... Read more

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The KGB is one of the most well-known abbreviations of the twentieth century, and it has come to represent the shadowy and often violent activities of the Soviet Union's secret police and internal security agencies.Indeed, it has frequently been used to refer to the Soviet state security agencies throughout its history, from the formation of the Cheka (Extraordinary Commission) in 1917 to the
... Read more
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Unwanted Spy

The Persecution of an American Whistleblower

by Jeffrey Sterling ...

Narrated by J. D. Jackson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

The powerful story of a CIA whistleblower and political prisoner who refused to give up on his American dreamIn 2015, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to prison, convicted of violating the Espionage Act. Sterling, it is now clear, was another victim of our government's draconian crackdown on alleged leakers and whistleblowers.Sterling grew up in a small, segregated town in Missouri and jumped at the ... Read more

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The powerful story of a CIA whistleblower and political prisoner who refused to give up on his American dreamIn 2015, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to prison, convicted of violating the Espionage Act. Sterling, it is now clear, was another victim of our government's draconian crackdown on alleged leakers and whistleblowers.Sterling grew up in a small, segregated town in Missouri and jumped at the
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From Russia with Blood

The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West

by Heidi Blake ...

Narrated by Marisa Calin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad: “A compelling rendering of Putin’s frightening extensions of power into Europe and the United States” (Associated Press).They thought they had found a safe haven in the green hills of England. They were wrong. One by one, the Russian oligarchs, dissidents, and gangsters who fled to Britain after Vladimir ... Read more

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The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad: “A compelling rendering of Putin’s frightening extensions of power into Europe and the United States” (Associated Press).They thought they had found a safe haven in the green hills of England. They were wrong. One by one, the Russian oligarchs, dissidents, and gangsters who fled to Britain after Vladimir
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