Winter Palace

Library Journal

Master spy Sam Cole is sucked back into the shadowy world of international intrigue by a 40-year-old plot to expel all Jews from the USSRa plan that recalls the Third Reich in the form of Arab terrorism. When the bad guys emplace two atomic bombs to assure the final holocaust, Cole and his Israeli colleagues must hustle to deflect the danger. The suspense is fiercely heightened by the Russians, who use the turmoil to mask a takeover bid for Turkey and points west. After a surprising , yet satisfying , harvest of violence and gore that includes chase scenes through Russian cities, the clouds lift. Here, the dominant themes of current thrillers are welded together to create a plausible vision. Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress