Moscow Nights Return
Book 1 in the Moscow Nights Series

Moscow Nights Return is a gripping spy suspense/thriller that brings alive flawed characters and interweaves their lives. The book opens in Moscow in 1990, during the Cold War, bringing that conflict into the current time, through the eyes of master spies. The protagonist, Elda Ainsworth, cut her teeth as a spy in the Cold War. Elda is quietly living in the bucolic Northeast of the United States when activated by the American government to extract her friend, Korinna Federov, from Moscow. Elda is now pitted again against an old nemesis, Toshchiy Chelovek, in a new Cold War. Elda’s background as a military analyst, personal trainer, and psychologist makes her a formidable opponent. Toshchiy Chelovek, the Kremlin’s spy handler, was an active agent in the Cold War and is the brains behind the assassin, Anatoly Petrov. Tosh has never been defeated. His photographic memory contains vast store of information across many years and missions. Elda engages with Anatoly in a high-speed chase to reach Korinna first. They race through Moscow, St. Petersburg, Hamburg, Amsterdam, the UK, and the USA, Elda matching her wits against Anatoly’s brawn.