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Department Thirteen: An Aleksandr Talanov thriller
Department Thirteen: An Aleksandr Talanov thriller
Department Thirteen: An Aleksandr Talanov thriller
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Department Thirteen: An Aleksandr Talanov thriller

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Department Thirteen – the assassination and sabotage unit of the KGB – never officially existed. But former KGB colonel Aleksandr Talanov knows that it did, and it's but one of the many secrets he's worked hard to forget.

Now living in Australia, Talanov and dozens of dinner guests are suddenly the target of assassins. On a midnight stroll to the beach, Talanov and his wife are mistakenly spared, but soon find themselves running for their lives: hunted by the killers, blamed by the police, increasingly pivotal to an invisible network of death about which they know nothing.

But someone thinks they know.

For in 1983, a second Department Thirteen was created, and Talanov discovers they have but one purpose: to kill him, whatever the cost.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherRegis Books
Release dateMar 12, 2020
ISBN9781734476903
Department Thirteen: An Aleksandr Talanov thriller
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James Houston Turner

James Houston Turner is the bestselling author of the Aleksandr Talanov thriller series, as well as numerous other books and articles. Talanov the fictional character was inspired by the actual KGB agent who once leaked word out of Moscow that James was on a KGB watch-list for his smuggling activities behind the old Iron Curtain. James Houston Turner’s debut thriller, Department Thirteen, was voted “Best Thriller” by USA Book News, after which it won gold medals in the Independent Publisher (“IPPY”) Book Awards and the Indie Book Awards. A cancer survivor of more than twenty-five years, he holds a bachelor’s degree from Baker University and a master’s degree from the University of Houston (Clear Lake). After twenty years in Australia, he and his wife, Wendy, author of The Recipe Gal Cookbook, now live in Austin, Texas.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very good read. I really enjoyed the storyline, layer upon layers, and the characters more than held their own.

    Because of his past, Talanov was so careful to avoid becoming too close to anyone and when someone finally breaks throught the walls he had erected around his life and heart, his fears come true... His past finds him and threatens to destroy everything.

    Well written and a blast to read, James Houston takes you on an adventure of a retired KGB spy, who defected to Australia when his department disbanded. A wild ride that doesn't let up until it reaches the conclusion.


    This was a First-Reads selection.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    From my blogSo amazing, what a thrilling rush, non stop action, thought provoking and brilliant characters. Talanov, the ex secret agent is my favourite character this year so far, love him. He is like a cat, has 9 lives, this was my only complaint, one to many close calls during his run for life adventure or is it that he is just that good. I have never read an espionage book that I can think of and thriller is my favourite genre, crazy right. Well, this book had a great opening and did not let up until the last paragraph. Talanov has became the target for assassins but he was a successful spy so he was trained by the best of the best and wasn't going to let him or his wife die without knowing why. He was trained to protect and read people to know what was coming next. There were many characters but they were all defined and added to the storyline, easy to keep track of. Some were hardcore which included strong females which is always refreshing. I initially thought it would be to many but J Turner executed his characters perfectly. Some were only known as code names, Three and Four, which added to the story as everything and everyone was a cover up.I love how this story was so intricate, an onion, peeling away each clue, development, the past, who else will die and when, intense brilliance. This is an unputdownable read for sure. I found myself daydreaming and cheering for Talanov, when I wasn't reading and in my sleep. I highly recommend this to all crime, mystery, thriller fans. One of the best I have read in a long time. If you enjoy movies like Mission Impossible, you will love this one. Need a recommendation for the men in your life, this is it.And the characters will make you want more and guess what..... James Turner will be giving us more this year September, the next is called Greco's Game. I usually like to share favourite quotes but honestly this book just had so many memorable scenes it was hard to choose quotes. I suggest you go read it. My only concern is that there are unbelievable scenes and Talanov should have died but he knows his stuff and when assassins think they have the upper hand and then try to get information also, it all goes wrong, for them........

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