Agent 6: Book summary and reviews of Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith

Agent 6 Summary

Leo Demidov is no longer a member of Moscow's secret police. But when his wife, Raisa, and daughters Zoya and Elena are invited on a "Peace Tour" to New York City, he is immediately suspicious.

Forbidden to travel with his family and trapped on the other side of the world, Leo watches helplessly as events in New York unfold and those closest to his heart are pulled into a web of political conspiracy and betrayal - one that will end in tragedy.

In the horrible aftermath, Leo demands only one thing: to investigate the killer who destroyed his family. His request is summarily denied. Crippled by grief and haunted by the need to find out exactly what happened on that night in New York, Leo takes matters into his own hands. It is a quest that will span decades, and take Leo around the world - from Moscow, to the mountains of Soviet-controlled Afghanistan, to the backstreets of New York - in pursuit of the one man who knows the truth: Agent 6.

Agent 6 Reviews

"Starred Review. Cold War machinations and Russian blunders in Afghanistan can't measure up to Stalin's reign of terror as a backdrop, but this concluding installment still has Leo front and center, and that's plenty to add to another first-class, must-read crime novel." - Booklist

"Starred Review. Most readers will reach the final page with regret and in awe of Smith's uncompromising vision of the realities of a police state and the toll it takes on those caught in its meshes." - Publishers Weekly

"Starred Review. The story is a little long, but it has a nicely creepy and - yes - Orwellian ending that amply repays the occasional detour in getting there." - Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of Smith's first two books will avidly seek out the final chapter, though this one stands on its own as well." - Library Journal

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Tom Rob Smith Author Biography

Tom Rob Smith was born in 1979 to a Swedish mother and English father, both antique dealers, and brought up in South London, where he now lives. He started writing plays at school and continued at St John's, Cambridge.  After graduating from Cambridge University in 2001, he completed his studies in Italy, studying creative writing for a year. He then worked as a scriptwriter including time working for Channel 5's now defunct soap Family Affairs.

Child 44, his first novel, was published in 2008 and has been translated into 17 languages to date. It was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best Thriller of the year by the Crime Writer's Association. In was also long listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize and the 2008 Costa First Novel Award....

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