Red Sparrow

A Novel

By: Jason Matthews

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

The start of a major career! A gripping, highly commercial espionage thriller written with the delicious insider detail and up-to-the-minute insight only known to a veteran CIA spook.

In today's Russia, dominated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow" - a trained seductress in the service, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's valuable mole in Moscow.

Seeking revenge against her soulless masters, Dominika begins a fatal double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington - hunt down a Russian illegal buried deep in the U.S. military and, against all odds, to return to Moscow as the new-generation penetration of Putin's intelligence service. Dominika and Nathaniel's impossible love affair and twisted spy game come to a deadly conclusion in the shocking climax of this electrifying, up-to-the minute spy thriller.

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©2013 Jason Matthews (P)2013 Simon & Schuster Audio

Exciting

Thrilling story kept your attention! Disappointed in the ending:( I am sure this is a series!

Good storyline. A little overly detailed for me.

Good storyline. A little overly detailed for my taste... especially the 1-2 minutes at the end of each and every chapter w cooking instructions for a meal they had eaten during the preceding chapter.

Simple Amazing!

This is by far the best espionage books I have read. I couldn't wait to start the second book in the series. I ordered it immediately from Audible. With Jason Matthews' career with the CIA enriches the storyline.

great story, well written, well read

What made the experience of listening to Red Sparrow the most enjoyable?

this is a great book. i listen to a lot of books, don't review many but i really reccomend this one. the reader is great and the flow of the book and apparent depth of knowledge of the author is riviting. i look for reasons to get back in the car to listen.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

the plot is well paced and very interesting. the author had fun with the "intersections" of the characters.

What about Jeremy Bobb’s performance did you like?

just right on.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

i hope there is a sequel.

Any additional comments?

i am looking for the next book. another author i really enjoy is john sanford and i am glad he writes so prolifically, this autor is in that class

one of my favorites of all time

You have to pay attention. there are a lot of Russian names to keep track of... but so worth it. I loved this book

Very entertaining and quite well done!

I don't usually read spy novels but this was excellent. will be looking for other works by this offer and dipping further into a new genre.

Wonderfully done!

I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to see what's next for the characters, they seemed very three dementual not black and white. I loved the little nuances of spycraft.

Red Sparrow

A very good read. Much more enjoyable than movie. I will try another book by this author. Recommend this book.

Out n out entertainer!

The story is gripping right from the beginning. Definitely fast paced and entertainming. The only reason for the 4 stars is that I just found it to be too biased and one sided.

Loved it

Had a hard time stopping. Entrapped from the very first chapter. Can't wait to read the next two books.