Just when you thought the Cold War antics of the KGB had outlived their usefulness to writers of all stripes, here come another title to provoke renewed interest in the spy genre. This is the true story of how an individual took an interest in a group of Russyan nationals in the USA(in New York City) who began using the services of an obscure book seller to provide them with public documents available to libraries and universities published by the federal government. The requests escalated to include documents not so public. At this time the book seller contacted the F.B.I. which became interested in the group of Russyans and their requests.
The book seller(Books& Research) soon became an informant for the Feds. Over several years he helped the Feds monitor the activities of the group and they were able to identify members of the ring as they came and went back and forth from the Federation.
The story reads like a novel with each page revealing more twists and turns to maintain the readers' attention. The book dealer was not very sharp, making personal boasts on Facebook of his connection to the F.B.I. and even tattooed his code name on his person. Really? Yes.
When the F.B.I.had had enough, they busted the group and sent them all home, knowing that things haven't changed much as the spy game moves into the 21st century. Same old, same old.
Good read, available on Amazon.
Author: Naveed Jamali and Ellis Henican, Scribner, 290 pages
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