The Kremlin's Candidate, Matthews - B +

                                               This book is the third and final volume in the 'Red Sparrow' trilogy. The ante has been upped because Egarova is now in the inner sanctum of the tsar of new Russia, but likely to be exposed soon when the Kremlin's candidate to replace the Director of the CIA is installed. All three books are great fun, although I think Matthews tends to run a bit long and adds too many chapters that are no more than diversions that lengthen the text.