Our Kind of Traitor

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Call Number: BOCD Mystery
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Read by Robin Sachs.
In the wake of the collapse of Lehmann Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a tennis vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who styles himself the world's number one money launderer, who wants, among other things, a game of tennis. Back in London, the couple is subjected to an all-night interrogation by the British Secret Service, which also needs their help. Their acquiescence will lead them on a precarious journey through Paris to a safe house in Switzerland, helpless pawns in a game of nations that reveals the unholy alliances between the Russian mafia, the City of London, the government and the competing factions of the British Secret Service.

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quite a twist! submitted by camelsamba on June 22, 2019, 9:49pm I did not see that ending coming!

The connection between Russian oligarchs / crime lords / money launderers and British finance did not surprise me, given recent news. But it is depressing nonetheless.

I don't enjoy listening to coarse language - there is a lot of it in this book. I suspect it is appropriate for the characters, but that doesn't make me like it any more. It might have been easier for me to ignore / gloss over if I had been reading instead of listening.

s submitted by kscapellie on July 11, 2020, 3:02pm money launderers