The Vodka Winter (LePage/Dupuy #2)

French Intelligence agents Robert LePage and Patrick Dupuy return in the high stakes follow up to THE ABSINTHE CLOUD. Four years after thwarting a Paris bombing, LePage is undercover in Berlin and Dupuy is establishing a cover identity in British society. When the Directorate learns of the threat posed by a radical former German Army officer named Strathmann, the leader of a rogue group bent on inciting war in Europe, LePage must once again call on the assistance of the beautiful and mysterious Countess Estampe and her network of international contacts. Following a trail from Paris through Vienna, LePage and Dupuy identify a daring plot to assassinate the czar of Russia that takes them to St. Petersburg in winter. Assisting them in their efforts is a woman from both of their pasts, Veronique Deschamps, and together, they must infiltrate the czar's government, identify a traitor, and race against the clock to stop another explosive attack. In THE VODKA WINTER, LePage and Dupuy face their greatest challenge, forcing them into fragile alliances and compromising positions as they risk everything to stop a war.