Forbidden Love in St. Petersburg

Former high-ranking officer in Israel’s intelligence agency-turned-novelist Mishka Ben-David returns with a spy thriller that “will remind readers of the best of John LeCarré” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Yogev Ben-Ari has been sent to St. Petersburg by the Mossad, ostensibly to set up business connections. His life is solitary, ordered, and lonely—until he meets the mysterious Anna. But their affair, impassioned as it is, is not a part of the Mossad plan, and the agency hatches a dark and dangerous scheme to drive the lovers apart. Fighting for survival amid the shadowy manipulations of the secret services, the anguished agent finds himself at an impossible crossroads.Writing with the masterful skill of a seasoned novelist, and bringing to bear his experience as a Mossad agent himself, Ben-David once again delivers “an authoritative inside glimpse” (Haaretz) of the Israeli intelligence agency in this action-packed page turner.