To Die in Vienna, Kevin Wignall
To Die in Vienna, Kevin Wignall
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To Die in Vienna

Author: Kevin Wignall

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 6 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/14/2018


Synopsis

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal.He’s seen something that could get him killed. But what?Freddie Makin is a spy for hire. For a year he’s been watching Jiang Cheng, an academic whose life seems suspiciously normal. To Freddie it’s just a job: he never asks who’s paying him and why—until the day someone is sent to kill him, and suddenly the watcher becomes the watched.On the run from whoever wants him dead, Freddie knows he must have seen something incriminating. The only trouble is, he has no idea what. Is the CIA behind all this—or does it go higher than that? Have his trackers uncovered his own murky past?As he’s forced into a lethal dance across Vienna, Freddie knows one thing for sure: his only hope for survival is keeping the truth from the other side, and making sure the secrets from his past stay hidden.

About Kevin Wignall

Kevin Wignall is a British writer, born in Brussels in 1967. He spent many years as an army child in different parts of Europe and went on to study politics and international relations at Lancaster University. He became a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, People Die (2001). His other novels are Among the Dead (2002); Who is Conrad Hirst? (2007), shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award; Dark Flag (2010); The Hunter’s Prayer (2015, originally titled For the Dogs in the USA), which was made into a film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Sam Worthington and Odeya Rush; A Death in Sweden (2016); The Traitor’s Story (2016); and A Fragile Thing (2017).


Reviews

Goodreads review by donna

Send me to The Madhouse! This has all the components of a great book: a likeable protagonist, an interesting storyline, lots of atmosphere and a fantastic narrator. It was a fun read, enhanced by the original and entertaining location of the Madhouse Hotel. Only in Supernatural have I ever seen an ot......more

Goodreads review by Judith

An entertaining espionage audible book that moves right along, with little dialogue but has a plot that is understandable and believable. I’m looking forward to reading the next spy novel by this author.......more

Goodreads review by Glen

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. A surveillance expert watches a guy in Vienna. When the subject is taken, somebody comes after him as well. Fortunately, he's got a little tradecraft and a lot of luck on his side. He tries to figure out what he knows that will get him killed, while trying to a......more