A Killing in Rome

Mike Locken #3

by Robert S Hopkins

Working freelance in perilous times, Locken is approached by the most infamous body broker of the Cold War, a specialist in getting people out from behind the Iron Curtain... for a fat price. His newest hush-hush client is Vadim Kirovin, once head of a vicious Soviet security police unit targeting defectors, now arrested and imprisoned in a sanitarium.Hastily pulling together a team of Cold War black-ops vets, including Lili, a lady from Locken's past, Kirovin is delivered near the Russian border in Hungary. And the race is on. From Budapest toward temporary sanctuary in Rome, Locken and team trying to outguess and outrun smart and powerful pursuers. With a surprise awaiting Locken in Rome -- Kirovin's own former ace assassin, a lady never i.d.'d known only as Borla.

241 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Patrick Ewing · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Cold War spy thrillers. Rostand was one of the best.

[Kathy · Rating 1 out of 5]

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