Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy #1)

by Jason Matthews

anachronism.

din

reticence

patrician,

chaste

timorous

feint,

knout.

telegenic,

HUMINT

patrician,

Junoesque

facetious,

Dominika’s knowledge was like a knotted bag of snakes—safe for the moment, but don’t bang it against the wall.

anodyne

NATE’S VEAL PICATTA Pound small medallions of veal paper-thin. Season and quickly sauté in butter and oil until golden. Remove and cover. Deglaze pan with dry white wine and lemon juice, boil to reduce. Lower heat, add thin lemon slices, capers, and cold butter. Gently simmer to a thick reduction (do not bring back to a boil). Return medallions to sauce to warm.

pubic delta

leaden,

The best recruitments are the ones where the agents recruit themselves, his instructor had bellowed at the Farm. Remember that, no surprises, a natural evolution, he had said.

cant

monotreme

prodigious

blithely

“Rule of Sixes”

dilatory

profligate

bodice,

Prurient

patrician

besotted

“Sublimate,”

hoarfrost

sycophant

ostensible

countenance

FEEBs

histrionic

gobsmacked.

frog-marched

dun-yellow

mons,

détente

crenellated

dithering,

mottled

sycophant

gerents

balmy

atelier

paunchy,