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British Intelligence Service agent Davina Graham falls in love with the KGB defector she has been ordered to debrief in this cold war thriller. British operative Davina Graham's life is her work. Her latest assignment is her most daunting. For the past five months, she's been trying to gain the confidence of Ivan Sasanov - and against her better judgment, she's falling in love with him. Sasanov, a top KGB agent who defected to America, has an Achilles heel: He desperately misses the family show more he left behind in Russia. In exchange for information, his wife and daughter must be brought to England and given asylum. But the KGB is already on to him - he barely escapes an assassination attempt. And now his wife has been arrested. With Sasanov's daughter, Irina, in imminent danger, Davina knows there's only one way to save the family of the man she loves. Shifting between multiple viewpoints, this complex Cold War thriller will keep readers guessing as a diabolical chess game of espionage and intrigue plays out on a global stage. For Sasanov, it means returning to the country he betrayed. For Davina, a vulnerable woman in a place where she is now the hunted, it means risking everything for a future she may not live to see. The Defector is the 1st book in the Davina Graham Thrillers, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. show lessTags
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Evelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens was born in London, England on July 3, 1928. As her writing career began in the early 1950s, she wrote under the pseudonym Evelyn Anthony. She began her career writing historical romances but switched to writing espionage thrillers in the late 1960s. Her romance novels included Rebel Princess and Anne Boleyn: A show more Novel. Her espionage thrillers include The Defector, The Legend, The Assassin, and The Doll's House. The Tamarind Seed was adapted into a film released in 1974. She died from heart failure on September 25, 2018 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Defector = Betrayal
- Original title
- The Defector
- Alternate titles
- Betrayal
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Davina Graham; Ivan Sasanov; Brigadier James White; Peter Harrington; Fedya Sasanova; General Volkov (show all 11); Jeremy Spencer-Barr; Irina Sasanova; Charlotte Graham (Ransom); Captain Graham; Betty Graham
- Important places
- London, England, UK; Moscow, Russia; Crimea; German Democratic Republic
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- The Defector was re-issued in 2004 as Betrayal.
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- 8 — Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish
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- ISBNs
- 27
- ASINs
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