Ex-CIA Officer Pat Evans is hustling a Russian GRU defector out of France and to America – and no one wants him to succeed. But he’ll get it done even if it kills him. Or kills anyone else.

Pat’s Paris vacation suddenly becomes a violent, high-stakes race across France when he stops a brutal kidnapping attempt on Sara, his CIA fiancé – one of Sara’s assets has gifted her a Havana Syndrome weapon and its Russian operator. And GRU wants them both back.

Long denied, then minimized by American administrations, the GRU is using the device to inflict traumatic brain injury on hundreds of victims, including Americans on U.S. soil.

But neither Sara nor Pat trusts U.S. leadership to acknowledge the attacks and confront the Russians. Frustrated by the stonewalling, Sara is determined to expose GRU – and Pat is determined to keep Sara alive.

So, they divide to conquer: Sara spirits her marked-for-death asset out of France and away from GRU revenge, while Pat takes the defector and weapon on a solo dash from Paris to the Mediterranean coast, and escape by sea.

For the next three days Pat uses every bit of his tradecraft and experience to baffle his relentless pursuers – GRU, French intel and police, and his own demons. He’s sometimes only minutes ahead of the opposition, and no one, including American leadership, wants him to succeed.

Join Pat on his race to redemption – with authentic tradecraft and genuine intel culture.

Dead Spy Talking is the third novel in the Patrick Evans spy thriller trilogy from a retired CIA Officer!.