CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putin?s moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that conceals the wealth of the super-rich. Max?s family business in Mexico ? a CIA front since the 1960s ? is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple, and their targets are Vadim, Putin?s private banker, and his wife Anna, who is both a banker and an intelligence officer herself? PRAISE FOR MOSCOW X: 'The most authentic depiction of CIA deep cover operations you'll find in print' - John Sipher, Former CIA Senior Operations Officer 'A terrific read, cementing McCloskey in my mind as the best spy fiction writer since le Carr?' - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times 'Spellbinding ... An electrifying read. I could not put it down' - Clarissa Ward, CNN Chief International Correspondent