by Talia Carner
—Rodney Barker, author of Dancing with the Devil: Sex, Espionage, and the U.S. Marines
“Talia Carner is a born storyteller, and in her new novel, Hotel Moscow, her unique gifts are in abundance. She has written a compelling tale of life during the fall of the Soviet Union—engaging, exciting, and revelatory of what it was like for a woman to be there in a time of great danger, and great change. This is a stunning and very shrewd book that will linger vividly in the memory of every reader.”
—Jay Neugeboren, award-winning author of Imagining Robert, 1940, The Stolen Jew, and others
“Mesmerizing, thought-provoking . . . A moving, poignant, and rich novel, Hotel Moscow is an eye-opening portrait of post-communist Russia and a profound exploration of faith, family, and heritage.”
—Jewish Book World
“A heroine both glamorous and smart, hard-driving and compassionate, Brooke Fielding—American investment counselor and daughter of Holocaust survivors—travels through the looking glass of Russia 1993, when the country was lurching toward capitalism, women were coming into their own, and danger lurked around every corner. In Talia Carner’s sweeping and suspenseful Hotel Moscow, Brooke takes us lucky readers on a perilous journey with her not only to a fascinating place and era, but also into the secrets of her own soul.”
—Roy Hoffman, author of the novels Chicken Dreaming Corn and Come Landfall
“Talia Carner sweeps us away along with her brave and determined heroine to an exotic and complex time and place, and keeps us riveted with the tension and dangers of international intrigue. A real page-turner!”
—Tami Hoag, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Cold Heart
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Credits
Cover design by Adam Johnson
Front cover photographs: woman © by Ayal Ardon/Arcangel Images; Moscow © by Todd Antony/Gallerystock
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
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“Russia Then and Now . . .” previously appeared on digitaljournal.com.
HOTEL MOSCOW. Copyright © 2015 by Talia Carner. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST EDITION
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EPub Edition JUNE 2015 ISBN 9780062388605
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