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The Soviet Sisters

A Novel of the Cold War

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The Soviet Sisters

By: Anika Scott
Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson, Kirsten Potter
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From bestselling author of The German Heiress, a gripping new historical novel filled with secrets, lies, and betrayals, following two spy sisters during the Cold War.

"Anika Scott pens a fascinating tale of secrets, surveillance, and sisterhood.... The Soviet Sisters will suck you in to the very last page!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye

“Electrifying, meticulously researched, and expertly plotted, The Soviet Sisters is at once a Cold War thriller, a gripping spy story, a page-turning mystery, and a familial drama.” —Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author

Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera’s cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves.

Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister's conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up.

Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters.

©2022 Anika Scott (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
20th Century Espionage Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Cold War
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Intriguing Plot Twists • Emotional Storytelling • Gripping Spy Narrative • Well-written Historical Fiction
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Scott conjures a world that is almost never talked about any more: a time after the war, when there was not one enemy to unite the forces. The splintering of the fractions and the stubborn hold on ideals led to a conflict every bit as heartbreaking as open warfare.
Humanity gets lost wherever we elevate ideals over humans. A great work and well written and narrated.
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A Rare Treat

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Interesting and conflicting relationship between sisters. Narration was excellent, full of emotion and levity. It brought me into the characters!

Intense Cold War

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This was a really well written and intelligent book. Very compelling characters. I really enjoyed it.

Fantastic book

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Two sisters are the opposite sides of post WWII coin of intrigue in this novel that takes you from a decimated Berlin to the gulag of Siberia.

Great story. The characters and delivery kept me listening and engaged.

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I absolutely love this story and how incredibly happy and sad it made me. The struggle was real.

Fantastic

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A page Turner,
Twists and turns galore, heartbreaking and joyous. I couldn’t put it down.

Phenomenal!!

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This book has so many twists and turns that you never know which way to look. It will surly keep you hooked! The narrators do a great job at switching to different accents when required which makes it all the more interesting to follow the story.

Keep you hooked

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Well written historical fiction about blackmail, betrayal, espionage, love and difficult choices. An intense an emotional story. Could not stop listening.

Intense and well written

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Nice inner weaving of fictional character development and storyline with historical accuracy of the Cold War. It was a bit difficult to keep track between the story shifting between 1947 and nine years later. That was the only part of the book that made it less enjoyable. There were quite a bit of times where the older sister was questioning what mission her younger sister had been on which was puzzling to me because she had put her on that mission. I imagine she must’ve been narrating her case building for others but that was not made clear through narration or intonation. Overall a good story

Great listen. I looked forward to it every day

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The story was interesting but not interesting enough, if I were to be reading the book instead of listening I wouldn’t have finished it. The ending is very pleasant, for a sad story. The plot twist is good

Good enough

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