Join us for a reading and signing of Richard Lyntton's latest novel, Leningrad Deception.
About the Book
Leningrad 1989. The Cold War is over. Or is it? Amid the euphoria over the looming US-Soviet presidential summit, forces conspire to destroy the peace process … Set in Berlin, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), London, Venice, Stockholm, and the island of Capri, Jack Steele becomes embroiled in a secret Vatican-inspired plot to assassinate a world leader in the name of peace. Only Steele can thwart the assassination—unless they liquidate him first. Even as the Iron Curtain falls and the Berlin Wall crumbles, Jack Steele’s KGB nemesis will never accept Western superiority. Soviet KGB officer, Oleg Stepanovich Pugachev, plots a secret conspiracy to ensure the Cold War will never end—not now, not ever.” Based on the incredible true story of an American president's (Ronald Reagan) top secret "Deception Committee" and his ingenious plan to win the Cold War.
About the Author
Richard Lyntton was born (Richard Bramford) in Highgate, London. He is of English descent. Lyntton was brought up in Kentish Town & Primrose Hill, North London. He attended William Ellis grammar school, Exeter University, Moscow State Linguistic University (formerly Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages), and RMAS (Sandhurst). Richard served as a Captain and tank commander in the British Army in Gulf War 1; European Community Task Force Humanitarian Liaison in Russia; UNHCR Officer and United Nations Military Observer in Sarajevo, Bosnia; and was a United Nations Television Producer in Former Yugoslavia. He was called to testify at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague after witnessing and filming human rights atrocities and abuses in Bosnia. His films are archived at the Imperial War Museum, London. North Korea Deception is Lyntton’s first novel and Book 1 in The Deception Series. Don’t miss Hyde Park Deception, Book 2 in The Deception Series.
www.richardlynttonbooks.com
Languages: Russian, German, French & Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian
When he’s not writing, Richard is a professional actor. In 1998, he graduated from Mountview Academy of Theater Arts, London, and has made numerous appearances in theater, film, and television including Blue Bloods; Law & Order: SVU; Creed I (Ringside Doctor); The Blacklist: Redemption; Mr. Robot; Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan; The Plot Against America & The Equalizer.