Chasing Ivan Rumor has it there s a Russian you can turn to if you re very rich and need dirty deeds done without a trace The CIA calls him Ivan the Ghost because he s operated for years without leaving a trail o
Rumor has it there s a Russian you can turn to if you re very rich, and need dirty deeds done without a trace The CIA calls him Ivan the Ghost because he s operated for years without leaving a trail or revealing his face.Until now.For the first time in history, Ivan appears to have slipped The CIA s new director sets Agent Kyle Achilles on an intercept course, surveillinRumor has it there s a Russian you can turn to if you re very rich, and need dirty deeds done without a trace The CIA calls him Ivan the Ghost because he s operated for years without leaving a trail or revealing his face.Until now.For the first time in history, Ivan appears to have slipped The CIA s new director sets Agent Kyle Achilles on an intercept course, surveilling the daughter of a British politician Then Ivan pulls off a masterful con, and Emily vanishes.With Emily s life, his career, and America s reputation at stake, Achilles partners with an unlikely new agent he meets in France Together they attempt to get one step ahead of the legendary Russian, while rubbing elbows with the ultra rich in a high tech international chase.___________________________________________PLEASE NOTE WITH 28 CHAPTERS, THIS NOVELLA IS ABOUT 1 3 THE SIZE OF THE AUTHOR S OTHER THRILLERS___________________________________________ I loved this novella It started out fast and never stopped Margaret Lovett Fast paced and action packed, this was a quick and fun read Nick Babbitz Fans of Ludlum and Lee Child will delight at the magical web Tim Tigner weaves Leslie O Brien A lot of twists, great characters, and an ending that leaves you begging for Bodo Pfundl Easy to read, and hard to put down Todd Simpson
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Tim began his career in Soviet Counterintelligence with the US Army Special Forces, the Green Berets That was back in the Cold War days when, We learned Russian so you didn t have to, something he did at the Presidio of Monterey alongside Recon Marines and Navy SEALs.With the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tim switched from espionage to arbitrage Armed with a Wharton MBA rather than a Colt M16, he moved to Moscow in the midst of Perestroika There, he led prominent multinational medical companies, worked with cosmonauts on the MIR Space Station from Earth, alas , chaired the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, and helped write Russia s first law on healthcare.Moving to Brussels during the formation of the EU, Tim ran Europe, Middle East, and Africa for a Johnson Johnson company and traveled like a character in a Robert Ludlum novel He eventually landed in Silicon Valley, where he launched new medical technologies as a startup CEO.In his free time, Tim has climbed the peaks of Mount Olympus, went hang gliding from the cliffs of Rio de Janeiro, and ballooned over Belgium He earned scuba certification in Turkey, learned to ski in Slovenia, and ran the Serengeti with a Maasai warrior He acted on stage in Portugal, taught negotiations in Germany, and chaired a healthcare conference in Holland Tim studied psychology in France, radiology in England, and philosophy in Greece He has enjoyed ballet at the Bolshoi, the opera on Lake Como, and the symphony in Vienna He s been a marathoner, paratrooper, triathlete, and yogi Intent on combining his creativity with his experience, Tim began writing thrillers in 1996 from an apartment overlooking Moscow s Gorky Park Twenty years later, his passion for creative writing continues to grow every day His home office now overlooks a vineyard in Northern California, where he lives with his wife Elena and their two daughters.Tim grew up in the Midwest, and graduated from Hanover College with a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics After military service and work as a financial analyst and foreign exchange trader, he earned an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania Thank you for taking the time to read about the author Tim loves to correspond with readers like you You are welcome to reach him through or directly at tim timtigner.Tim gives away a paperback every week on If you re feeling lucky, look for him under the Popular Authors heading Meanwhile, consider visiting timtigner where you can get one of his eBooks for free.