Synopses & Reviews
One of the most exciting debut anti-heroes since Lee Childs Jack Reacher
Turbo Vlost learned early that life is like a game of cards…. Its not always about winning. Sometimes its just a matter of making your enemies fold first.
Turbo is a man with a past—his childhood was spent in the Soviet Gulag, while half of his adult life was spent in service to the KGB. His painful memories led to the demolition of his marriage, the separation from his only son, and his effective exile from Russia.
Turbo now lives in New York City, where he runs a one-man business finding things for people. However, his past comes crashing into the present when he finds out that his new client is married to his ex-wife; his surrogate father, the man who saved him from the Gulag and recruited him into the KGB, has been shot; and he finds himself once again on the wrong side of the surrogate fathers natural son, the head of the Russian mob in Brooklyn.
As Turbo tries to navigate his way through a labyrinthine maze of deceit, he discovers all of these people have secrets that they are willing to go to any lengths to protect.
Turbo didnt survive the camps and the Cold War without becoming one wily operator. Hes ready to show them all why hes always the one whos…LAST TO FOLD.
"One of the most original protagonists Ive ever come across — a cross between Arkady Renko and Philip Marlowe: a Russian-born ex-KGB agent living in New York, a private eye with a strong sense of irony and a Russian sense of fatalism. David Duffy knows his Russia inside and out, but most of all, he knows how to tell a story with flair and elegance. This is really, really good."
--Joseph Finder, New York Times best-selling author of Vanished and Buried Secrets
Review
Nominated for the 2012 Edgar for Best First Novel by an American Author
"One of the most original protagonists Ive ever come across — a cross between Arkady Renko and Philip Marlowe: a Russian-born ex-KGB agent living in New York, a private eye with a strong sense of irony and a Russian sense of fatalism. David Duffy knows his Russia inside and out, but most of all, he knows how to tell a story with flair and elegance. This is really, really good."
—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Vanished and Buried Secrets
"The dialogue is crisp and rings true, and the main character is easy to like and root for."
—Publishers Weekly
“A new addition to the line of suspense stars at St. Martins, introducing an irresistible character and a very rich milieu—the New York City subculture of Russian émigrés, underworld characters and ruthless new-rich swashbucklers….Im looking forward to the next one.”
— Sullivan County Democrat
“From guns, drugs and espionage we get the full gambit in the fast and furious look within the Russian mob.”
—Suspense Magazine
About the Author
David Duffy spent 25 years advising U.S. and multinational corporations on how to position themselves and their brands in the financial, consumer and labor marketplaces. This experience turned out to be good practice for writing fiction. Along the way, he helped bring the "Antiques Roadshow" to PBS and income tax to Poland. He and his wife live in New Yorks Hudson River Valley.