Red Ink [NOOK Book]

Greg Dinallo’s previous novel, Final Answers, earned him accolades as a “suspense pro” from the Chicago Tribune; The New York Times heralded his “sharp insight into character,” proclaiming, “Mr. Dinallo makes us believe.” Now, in a breathtaking novel of suspense and intrigue, Dinallo introduces his most memorable characters yet; an unlikely Russian-American pair of investigators pitted against the world’s newest axis of international organized crime. Their chase will lead them from Moscow to Washington; from small-time scams to greed of unparalleled magnitude.

When onetime dissident journalist Nikolai Katkov is tipped off to the murder of a highly placed government official, he doesn’t count on the trail twisting into the lurid world of Moscow mafiya casino-owner Arkady Barkhin. After Katkov’s relentless digging almost gets him gunned down, he receives an unexpected appeal for help from the striking Gabby Scotto, a U.S. Treasury Special Agent. She’s been tracking laundered money flowing out of the U.S. – an investigation that has led to Barkhin’s casino, and a similar dead end. But then Katkov obtains a sensitive government document that could shatter Russia’s fragile and newly free economy – and join Scotto in Washington to pick up the trail.

Katkov’s tenaciousness in pursuit of a story has been honed by decades of KGB harassment, and his survival instincts – notwithstanding a penchant for vodka and American cigarettes – by a few hard years in the Gulag. He senses a kindred spirit in the vivacious Broolynite whose bravado is matched by her investigative savvy – and who leaps at the chance to lead some down-and-dirty field work. Scotto has doubts about sharing privileged information with a journalist, but they are squelched when Katkov makes a critical discovery about a shipping container heading south on I-95 – one that they suspect is filled with $2 billion badly in need of laundering.

As Katkov and Scotto’s pursuit races from freeways to freight cars, from Baltimore to Miami, they are shadowed by American entrepreneur Michael Rubineau, a man intent upon seeing the container safely to its ultimate destination. A frequent VIP guest at Arkady Barkhin’s Moscow nightclub, Rubineau has devised a scheme of stunning brilliance and unprecedented greed and venality. But as Scotto prepares to take him down, and Katkov composes his front-page headlines, they’re forced into a gambit of extreme peril. Heading into the last outpost of communism, Katkov is about to discover that love of country and lust for money can crumble even the fiercest loyalties…

GREG DINALLO, a New York Times Notable Author, has published six novels: Rockets’ Red Glare, Purpose of Evasion, Final Answers, Touched By Fire, Red Ink and The German Suitcase, Dinallo's latest and digital-first novel. He has also written and produced many dramatic programs and movies for television.

"Red Ink is a powerful and riveting tale, set with stunning accuracy in today’s Russia.” – Ronald Kessler, author of Inside the CIA and The FBI.

"Red Ink is exciting, entertaining, and realistic…Greg Dinallo’s research into the world of law enforcement is very impressive…” – Brian M. Bruh, former U.S. Treasury Agent