Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

"In his latest entertaining nonfiction spy thriller, Macintyre tracks Sonya's numerous audacious exploits during her prolific career."

"Macintyre's exhaustively detailed and consistently fascinating account of this amazing woman's life may force us to realign our predilection for clearly delineated hero-versus-villain judgments."

"Macintyre...tells this convoluted, multi-layered story with the sensibilities of a novelist, making every character uniquely compelling while keeping suspense high and the narrative charging ever forward."

"Sonya excused brutalities far too lightly, and never disavowed the faith."

"I raced through the pages to keep up with the plot."

"Kuczynski's remarkable life is the subject of Ben Macintyre's latest book, a biography-cum-history that comes with a gripping narrative, a beguiling protagonist and a sensational denouement."

"Readers who enjoy the writings of Neal Bascomb or Candice Millard, and fans of historical fiction will relish this book."

"Macintyre's richly detailed account, though a bit ponderous at times, shines a new light on two of WWII's most notorious spy rings."

"Inevitably, as the reader should keep in mind, much of Kuczynski's life is filtered through her autobiography, which was written in East Germany under the scrutiny of censors by a woman whose survival depended on lying about many of her activities ..."