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Genre Overview: Adrenaline Genres
The Reading List (RUSA-CODES 2014)
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
The winning title in the Adrenaline Genre
This modern spy novel pits two covert operatives against each other in an intricate cat-and-mouse game. As Dominika and Nathaniel ply their tradecraft, they navigate the moral ambiguities of a post-Cold War world where no one is as they seem and betrayal is business as usual.