The Russian Key

I was really excited to read a Cold War book as that's a genre I am currently interested in. This book was a disappointment. The premjse was good, the execution not so much. I found it to be all over the place and the sudden, violent rape just put it over the edge of terrible for me. I am not sure why the author felt the need to put that particular scene in when it was completely unnecessary to carry the plot. It really felt like it came out of nowhere.