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Sakharov the Bear: 5 Audio CD – CD, 6 October 2020

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FROM USA Today best-selling author John Ellsworth

A Legal Thriller - in a Russian Courtroom Drama

Two CIA field operators obtain a bill of lading from an arms supplier in Moscow. Tracing the origin and destination of the weapons there is reason to believe a massive arms shipment has come into the US through the Port of Long Beach. While their investigation proceeds, the CIA operatives are arrested in Russia and put on trial for stealing state secrets and murder. Michael Gresham appears in Moscow to defend them, but the trial turns into a kangaroo court of Russian justice. Corruption and undercover deceit threaten to put the Americans in front of a Russian firing squad.

Every Lawyer Novel Needs a Trial

The jury trial that follows is probably Michael's strangest case ever. People die and people disappear, secrets are stolen, and confessions are made, but...is any of this based on truth and reality? Or is everything a wall of disinformation meant to throw off the Americans and stymie all attempts at justice in the Russian court? Watch from your front row seat as Michael takes on the KGB only to find the judge sending him to jail because he fought back in court. Everything is at risk here, as we look in on the American President, the NSA, the CIA, and DoD while the story accelerates to its exciting and shocking climax.

This stand-alone novel features leading man Michael Gresham. Look for other mystery and legal and financial thriller books featuring Michael Gresham including The Lawyer, Secrets Girls Keep, The Law Partners, Carlos the Ant, and now Sakharov the Bear. They can be enjoyed in any order.

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Publisher : Audible Studios on Brilliance; Unabridged edition (6 October 2020)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1799766632
ISBN-13 : 978-1799766636
Dimensions : 16.51 x 2.86 x 13.97 cm

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Jenny B from Echuca

I shivered right alongside the characters in this novel........

Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2018

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Set in Russia, the author made me feel the cold, ice and snow. American CIA, British MI6 and Russian FSB (formerly KGB) everywhere - Michael could never be sure who anyone really was, as he attempted the defence in a courtroom where nobody else spoke English, and the rules he’s used to were no where in sight. Thanks, John, for another gripping Michael Gresham tale!

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Lucien R Keightley

A very disappointing read.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 February 2017

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While most of this authors novels have a great story line, this one lacks factual authenticity. The story line just doesn't stack up.
What is disappointing is the apparent lack of proof reading. Numerous (to many to note) typos, spelling and grammar errors make the author a somewhat difficult read. I persevered only because of a good story line, Sakharov the being the exception. Many times through out the read, It was very difficult to continue.

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Peita

AnotherFantastic Story

Reviewed in Australia on 4 March 2017

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Keep up the good story lines. Loved this book and must admit that I have read and loved all of John's books. Hope there are many more to come.

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lynne guenzl

Waiting for the next one to come out

Reviewed in Australia on 30 September 2018

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You can tell by my rating that I read all Michael Gresham books.

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John Ellsworth does it again. What a read!

Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2017

This is a great story that moves along quickly. There are so many twists and turns that the book is almost impossible to put down. The characters are strong, and the story line is smooth and easy to follow. As one impossible problem after another presents itself and appears to be solved, a worse situation develops, making the reader feel time and time again that nothing can save them this time and all is lost. "Sakharov" aka Michael Gresham, always finds an unexpected way to salvage the situation in the nick of time, even though all the cards seem to be stacked against him. I thoroughly recommend this very entertaining book.

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Lee Richardson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2018

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A fantastic book, Very well done!

JamesMW

An overload of implausibles

Reviewed in Canada on 3 November 2019

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Micheal Gresham accumulates enough horrendous adversities in every book so far that I’m kind of expecting his own suicide to come up in the next saga. The ongoing tangle of highly improbable coincidences and events was just too much in this one.

Marian G. Dent

OK mystery but not well researched about Russia and doesn't hang together that well

Reviewed in the United States on 24 February 2017

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This is the second Ellsworth book that I've reviewed. I didn't really like the first one since the plot seemed to jump around a lot. But I decided to give this one a chance because it's about Russia, and supposedly the Russian legal system, and I live in Moscow and teach law here, so that peaked my interest. But maybe my experience colored my opinion because, frankly, it's not the Moscow I know and IMO not at all well researched. But also I simply don't think the story hangs together that well.

The book really blended time periods in its impressions of the country; so I get the impression that the author has been here many years ago and was basing his story on that experience and not much else. The names of the Russian characters will immediately tell anyone who knows the culture that the author doesn't speak the language and doesn't know that much. The book was set in modern times, with the characters using cell phones for example, but it depicted the Moscow of 15-20 years ago, with danger and criminality and no place for dinner or a good cup of coffee (I was thinking--drop into Starbucks guys, Moscow has dozens of them now!). Other little errors like that prevented me from enjoying this book. For example, when he has the heroes dropping into a drug store to buy a flashlight, I'm thinking, no, drug stores here sell drugs, you have to go elsewhere for flashlights. To be fair though, these things probably wouldn't annoy people who haven't lived here.

I also didn't find the depiction of the Russian trial system all that accurate. On the surface, yes. It's true that criminal defendants are not often released on bail, and sit in a cage away from the lawyer. But going deeper than that it was completely inaccurate. I just wanted to keep saying, no, that's not right, that wouldn't happen that way. I'm not so blind that I don't believe the characters would be tortured in jail or kept in cold and subhuman conditions in jail--that unfortunately could be accurate. But it's just crazy to imagine a couple of American lawyers would be allowed to drop in to represent a criminal defendant in a Russian court, even with local counsel. It's equally crazy to think that the only Russian lawyer willing to get involved in a case defending a foreign spy would be a real estate lawyer with no criminal law experience. There is a very good defense bar here, including many English speaking advocates willing to rock the system. And just a little procedure, for instance: the defendant would never be prevented from saying the last word in the trial. The "defendant's last word" is a hallmark of the trial system.

But my disappointment ran from more than that I guess, I just couldn't understand the logic behind the character's actions. For example, when the hero suddenly decides to fake the identity of someone else, I was wondering what in the world his motivation could be. And he's crossing borders without passports and visas for example, without even worrying about it. The book doesn't even address the problem that the spy the hero defends actually is guilty. It kind of drops what I expected to be a developing story about the evil English double agent. And the book asks us to suspend disbelief just a bit too much when the hero and his friend are supposedly disguising themselves as Russians and apparently fooling everyone, especially since the hero doesn't speak Russian.

So in sum, I just wasn't impressed with this at all. If you are interested in light reading mysteries that accurately depict Russia of the 1980's-2000's, I would suggest any of Stuart Kaminsky's Inspector Rostnikov novels instead.

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Autumn Lewis

A Writing Debacle

Reviewed in the United States on 11 March 2017

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Fuggidaboudit! Mr. Ellsworth has been writing faster and faster and worse and worse until this total fiasco. When he started out with Thaddeus Murfee his writing was way over the top from the standpoint of believability but very entertaining. Unfortunately, this fiasco isn't even entertaining. It's so absurd that there's no way to make contact either with the story or with the characters. The characters, as usual, are paper thin, and so is the plot. I'd suggest Mr. Ellsworth take a long sabbatical and try to recapture his original approach to writing.

I had to give up on this debacle about two-thirds through the story. Wish I'd quit sooner. What a waste of time.

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Robin Smith

GRISHAM DELIVERS #1 NOVEL IN SAKHAROV THE BEAR"

Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2017

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The versatility of John Ellsworth amazes me. He has created a totally believable read that could be true today, but is fiction. His research is top-notch into the inner workings of the Russian government. I have read every novel he has written. As far as all of the top mystery/suspense/action, etc. novelists, I feel he is #1. "Carlos the Ant" has such an unusual ending and subject. "Sakharov The Bear" is totally different. The development of his character Michael Grisham keeps me guessing what this brilliant author will find as his next subject matter. All of the novels can stand alone, but I started at the beginning of the Grisham series, and glad I did. All of the novels, but especially this one with the mention of Putin and the workings of the Russian government gives much food for thought as I listen to the news every day.

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