The Red Fox by Anthony Hyde (1985)

The Red Fox
by Anthony Hyde
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book
Copyright: 1985
Book Club Edition

A spellbinding tale. A superb entertainment. A thriller of the first order. The Red Fox tells the story of a hunt -- through America, Europe, and the Soviet Union -- for a missing man, a missing fortune, and the key to a tantalizing mystery half a century old.

It begins with a cry for help: Robert Thorne, a journalist and "Russian expert," is summoned by a woman he once loved, May Brightman, to help track down her father, a millionaire fur dealer who has inexplicably disappeared.

Delving into Harry Brightman's life in search of clues, Thorne begins making startling discoveries -- about Harry's adoption of the infant May, an event clouded in deception and intrigue . . . about Harry's seemingly close ties (despite his "capitalist" profile) with certain high-ranking officials of the Soviet Communist Party . . . about a mutilated body found in an abandoned garage . . . about a cache of forty-year-old gold certificates now worth millions . . . about a ruthless Soviet agent -- apparently not KGB -- also on the trail of Brightman and his gold . . . about a fox, viciously slaughtered and mourned by its horrified keeper . . . and, eventually, about an amazing, hidden power struggle within the Soviet Union today.

As we follow Thorne, as he penetrates layers of lies and secrets that veil the truth not only about the Brightmans but also about himself -- about the traumatic event in his childhood that has overshadowed his entire life -- we are swept into breath-stopping adventure. From the deserted mansion where Thorne first encounters his wily, murderous opponent . . . to the lit graveyard where a conspiracy is revealed . . . to the Georgetown house from which Thorne is forced to run in fear . . . to an abandoned barge on the Seine, where the terror escalates . . . to Leningrad, where Thorne must invent and adopt a new identity . . . to a remote Russian village, buried in winter, where an old man holds the answers . . . the novel moves through scenes so vividly realized that each creates its own suspense, all bringing Thorne closer and closer to the secret that can never be revealed. Until, at last, the hunt reaches its end, as the lines between past and present begin to blur and Thorne faces his adversary in a fierce, final confrontation.

Here is a brilliantly suspenseful, brilliantly satisfying work of fiction -- a first novel so gripping, so rich in all the pleasures of character, tone, excitement, and surprise, that it places Anthony Hyde unmistakably in the front rank of today's masters of the thriller.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover shows shelf wear and light discoloration. Pages may be tanning from age. Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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