The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli is Thriller of the Month at Waterstones is King’s Lynn

Here’s our weekly look at books with Waterstones…

Waterstones’ Thriller of the Month for January is The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli which is a riveting piece of contemporary fiction that gets to the heart of the Russian governmental machine.

This new paperback edition of the acclaimed, bestselling novel is a stunning work of political fiction that reads like a thriller, about the rise to power of Putin's notorious spin doctor.

They call him the Wizard of the Kremlin. Working at the heart of Russian power, the enigmatic Vadim Baranov has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage.

Here, truth and lies, news and propaganda, have become indistinguishable. But Vadim is growing increasingly entangled in the dark secret workings of the regime he has helped build, and now he is desperate to get out...

Lynn Waterstones Top Ten

1) The Book of Gifts – Lucy Dunbar
2) Stokesby Grave – David Blake
3) Butter – Asako Yuzuki
4) Voyage of the Damned – Frances White
5) The Wizard of the Kremlin – Giuliano Da Empoli
6) The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt
7) Poison Garden – LJ Ross
8) The List of Suspicious Things – Jennie Godfrey
9) Close to Death – Anthony Horowitz
10) Karla’s Choice – Nick Harkaway/John Le Carre