Nadezhda Dies Last: Directive Seven

A murdered model. A missing girl. A lead no one wants followed.It's the late 1990s. An FBI Special Agent is pulled from his post at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and sent to Athens on a high-stakes mission. A Russian supermodel has been brutally murder-her closest friend is missing. The agent's new partner is from Russia's MVD-a sharp, young female officer with elite training and zero patience for American arrogance. Trust is limited. Time is short. And someone is already working to shut the investigation down.As the search widens, unexpected allies emerge-analysts, agents, and specialists with their own reasons for getting involved. One thing is clear: this isn't just another murder. It's the first step into something deeper-and darker.NADEZHDA DIES LAST is the second book in the FBI thriller series, DIRECTIVE SEVEN - inspired by the real-life experiences of the writer, a former FBI Special Agent, uncovering dangerous truths buried behind borders, bureaucracy, and plausible deniability. When cases are too sensitive, too strange, or too explosive for official channels, they're handed down from the Director's office-the seventh floor of the J. Edgar Hoover Building-under a secret mandate known only as Directive Seven.Operating without a team, without recognition, and sometimes without backup, one agent and his unlikely partners follow threads others refuse to touch - from international conspiracies and high-level corruption to missing persons, apparitions, and secrets that were never meant to surface.These are the cases that never made the news - because they were never supposed to. Dennis T. Cosgrove spent decades chasing bad guys as an FBI Special Agent and later advising governments on international security-then he started chasing stories. His debut novel, The Diamond Game, blends fact-based fiction with sharp storytelling inspired by years of global work in law enforcement, including leading border security efforts across Europe and Central Asia. When he's not writing thrillers, Dennis might be on a rugby pitch (playing touch these days), doing yoga, or swimming in open water. He lives in Florida with his wife, two grown kids (somewhere out there), and a head full of plots. His next novel, Nadezhda Dies Last, is coming soon.