Honor Among Thieves

Description for HONOR AMONG THIEVES by Warren Murphy:

Peter Kamen was a marked man.

A tough Russian kid from Brooklyn, he'd risen faster and higher in the ranks of the New York mob than any other outsider.  But whn the boss set him up on drug charges, Kamen turned state's witness and blew the lid off their whole organization.  Hunted by hit men throughout America, Kamen needed a new identity and safe place to hide.

Like the Soviet Union.

Moscow police Lt. Lev Rostov needed an experienced man " inside" the powerful Russian mob to break their drug operation.  The FBI needed a place to put Kamen before their witness protection program was compromised.  It seemd like the perfect match.  Until the bodies started to pile up and the fate of the free world depended on....HONOR AMONG THIEVES