No marathon to raise funds, but here's my pledge. I'll donate ALL Amazon sale proceeds (+25% Gift Aid) on Kindle ebook, Paperback & Hardback of #DeadSpiesTellNoLies until July 31st 2026 to @prostateuk.bsky.social. Even if you hate #DSTNL it'll still be a charity win!
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The #Italian, a 1943 warning to #invaders by #MikhailSvetlov, born #Scheinkman in #Yekaterinoslav (now #Dnipro) is available in original Russian with English translation in Appendix to spy novel #DeadSpiesTellNoLies + new versions in RU & EN #Buryat #Chechen & #Dagestani See amazon.com/dp/B0C4MRW4Z8

But also #OTD in 1983 a British #banker fell to his death in Moscow. KGB & MI5 said suicide. A UK coroner disagreed. What's the link? A Cold War spy thriller #DeadSpiesTellNoLies where puzzling intrigue starts from the front cover & historical cycles never end...
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An excellent report on Russia's current warfare, highlighting its Stalinist Soviet roots, refined & developed since the Cold War. KGB defector Bezmenov outlined the long-term plan some 42 years ago and Sam & 'Dead Spies Tell No Lies' also provide further context.
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Spooky: Slogan for Putin's election campaign uses one of the hidden messages in my Alphabet puzzle:
"To be or not to be for Putin that is the question"
So subliminal messages work?
Others are
When will Putin quit?
Say No to War Yes to Peace
Hope Shame
Dead Spies Tell No Lies
Sam V Novnik
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#OTD 17/06/1903 Mikhail Svetlov (Scheinkman) a Russian Jew was born in Dnipro. He wrote #Kakhovka, later a popular WW2 song “We’re peaceful people”.
His 1943 poem warning invaders The #Italian is published in Russian & English in the appendix to #DeadSpiesTellNoLies
See 👇
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but
Who can wait? 🙈
What do we want? 🙉
When do we want it? 🙊
OK #Box88 & #SlowHorses made it + #Damascus Station too.
While on the A to Z shelf, there's no #Novnik in a #Norton & #Nugent Irish sandwich here, but space before more Irish: O'Donnell & O'Hanlon! 🤣
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Meanwhile @waterstones.bsky.social Oxford finds Novnik flanked by Graham Norton one side & Akiyuki Nosaka on the other. 3 very different novels set in Ireland, Russia & Japan, telling of struggles to survive, through love & hidden secrets. An allegory for the books' hidden secrets on these shelves?

Thanks to all those taking a risk on 'Dead Spies Tell No Lies' before the offer expires @ 8am GMT, knowing it will also support Prostate Cancer UK. Enjoy or hate this Cold War spy novel! + its Appendix of poetry & secret docs. I send best wishes for Christmas & 2026! 🎄🙏
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I'm not asking you to "buy me a coffee" or sponsor me in a marathon.
Treat or torture yourself!
Or gift it to someone else!
The Kremlin will hate it!
And all proceeds from this 99p or $0.99 ebook sale will be donated to Prostate UK Cancer charity.
Simple.
Tochka.
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Did you work out & find the institute's name & location?
For more puzzling clues & events 'Dead Spies Tell No Lies' on sale @ only £0.99 or $0.99 from 08:00 GMT tomorrow.
All proceeds to Prostate Cancer UK charity.
A treat or a torture?
Never mind!
It's a win-win!
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This (& other music) forms a backdrop to the novel 'Dead Spies Tell No Lies' for those wanting a more immersive experience (via links).
From Sunday 14/12/25 it will be 99p as a Christmas treat or torture. All proceeds will go to Prostate Cancer UK Charity.
It's a win-win!
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& concludes with:

You never lived here, never came in peace!
But scattered in our blackened snowy fields,
Glazed in the frozen gaze of those dead eyes,
Still now reflect great Lake Baikal's blue skies...

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14/12/25 Sale @ 99p or $0.99
All proceeds to @ProstateUK

#DeadSpiesTellNoLies is a Cold War fictional spy novel inspired by real events. Two British expats in Moscow are drawn into espionage & risk death as the world moves to the brink of nuclear Armageddon.
Appendix of secret CIA MI5 documents & antiwar poetry by Mikhail Svetlov, Asieh Rail & Sam Novnik.

Diary Note: December 14th for 1 week #DeadSpiesTellNoLies Kindle will be 99p. No #marathon charity run here, but all proceeds from sale will go to @ProstateUK #Cancer #charity. Don't #BuyMeACoffee. Treat or torture yourself or a friend. For only 99p it'll be worth it!
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