It’s 1989. The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact still exist. Gorbachev has instituted Glasnost, but the communists are still in charge, attempting to control everything within Russia.
“Red Lily: A Delightful Cold War Spy Mystery with a Parisian Flair” by Janice Graham is a charming satire of spy novels, set in the dying days of the Soviet Union. Carl Box is a paint and varnish consultant for Disney’s Epcot Center. His hobby is memorizing color hex codes, the six digit hexadecimal number defining a color.
