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The White Russian
Tom Bradby
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Description for The White Russian
Paperback. St Petersburg 1917. The capital of the glittering Empire of the Tsars and a city on the brink of revolution where the jackals of the Secret Police intrigue for their own survival. For Sandro Ruzsky, Chief Investigator of the city police, even this decaying world provides the opportunity for a new beginning. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 107 x 36. Weight in Grams: 278.
St Petersburg 1917. The capital of the glittering Empire of the Tsars and a city on the brink of revolution where the jackals of the Secret Police intrigue for their own survival as their aristocratic masters indulge in one last, desperate round of hedonism.
For Sandro Ruzsky, Chief Investigator of the city police, even this decaying world provides the opportunity for a new beginning. Banished to Siberia for four years for pursuing a case his superiors would rather he'd quietly buried, Ruzsky finds himself investigating the murders of a young couple out on the ice of the frozen river Neva.
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Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552149006
SKU
V9780552149006
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Tom Bradby
TOM BRADBY is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. He has written nine previous novels, including top-ten bestselling Secret Service, and its two sequels, Double Agent and Triple Cross. The Master of Rain was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year, and both The White Russian and The God of Chaos for the CWA Historical ... Read more
Reviews for The White Russian
'Unfailingly evocative...Reminiscent of Gorky Park'
The Times
'Intrigue of the highest order...sad, atmospheric and richly entertaining'
Washington Post
The Times
'Intrigue of the highest order...sad, atmospheric and richly entertaining'
Washington Post