A taut and shocking story of vengeance, bloodshed and love, set
over 100 days of bitter Russian winter… from the bestselling
author of Messiah. Moscow, December 1991. Chaos reigns after the
fall of communism. Muscovites are used to queues and empty shelves,
but now they have to cope with a dangerous power vacuum – and a
war between brutal mafiya gangs for control of the city. So when a
child's body is found beneath the ice of the Moscow river it
attracts little attention to begin with. Then a second body is
found. And a third. At the heart of the gathering storm is Red
October, Russia's most famous vodka distillery. Alice Liddell, an
American banker, has come to Moscow to oversee its privatization
– an unpopular move. Alice wants to get going, but faced with the
charismatic, ruthless Lev – distiller director and head of one of
the warring mafia gangs – a very difficult job is starting to
look impossible. Lev's arch-enemy has vowed revenge on him and it
seems that the bizarre child killings might be part of this. The
last thing he needs is a determined young woman in the heart of his
criminal empire. But will Lev and Alice be enemies or allies? And
when the storm has passed, who will be left standing?
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Boris Starling
|
Dimensions: |
178 x 111 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
660 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-711947-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-00-711947-X |
Barcode: |
9780007119479 |
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