January 1917--With St. Petersburg on the brink of revolution,
Sandro Ruzsky, the city's chief police investigator, returns from
exile in Siberia only to be assigned a grisly case: the bodies of a
young couple found on the ice of the frozen River Neva, just
outside the Tsar's Winter Palace. Ruzsky's investigation leads him
dangerously close to the royal family and to the woman he loves,
and he finds himself confronting both a ruthless killer and the
ghosts of his past as he fights desperately to save all that he
cares for.
With meticulous research and narrative skill" "Tom Bradby"
"brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of
St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and
thrilling, The White Russian" "is a tumultuous story of murder and
betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history.
General
Imprint: |
Random House
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2004 |
First published: |
June 2004 |
Authors: |
Tom Bradby
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4000-3200-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
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LSN: |
1-4000-3200-8 |
Barcode: |
9781400032006 |
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