The Holy Thief

The Holy Thief

by WilliamRyan (Author)

Synopsis

This title introduces Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, and an outstanding new voice in historical crime fiction...It's Moscow, 1936 and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated Church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD - the most feared organisation in Russia - becomes involved. As more bodies are discovered and the pressure from above builds, Korolev begins to question who he can trust; and who, in this Russia where fear, uncertainty and hunger prevails, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Open market ed
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 04 Mar 2011

ISBN 10: 0330533762
ISBN 13: 9780330533768
Prizes: Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2011 and CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2010.

Author Bio
William Ryan is an Irish writer, living in London - having worked as a lawyer in the City of a number of years. In his spare time, he wrote on an occasional basis for television and film before completing a Masters in Creative Writing at St Andrews University in 2005.