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出版社:PALGRAVE
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ISBN:9780230746572
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作者:WILLIAM RYAN
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頁數:343
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出版日期:2010-01-01
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印刷日期:2010-01-01
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包裝:平裝
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開本:32開
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版次:1
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印次:1
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'Now listen to me, Alexei, and listen well. You don't rest until you catch this fiend. Do you understand?... Find the killer, and when you find him - when you find him, you give him to me.' 'A subtle, superb mystery, a wonderful central character and with a sense of place and period to rival even the greatest of the Russian masters. More please!'
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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
Dmitriyevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of
his s uccess with 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 organizatio in Russia - becomes involved. Soon, Korolev's
every move is under close scrutiny and one false step will mean
exile to The Zone, where the enemies of the Soviet State, both
real and imagined, meet their fate in the frozen camps of the far
north.
Committed to uncovering the truth behind this gruesome
murder, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, who run Moscow's
underworld. And 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
prevail, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only
his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life...
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