| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
292 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
Map on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The fearless reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor window in Moscow the same week that a notorious mob billionaire, Grisha Grigorenko, is shot and buried with the trappings due a lord. No one else makes the connection, but Arkady is transfixed by the tapes he discovers of Tatiana's voice describing horrific crimes in words that are at odds with the Kremlin's official versions. The trail leads to Kaliningrad, a Cold War "secret city" that is separated by hundreds of miles from the rest of Russia. The more Arkady delves into Tatiana's past, the more she leads him into a surreal world of wandering sand dunes, abandoned children, and a notebook written in the personal code of a dead translator. Finally, in a lethal race to uncover what the translator knew, Arkady makes a startling discovery that draws him still deeper into Tatiana's past--and, paradoxically, into Russia's future, where bulletproof cars, poets, corruption of the Baltic Fleet, and a butcher for hire combine to give Kaliningrad the "distinction" of having the highest crime rate in Russia"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Renko, Arkady (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Police -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- Fiction.
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Women journalists -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
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Political corruption -- Fiction.
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Mafia -- Fiction.
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Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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Suspense fiction
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| ISBN |
9781439140215 hardback |
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1439140219 hardback |
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9781849838122 (pbk.) |
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1849838127 (pbk.) |
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