The White Russian
The White Russian by Tom Bradby is a historical thriller published by Bantam in 2003, featuring 444 pages in English. Set in St. Petersburg during the tumultuous year of 1917, the narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a city on the verge of revolution, where the Secret Police maneuver for their own survival while the aristocracy indulges in a final spree of excess. Chief Investigator Sandro Ruzsky, recently returned from a four-year banishment in Siberia, is drawn into a complex investigation involving the murders of a young couple found on the frozen Neva River.
Readers will find a gripping exploration of intrigue and danger as Ruzsky delves into the lives of the victims, a nanny from the Imperial Palace and an American from Chicago. The investigation not only reveals the brutal realities of the era but also brings Ruzsky face-to-face with unsettling truths that hit close to home. This edition offers a rich blend of mystery and police procedural elements, set against the vibrant yet decaying city life of early 20th-century Russia.
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The brilliant new thriller from the acclaimed author of The Master of Rain.
St. Petersburg 1917. The capital of the glittering Empire of the Tsars and a city on the brink of revolution where the Secret Police intrigue for their own survival as their aristocratic masters indulge in one last, desperate round of hedonism.
For Sandro Ruzsky, Chief Investigator of the city police, even this decaying world provides the opportunity for a new beginning. Banished to Siberia for four years for pursuing a case his superiors would rather he’d quietly buried, Ruzsky finds himself investigating the murders of a young couple out on the ice of the frozen river Neva. The dead girl was a nanny at the Imperial Palace, the man an American from Chicago and, if the brutality of their deaths seems an allegory for the times, Ruzsky finds that, at every turn, the investigation leads dangerously close to home.
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