A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again THE TIMESA heartbreaking and passionate novel of the cruelty and fragility of love, death and life in Stalinist Russia SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREMoscow, 1934.Moscows glittering new subway is under construction at last. The first line will run through the centre of the city, cutting deep through Moscow soil. But futures cannot be created without digging up the past. Though Russias leaders want to build a glorious Soviet capital, what holds them in a fatal grip is history old mud and bones.Anton Belkin is an Investigator at the Procuracy, a sensitive job at a dangerous moment on the road to the Show Trials. He is also someone who needs to keep his head down. His artist father was once the darling of the revolutionary avantgarde, a painter whose work could inspire devotion and great sacrifice. But now his dreams are out of place, too loud and red in Stalins world of sterile rules and rubber stamps.Anton is dragged into a murder case. A prominent archaeologist, working alongside the subway dig, has been killed in a deserted mansion. Though Anton doesnt want the job, his former lover, Vika, who is now a powerful member of the secret police, browbeats him into paying a visit to the site with her. Against his better judgement he is drawn to follow though, embarking on investigations that will almost certainly get him killed.Deep underground, he finds a priceless secret that could genuinely unlock...

Binding: Hardback;289 pages; Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct; Classification: FJM; Weight: 660 g; Dimensions: 163 x 242 x 34

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