Punishment of a Hunter
A Leningrad Confidential
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2022
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
978-1-78227-679-1 (ISBN)
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
978-1-78227-679-1 (ISBN)
Babylon Berlin meets Boris Akunin in this atmospheric and relentlessly dark detective series set in Stalinist Russia.
1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings.
At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection.
As Zaitsev sets about his investigations, he meets with suspicion at practically every turn, and potential witnesses are reluctant to provide information. Soon Zaitsev himself comes under suspicion from the Soviet secret police. The embittered detective must battle increasingly complex political machinations in his dogged quest to uncover the truth.
1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings.
At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection.
As Zaitsev sets about his investigations, he meets with suspicion at practically every turn, and potential witnesses are reluctant to provide information. Soon Zaitsev himself comes under suspicion from the Soviet secret police. The embittered detective must battle increasingly complex political machinations in his dogged quest to uncover the truth.
Yulia Yakovleva is a writer, theatre and ballet critic, and playwright. She is the author of a nonfiction title, ABC of Ballet (NLO, 2006) and a series of fiction books for children, Leningrad's Tales. The first book in the children's series, The Stolen City, was shortlisted for the Yasnaya Polyana Award and won the In Other Words Award 2017 from BookTrust, who supported the English translation of the book, published by Penguin. Yakovleva received her MA from School of Creative Arts of the University of Hertfordshire. She lives in Oslo, Norway, with her husband and son.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | A Leningrad Confidential |
| Übersetzer | Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78227-679-3 / 1782276793 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78227-679-1 / 9781782276791 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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