The holy thief
By: William Ryan
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780312586454
Subjects: Politics and government; Mystery; Murder; Historical mystery novels; Crimes against; Fiction; Investigation; Americans
Description: As Stalin's great terror begins, a killer strikes. Moscow, 1936. A young woman's mutilated body is found on an alter in a deconsecrated church. Korolev is asked to investigate. The victim is discovered to be an American citizen, and now one false move will mean exile to the Zone, the frozen camps of the far north.