{"product_id":"death-of-the-red-rider-a-leningrad-confidential-9781782276807","title":"Death of the Red Rider: A Leningrad Confidential","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Yakovleva pick[s] up the torch from Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series\". \u003ci\u003e-- The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb read, with some unexpected turns right at the end.\" -- Crime Book of the Month, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating reading. . . This series has legs!\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the eve of Soviet purges, Detective Zaitsev returns to solve the murder of a Red Army horseman -- the second installment in the ultimate noir detective series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of thrilling historical crime fiction, Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels, and Lara Prescott's \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets We Kept\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Red Terror gathers pace, a horseman and horse mysteriously collapse in the middle of a race in Leningrad. Weary Detective Zaitsev, still raw from his last brush with the Party, is dispatched to the Soviet state cavalry school in Novocherkassk, southern Russia, to investigate. As he witnesses the horror of the Holodomor, and the impact of Soviet collectivisation, he struggles to penetrate the murky, secretive world of the cavalry school. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy has this particular murder attracted so much attention from Soviet officials? Zaitsev needs to answer this question and solve the case before the increasingly paranoid authorities turn their attention towards him...\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon't miss the second installment in the atmospheric and relentlessly dark detective series set in Stalinist Russia, where corruption, informers, and purges take paranoia to the next level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYulia Yakovleva\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, theatre and ballet critic, and playwright. She is particularly known for two types of historical fiction set in Stalin-era Leningrad: the award-winning children's chapter book series The Leningrad Tales that confront Soviet history, and the thrilling series of detective novels about Leningrad police investigator Vasily Zaitsev that began with \u003ci\u003ePunishment of a Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e. Yakovleva received her MA from School of Creative Arts of the University of Hertfordshire. She lives in Oslo, Norway, with her husband and son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Ahmedzai Kemp\u003c\/b\u003e translates literature from Arabic, German and Russian into English. Her work has been shortlisted for many prestigious prizes including the Helen \u0026amp; Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Vertigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606424228114,"sku":"9781782276807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b090e654-2998-4102-bfa2-9e34c1130099.jpg?v=1732293907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-the-red-rider-a-leningrad-confidential-9781782276807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}