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The Bloody Meadow

The Bloody Meadow

Author(s): William Ryan

Location(s): Odesa

Genre(s): Thriller

Era(s): 1930s

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The hero, Captain Alexei Korolev, a detective in Moscow’s criminal investigation squad in the 1930s, dissatisfied and morose, manages to cling to his job and his life while all around him are losing theirs. He’s ordered to the port of Odessa to look into the apparent suicide of a young woman film production assistant whose importance was that she was also the secret mistress of an influential state commissar. Korolev’s inquiries unearth dangerous secrets. The Times

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Ryan has obviously done much research into that sinister period of Russian history and manages to convey its claustrophobic atmosphere brilliantly’ –The Times

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