Winter, 1953. Along with Sergeant Lidia Gerashvili, and Major Nikitin, the interrogator who once cut off Rossel's fingers, Rossel sets off on the trail of a murderer whose crimes surpass those of even the deranged tsar Ivan the Terrible. A trail leading to a dark, hidden episode in Bolshevik history filled with unspeakable horrors.
PRAISE FOR A TRAITOR'S HEART:
'Enthralling ... The dark story is leavened with sharp dialogue and flashes of dry wit' Financial Times.
'Ben Creed has a genuine gift for conjuring up Stalin's Leningrad in all its beauty and misery' The Times.
'A cleverly constructed thriller' Sunday Times.
'A fantastically tense atmosphere, thickly spread with historical detail, makes this a spine-tingling page-turner' The Sun
'Enthralling ... The dark story is leavened with sharp dialogue and flashes of dry wit' Financial Times.
'Ben Creed has a genuine gift for conjuring up Stalin's Leningrad in all its beauty and misery' The Times.
'A cleverly constructed thriller' Sunday Times.
'A fantastically tense atmosphere, thickly spread with historical detail, makes this a spine-tingling page-turner' The Sun