Paranoia and tension permeate 1930s Moscow in The Twelfth Department, William Ryan’s third mystery novel to feature the ever harried Moscow police detective Captain Korolev. The tightly-woven story kicks off with a fast moving prologue, as Korolev and his cohorts capture the head of the Grey Fox gang in one of Moscow’s parks. This is [...]
Published on April 14, 2013 06:58