VODKA - Couverture souple

Starling, Boris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 000711947X ISBN 13 : 9780007119479

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2011

Synopsis

A taut and shocking story of vengeance, bloodshed and love, set over 100 days of bitter Russian winter… from the bestselling author of Messiah.

Moscow, December 1991. Chaos reigns after the fall of communism. Muscovites are used to queues and empty shelves, but now they have to cope with a dangerous power vacuum – and a war between brutal mafiya gangs for control of the city. So when a child's body is found beneath the ice of the Moscow river it attracts little attention to begin with. Then a second body is found. And a third.

At the heart of the gathering storm is Red October, Russia's most famous vodka distillery. Alice Liddell, an American banker, has come to Moscow to oversee its privatization – an unpopular move. Alice wants to get going, but faced with the charismatic, ruthless Lev – distiller director and head of one of the warring mafia gangs – a very difficult job is starting to look impossible.

Lev's arch-enemy has vowed revenge on him and it seems that the bizarre child killings might be part of this. The last thing he needs is a determined young woman in the heart of his criminal empire. But will Lev and Alice be enemies or allies? And when the storm has passed, who will be left standing?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Boris Starling graduated with a First from Cambridge and went on to be a journalist before turning to fiction writing full-time. An avid triathelete, Boris was the youngest ever participant to reach the semi-finals of Mastermind. He lives in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 000711947X
• ISBN 13: 9780007119479
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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