The Twelfth Department
Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son Yuri when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin and Korolev is ordered to find the killer. It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it appears would stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitions, was engaged in research of great interest to those at the very top ranks of Soviet power. When another scientist is brutally murdered, and evidence of the professors' experiments is hastily removed, Korolev begins to realise that, along with having a difficult case to solve, he's caught in a dangerous battle between two warring factions of the NKVD. And then his son Yuri goes missing . . .
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The Twelfth Department
Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son Yuri when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin and Korolev is ordered to find the killer. It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it appears would stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitions, was engaged in research of great interest to those at the very top ranks of Soviet power. When another scientist is brutally murdered, and evidence of the professors' experiments is hastily removed, Korolev begins to realise that, along with having a difficult case to solve, he's caught in a dangerous battle between two warring factions of the NKVD. And then his son Yuri goes missing . . .
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The Twelfth Department

The Twelfth Department

by William Ryan, W.C. Ryan

Narrated by Seán Barrett

Unabridged — 10 hours, 42 minutes

The Twelfth Department

The Twelfth Department

by William Ryan, W.C. Ryan

Narrated by Seán Barrett

Unabridged — 10 hours, 42 minutes

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Overview

Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son Yuri when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin and Korolev is ordered to find the killer. It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it appears would stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitions, was engaged in research of great interest to those at the very top ranks of Soviet power. When another scientist is brutally murdered, and evidence of the professors' experiments is hastily removed, Korolev begins to realise that, along with having a difficult case to solve, he's caught in a dangerous battle between two warring factions of the NKVD. And then his son Yuri goes missing . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Ryan's tense, tightly plotted whodunnits feel gloriously plausible, a function of the intimate link he forges between his readers and his characters, never mind that those characters are living through extraordinary times.” —The Guardian

“Ryan's latest has a fine cast of characters, puzzling murders, interesting police work, and a strong sense of the terror that pervaded Stalin's Russia. But it is his eye for period detail (e.g., scheming apparatchiks who denounce a neighbor simply to move into a larger apartment) that makes this one special.” —Booklist (starred review)

The Twelfth Department is the third outing for William Ryan's increasingly impressive Captain Korolev series…There's an Orwellian influence to the manipulation of language and meaning…The geographical setting and political backdrop are compelling enough, but Korolev is a fascinating character in his own right, an army veteran of "the German War" who acknowledges the poisonous nature of the regime he serves even as he clings to the hope that its propaganda might some day chime with reality.” —The Irish Times

“Excellent…While the police work will keep readers engaged, the series' chief strength comes from Ryan's skillful evocation of everyday life under Stalin.” —Publishers Weekly (starred)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940176416800
Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 10/25/2021
Series: Captain Korolev , #3
Edition description: Unabridged
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