In the Thick of It

The British music critic Quentin Dart and his fiancée Alexandra Matviyko, a Ukrainian with a past, are involved in a dramatic sequence of kidnaps and escapes. The plot first develops in the UK against a background of political intrigue and an escalation of policy differences between Washington and Westminster, relating to the build-up of terrorist activity in the Middle East, Asia, and Chechnya. As Quentin and Alexandra attend a performance of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin at London's R...