Thorndike Thrillers: The Holy Thief (Hardcover)

from lisajoanne

This was a pretty good book. It painted an interesting portrait of what life was like in the USSR between WWI and WWII - both the corruption in the government as well as the mindset of the people who were trying to support an idea (communism) that they honestly thought would work. The plot was pr...

from pharrm

People are dying and Alexei is working the case. Religious icons are at the root of the problem and deaths keep showing up in churching which are now on the endangered list. Russia at the beginning of communism.

from sscarllet

I have mixed feelings about this book. It was a mystery and it did have action, but there was just a bit drawn out. I would have been happier with this book if there were a few less twists and turns. I think that my brain might be a bit slow on the uptake as well. Due to the unfamiliar and diffic...

from cameling

Step into 1930s Moscow, with everyone afraid of Stalin's Secret police, the regular citizens as well as the Komsomol and the Militia. When a woman and a thief are both found horribly tortured before they were killed, Captain Korolev is called upon to investigate the murders. When General Gregorin...

from john257hopper

Good murder mystery set against the background of Stalin's purges in 1936, just at the time when Yezhov took over from Yagoda and repression stepped up a gear. The author recreates well the oppressive political atmosphere and the deprivation suffered by most people. The actual plot about smugglin...