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1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings. At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection. As Zaitsev sets about his investigations, he meets with suspicion at practically every turn, and potential witnesses are reluctant to provide information. Soon Zaitsev himself comes under suspicion from the Soviet secret police. The embittered detective must battle increasingly complex political machinations in his dogged quest to uncover the truth.

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“The miseries of the 1930s are vividly rendered in Punishment of a Hunter for an unsettling and gripping achievement.”
--Crime Reads

“Outstanding... Yakovleva perfectly balances evoking the terror of living in a police state with her whodunit plotline. Fans of Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko will hope to see much more of Zaitsev.”
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Punishment of a Hunter: A Leningrad Confidential

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    A Paperback / softback by Yulia Yakovleva, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

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      Publisher: Pushkin Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/02/2022
      ISBN13: 9781782276791, 978-1782276791
      ISBN10: 1782276793
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      Book Synopsis
      1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings. At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection. As Zaitsev sets about his investigations, he meets with suspicion at practically every turn, and potential witnesses are reluctant to provide information. Soon Zaitsev himself comes under suspicion from the Soviet secret police. The embittered detective must battle increasingly complex political machinations in his dogged quest to uncover the truth.

      Trade Review
      “The miseries of the 1930s are vividly rendered in Punishment of a Hunter for an unsettling and gripping achievement.”
      --Crime Reads

      “Outstanding... Yakovleva perfectly balances evoking the terror of living in a police state with her whodunit plotline. Fans of Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko will hope to see much more of Zaitsev.”
      --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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