A big satisfying Stalin-era thriller from the master of the genre, the
perfect read for fans of Phillip Kerr, Erik Larson or Robert Harris. The
German Army begins to shatter before the advancing Soviet forces in
1944. Two Russian soldiers burrow into the crypt of a German church,
where, clutched in the hands of a priest's skeleton, they discover a
priceless icon last seen in the grasp of Rasputin, the mad monk who
mesmerized the Romanovs. When news of the discovery reaches Moscow,
Stalin calls upon his most trusted investigator, Inspector Pekkala, to
unravel the secret of the icon's past.