The White Russian

A Novel

By Tom Bradby | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

January 1917—With St. Petersburg on the brink of revolution, Sandro Ruzsky, the city’s chief police investigator, returns from exile in Siberia only to be assigned a grisly case: the bodies of a young couple found on the ice of the frozen River Neva, just outside the Tsar’s Winter Palace. Ruzsky’s investigation leads him dangerously close to the royal family and to the woman he loves, and he finds himself confronting both a ruthless killer and the ghosts of his past as he fights desperately to save all that he cares for.

With meticulous research and narrative skill Tom Bradby brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and thrilling, The White Russian is a tumultuous story of murder and betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history.

Editions of The White Russian

Hardcover
ISBN 9780593050880
Hardcover
ISBN 9780385508407
Paperback
ISBN 9781400032006
Paperback
ISBN 9780593048122
Paperback
ISBN 9780552149006
EBook
ISBN 9780385508704
EBook
ISBN 9781400079032

Read an Excerpt

January 1917—With St. Petersburg on the brink of revolution, Sandro Ruzsky, the city’s chief police investigator, returns from exile in Siberia only to be assigned a grisly case: the bodies of a young couple found on the ice of the frozen River Neva, just outside the Tsar’s Winter Palace. Ruzsky’s investigation leads him dangerously close to the royal family and to the woman he loves, and he finds himself confronting both a ruthless killer and the ghosts of his past as he fights desperately to save all that he cares for.

With meticulous research and narrative skill Tom Bradby brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and thrilling, The White Russian is a tumultuous story of murder and betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history.

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What is The White Russian about?

January 1917—With St. Petersburg on the brink of revolution, Sandro Ruzsky, the city’s chief police investigator, returns from exile in Siberia only to be assigned a grisly case: the bodies of a young couple found on the ice of the frozen River Neva, just outside the Tsar’s Winter Palace. Ruzsky’s investigation leads him dangerously close to the royal family and to the woman he loves, and he finds himself confronting both a ruthless killer and the ghosts of his past as he fights desperately to save all that he cares for.

With meticulous research and narrative skill Tom Bradby brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and thrilling, The White Russian is a tumultuous story of murder and betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The White Russian?

Fiction > Thriller / suspense fiction

Where can I read a sample of The White Russian?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780593050880

Who is/are the Author/s of the book The White Russian?

Tom Bradby

Who is the Publisher of the book The White Russian?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

The White Russian is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780593050880) and hardcover(ISBN 9780385508407) and paperback(ISBN 9781400032006) and paperback(ISBN 9780593048122) and paperback(ISBN 9780552149006) and ebook(ISBN 9780385508704) and ebook(ISBN 9781400079032)

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