The Bloody Meadow, William Ryan
The Bloody Meadow, William Ryan
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The Bloody Meadow

Author: William Ryan, W.C. Ryan

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2021

Synopsis

Following a previous investigation, which implicated those at the very top in Soviet Russia, Captain Alexei Korolev finds himself hailed as an example to all. But Korolev lives in an uneasy peace – if it is discovered what his real actions were during the case, he will face deportation to Siberia. Instead, Colonel Rodinov of the NKVD security service asks the detective to look into the suspected suicide of a young woman on a film set in the Ukraine. The feared Commissar for State Security, Ezhov, wants the matter looked into. And when the detective arrives on the set for The Bloody Meadow, in the bleak, battle-scarred Ukraine, he soon discovers that there is more to her death than meets the eye…

About William Ryan

William Ryan is author of The Holy Thief, which was a Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Born in London, Ryan attended Trinity College, Dublin and completed his Masters in Creative Writing at St. Andrews University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

The Bloody Meadow is the second book in the series set in 1930s Stalinist Russia featuring Militia Captain Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev, who we first met in the excellent The Holy Thief. In The Bloody Meadow, the purges of Stalin continue unabated. When one night Korolev is summoned by Colonel Rodinov......more

Goodreads review by kostas

αρκετά καλό βιβλίο με μυστήριο στην σοβιετικη ένωση κάτι που για μένα αποδεικνύεται που ενδιαφέρον. όλη η ατμόσφαιρα φόβου για όλους τους ήρωες είναι ένα από τα σημαντικά χαρακτηριστικα.... Αν εξαιρέσουμε ένα χαοτικό τελείωμα, διαβάζεται που εύκολα και έχει πολύ καλό ρυθμό... οι τελευταίες στιγμές τ......more

Goodreads review by Μπάμπης

6/10. Αξιόλογη και η δεύτερη προσπάθεια της σειράς Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev. Πιο ενδιαφέρον χαρακτήρες και στόρι από το πρώτο μέρος , Νομίζω όμως ότι απευθύνεται κυρίως σε ένθερμους αναγνώστες του Αστυνομικού Μυθιστορήματος.........more

Goodreads review by Raven

Once again we are immersed in the claustrophobic and paranoid atmosphere of Stalinist Russia, in this the follow up to Ryan's remarkable debut `The Holy Thief'. Our erstwhile hero and investigator Captain Korolev becomes embroiled in the suspected suicide of a beautiful young woman working as a film......more

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