The Darkening Field, William Ryan
The Darkening Field, William Ryan
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The Darkening Field

Author: William Ryan

Narrator: Robin Sachs

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2012

Synopsis

It is 1937, and Captain Alexei Korolev finds himself on an airplane bound for Odessa after the suspicious suicide of a loyal young party member who supposedly had an illicit relationship with the party director. His instructions are to determine if her suicide was actually a cover-up for murder, and if so, to find her killer. She was working on the set of a movie subsidized by the state, and the pool of possible suspects is large and daunting. Korolev finds help from several quarters, but none of them can make up for the one important fact of his case which he cannot discuss. Moral, loyal, and also committed to justice, Korolev is trapped between the demands of the party and those of the truth.

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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