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Eye of the Red Tsar

By: Sam Eastland
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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The first in a gripping new series of detective novels set at the birth of Stalin’s Russia.

It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala – known as the Emerald Eye – was the most famous detective in all Russia. He was the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted. Like millions of others, he has been sent to the gulags in Siberia and, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, he is as good as dead. But a reprieve comes when he is summoned by Stalin himself to investigate a crime.

Pekkala’s mission: to uncover the men who really killed the Tsar and his family, and to locate the Tsar’s treasure. The reward for success will be his freedom and the chance to re-unite with a woman he would have married if the Revolution had not torn them apart. The price of failure? Death.

©2010 Sam Eastland (P)2010 Audible, Ltd 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Russia Crime Exciting Stalin Military War
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WELL NARRATED GOOD PLOT LINE A GOOD PLAUSIBLE HISTORICAL RENDITION WHICH KEEPS YOU ENTERTAINED FOR HOURS

CRACKING READ

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Being interested in Russian history this was a fascinating context. Brilliantly narrated as usual and a great start to a series.

Interesting

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I wasn't sure at first with this title. I don't normally read anything like this, but the story is well constructed with interesting characters. Steven Pacey is just fantastic as the narrator as usual. There is a lot of historical stuff in this book as you'd guess, but the author mixes the truth with fiction to make a really good story. Book two downloaded now!

Worth a listen - war time thriller.

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I know a lot of people like this book and it certainly has an excellent story. However, the writer's style kills the books for me. The writer is dedicated to flashbacks -- we have long episodes of flashback. Some serve a purpose to give a background of Pekala's life but to me there are just so many of them that they break the flow of the plot.

Looking for the murderer of the last Tsar certainly makes for a gripping story. And when that story is being told the book is interesting. However, the constant interruptions of the story with these flashbacks just killed the book for me. I will not be reading any more of this author as I understand that all his books contain flashbacks. It is simply an unappealing style for me, but for readers who don't object, this is good book. My rating of the book is due to the flashback which I find to interrupting and made the real story seem disjointed.

Great Story but Drags a lot

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It's a historical mystery and is extremely enjoyable. If you are a detective mystery fan then there won't be a lot of surprises here...sometimes that increases the tension. It's well constructed, interesting and has decent action sequences.

A little predictable, but extremely enjoyable

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