"Yakovleva pick[s] up the torch from Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther series”. — The New York Times “A superb read, with some unexpected turns right at the end." — Crime Book of the Month, The Critic "Fascinating reading. . . This series has legs!" — Publishers Weekly On the eve of Soviet purges, Detective Zaitsev returns to solve the murder of a Red Army horseman — the second installment in the ultimate noir detective series Perfect for fans of thrilling historical crime fiction, Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther novels, and Lara Prescott's The Secrets We Kept