Previously published as Stalin’s Gold.
PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES:
‘A richly atmospheric, authentic, and suspenseful detective series’ JOSEPH FINDER, NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR
‘Masterly . . . compelling . . . one of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction’ ANDREW ROBERTS, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
‘Against the backdrop of Blitz-hit London, this stylish thriller sees Scotland Yard’s Frank Merlin investigate a tangled conspiracy’ SUNDAY MIRROR
As the Battle of Britain rages above, DCI Frank Merlin and his officers investigate the sudden disappearance of Polish RAF pilot Ziggy Kilinski – while battling the looting unleashed by the chaos and destruction of the Blitz.
Unbeknownst to Merlin and his team, Russian spies have also been set loose on the city – instructed to retrieve Stalin’s lost gold.
Kilinski’s fellow pilots, a disgraced Cambridge don, members of the Polish government in exile and a ruthless Russian gangster are amongst those caught up in Merlin’s enquiries.
Sweeping from Stalin’s Russia to Civil War Spain, Hitler’s Berlin to Churchill’s London, a compelling story of treasure, treachery, and murder unfolds.
PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES:
‘A richly atmospheric, authentic, and suspenseful detective series’ JOSEPH FINDER, NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR
‘Masterly . . . compelling . . . one of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction’ ANDREW ROBERTS, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
‘Against the backdrop of Blitz-hit London, this stylish thriller sees Scotland Yard’s Frank Merlin investigate a tangled conspiracy’ SUNDAY MIRROR
As the Battle of Britain rages above, DCI Frank Merlin and his officers investigate the sudden disappearance of Polish RAF pilot Ziggy Kilinski – while battling the looting unleashed by the chaos and destruction of the Blitz.
Unbeknownst to Merlin and his team, Russian spies have also been set loose on the city – instructed to retrieve Stalin’s lost gold.
Kilinski’s fellow pilots, a disgraced Cambridge don, members of the Polish government in exile and a ruthless Russian gangster are amongst those caught up in Merlin’s enquiries.
Sweeping from Stalin’s Russia to Civil War Spain, Hitler’s Berlin to Churchill’s London, a compelling story of treasure, treachery, and murder unfolds.
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