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The Twelfth Department

By: William Ryan, W.C. Ryan
Narrated by: Seán Barrett
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Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son, Yuri, when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin, and Korolev is ordered to find the killer.

It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it appears would stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitions, was engaged in research of great interest to those at the very top ranks of Soviet power. When another scientist is brutally murdered and evidence of the professors’ experiments is hastily removed, Korolev begins to realise that, along with having a difficult case to solve, he’s caught in a dangerous battle between two warring factions of the NKVD. And then his son, Yuri, goes missing....

©2013 William Ryan (P)2014 Isis Audio Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Russia Suspense
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Another intricate Korolev plot written brilliantly by William Ryan performed exquisitely by Sean Barrett. This is series sits a level above in the crime/detective genre.

A great story superbly performed

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Sean Barrett as always reads perfectly and a great voice to listen to. The story kept me interested until the last. It's a well written book. I haven't listened to any William Ryan books before and I will now seek his others. Unfortunately they aren't read by Sean. I have decided I like Russian themed thrillers/crime. Craig Thomas is another author who wrote Snow Leopard? another Russian genre that I enjoyed which is why I started with this one.

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