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Book 11 of the “Novels of the Cheka” series

The Ace of Diamonds

The legendary zhigan, headache of the Chekists and the CID, Kiryan Kurakhin, nicknamed Fartovy (the Lucky One), is free again.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2006
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
450
ISBN:
978-5-699-20910-1
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
The Ace of DiamondsExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

The legendary zhigan, headache of the Chekists and the CID, Kiryan Kurakhin, nicknamed Fartovy (the Lucky One), is free again. His friends have sprung him from the convoy, and the free and dangerous zhigan life is off and spinning. The dens of Khitrovka and Maryina Roshcha are humming, the NEPmen's safes full of money and jewels are cracking, robberies in expensive restaurants have begun. But that is not all: the dashing zhigan attacked Lenin's car and nearly took the leader hostage. The Moscow Chekists are run off their feet hunting Kiryan. Dzerzhinsky himself has taken up the case. And only a few insiders know that this high-profile operation has a secret aim, and to achieve it the reckless zhigan must stay at large a little longer. His turn will come too...

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The Ace of Diamonds