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Book 7 of the “Detective Nostalgia” series

The Rat

The legendary keeper of the thieves' common fund, Varyag, is furious: some rat is killing his men and reaching for the sacred thing, the common fund.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2001
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
420
ISBN:
5-04-010398-0; 5-699-10093-8
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
The RatExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

The legendary keeper of the thieves' common fund, Varyag, is furious: some rat is killing his men and reaching for the sacred thing, the common fund. Major Chertanov of the Moscow CID is no less enraged: the insolent thug has thrown down the challenge personally to him, the daring detective. Both the cops and the brotherhood want to punish the thug. But the rat seems to be a tough guy and does not doze. As a result the major sweats in a remand prison and Varyag has to leave Russia for a while. Notes fly from prison to freedom, detectives and gangsters dig up the earth, thieves' councils buzz with alarm; a big hunt is on. Who will be the first to see what color the blood of a lawless thug is, Varyag or Chertanov?

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The Rat