Donald James Bücher

Kriminalinspektor Vadim bemerkt fast zu spät, dass er in Murmansk zwischen die Fronten rivalisierender Gruppen, die nach der politischen Macht streben, geraten ist.

Moskau im Jahr 2015: Rußland hat einen mörderischen Bürgerkrieg hinter sich, und in der Hauptstadt treibt ein unheimlicher Serienmörder sein Unwesen. Inspektor Vadim, aus der Provinz in die Metropole versetzt, soll diese Mordserie aufklären, obwohl seine spektakulärsten Fälle bisher Schwarzmarkthändler und Taschendiebe waren. (Klappentext)

In this, the third appearance of Inspector Constantin Vadim leaves his native Russia for New York. Vadim finds himself caught up in the middle of a presidential election where the victory of the leading candidate is threatened by the outrageous public behaviour of his Russian wife. When someone decides the only solution is to have her killed before she loses her husband the election Constantin's innocent involvement with her pitches him straight into the middle of a murder investigation.

Secret Agents don’t usually get fired — but Tom Hart was the exception. He couldn’t work out if he had been removed through office politics, or because of his unstable, drunken condition. In any case, Hart set out to get back into the Intelligence ranks, starting by working freelance for a King-and-Country General and his ‘Action England’ Movement. All started well, but then people began to take an unfortunate interest in what he was up to. He pools his resources with his KGB friend Pushkin, the only man who seemed prepared to trust his judgement. Together they dig deeper, and discover something very nasty and decidedly dangerous behind the innocent facade of ‘Action England’. But how could Tom Hart, a constant drunk, liable to fly off the handle and given to strange hunches, expect to be taken seriously? As he gets deeper into the dangerous secrets of Action England, he finds himself fighting for his life. Who can he trust? And can he convince someone of the truth before it’s too late…?

Searching for his identity, a young GI with amnesia learns of his links with the might House of Janus, on the the world's largest banknote printing operations. A richy woven tapestry of greed, espionage, and war . . . a magnificent novel by a master of his craft.