Londongrad: An Artie Cohen Mystery (Artie Cohen Mysteries)

“if I Had To Choose Between Betraying My Country And Betraying My Friend, I Hope I Should Have The Guts To Betray My Country.”—e. M. Forster through Seven Previous Novels, Reggie Nadelson Has Created One Of The More Memorable Characters In Detective Fiction: Artie Cohen, New York Police Detective And First-generation American With Complex Ties To His Russian Past, Especially His Close Friendship With The Enigmatic And Flamboyant New York/london Club Owner T Olya Sverdloff. Now, In londongrad —by Far Nadelson’s Most Ambitious Novel To Date—artie Is Faced With A Murder That Strikes At Him Personally And Will Ultimately Place His Best Friend’s Life In His Hands As It Challenges His Own Loyalty. in A Playground In Brooklyn, Artie Is Led To A Dead Girl Tied Up In Duct Tape On A Children’s Swing. He Soon Realizes The Killer Murdered The Wrong Girl—the Intended Victim Was Valentina S Verdloff, Tolya’s Daughter, Long Adored By Artie. Artie Flies To London To Tell Tolya And Finds Himself Enmeshed On His Friend’s Behalf In A Maelstrom Of Russian Money And Crime. Like Berlin At The End Of World War Ii, Somebody Tells Artie, Londongrad, As It’s Known, Has Become An Offshore Island For The New Russian Underworld. Over His Head, Artie Is Drawn Further In, To Moscow, Where, Balancing Between The Old Kgb And The New Fsb, Between The Dazzle And Grimness Of Russia Today, He Uncovers A Painful Truth About His Past That Puts Tolya’s Life In The Balance. publishers Weekly a Chance Encounter Leads Artie Cohen To A Disturbing Brooklyn Crime Scene In Nadelson's Outstanding Eighth Novel To Feature The New York City Police Detective And Son Of A Former Kgb Officer (after 2007's fresh Kills ): A Woman Has Been Wrapped In Duct Tape And Tied To A Playground Swing. Artie Calls The Murder In, But His Attempts To Remain Uninvolved In The Ensuing Probe Are Futile. The More Artie Learns About The Victim, Masha Panchuk, The More He Suspects That She Was Not The Killer's Intended Target, And That His Love, Valentina Sverdloff, Daughter Of His Best Friend, Tolya, Was. When Someone Smothers Valentina To Death, Artie Must Travel To London To Break The Tragic News To Tolya, A Shady Entrepreneur Whose Business Activities Straddle The Line Between Legitimate And Illegitimate.a As The Dark, Compelling Plot Gathers Momentum, Artie, A Principled, Street-smart Guy With Very Human Failings, Launches His Own Quest For Justice. (july) copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved. "If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."E. M. Forster Through seven previous novels, Reggie Nadelson has created one of the more memorable characters in detective fiction: Artie Cohen, New York police detective and first-generation American with complex ties to his Russian past, especially his close friendship with the enigmatic and flamboyant New York/London club owner T olya Sverdloff. Now, in Londongrad by far Nadelson's most ambitious novel to dateArtie is faced with a murder that strikes at him personally and will ultimately place his best friend's life in his hands as it challenges his own loyalty. In a playground in Brooklyn, Artie is led to a dead girl tied up in duct tape on a children's swing. He soon realizes the killer murdered the wrong girlthe intended victim was Valentina S verdloff, Tolya's daughter, long adored by Artie. Artie flies to London to tell Tolya and finds himself enmeshed on his friend's behalf in a maelstrom of Russian money and crime. Like Berlin at the end of World War II, somebody tells Artie, Londongrad, as it's known, has become an offshore island for the new Russian underworld. Over his head, Artie is drawn further in, to Moscow, where, balancing between the old KGB and the new FSB, between the dazzle and grimness of Russia today, he uncovers a painful truth about his past that puts Tolya's life in the balance. New York police detective Artie Cohen is faced with a murder that strikes at him personally and will ultimately place his best friend's life in his hands, enmeshing him a maelstrom of Russian money and crime--at the center of which is Londongrad, an offshore island for the new Russian underworld