Bøger i Nevsky Detective serien

When a repentant Russian oligarch hires him to find a miracle-working icon painted in a forced labor camp 70 years ago, detective Yuri Nevsky and his companion Charity Day see their assignment dissolve into danger and treachery when they find the icon linked to a fortune in missing Russian government gold. A brutal crime boss, Orthodox fanatics, a Federation civil investigator and a deformed Fool struggle over the riches and entangle Nevsky with beautiful, pious Veronika who raises in him dormant issues of faith and belief, even while hiding her secret. As the contenders, all armed and desperate, gather at the perilous hiding place, Nevsky must join them and risk his life to deliver the key to reaching God and gold - the Kolyma Icon!