Published: Feb. 22, 2013
Words: 194,897 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301606115

Short description

It’s 1997 and Professor Michael Kirkland takes on a new client with a secret to hide, one that threatens to expose decades of political deception – brought on by one of Joseph Stalin’s most cunning and desperate ploys in the early days of the Great Patriotic War. An unimaginable fortune in Romanov dynasty treasure could be at stake, and Kirkland and his client aren’t the only ones in the hunt.

Extended description

In the shadowy realm of the world’s elite art collectors and among the insurers and law enforcement agencies who try to foil the thefts of priceless artworks and treasures, Professor Michael Kirkland’s specialized services are highly sought-after. But his newest client’s situation is about to trigger a chain of events with grave danger and intrigue on an international scale. Priceless Romanov-era treasures that may have disappeared from the Soviet Union in the early months of The Great Patriotic War are at stake – not to mention lives; Kirkland isn’t the only one seeking to unravel the mystery, and his team, his client’s family and a brilliant and beautiful woman he falls in love with find themselves facing a mysterious and deadly opponent in a race to preserve the secrets.

The foundation for the upcoming series of Michael Kirkland novels, Iron Dogs and Caesar’s Ruby blends historical fact with fiction to introduce a new genre of behind-the-headlines operative, the one.. (Read more) In the shadowy realm of the world’s elite art collectors and among the insurers and law enforcement agencies who try to foil the thefts of priceless artworks and treasures, Professor Michael Kirkland’s specialized services are highly sought-after. But his newest client’s situation is about to trigger a chain of events with grave danger and intrigue on an international scale. Priceless Romanov-era treasures that may have disappeared from the Soviet Union in the early months of The Great Patriotic War are at stake – not to mention lives; Kirkland isn’t the only one seeking to unravel the mystery, and his team, his client’s family and a brilliant and beautiful woman he falls in love with find themselves facing a mysterious and deadly opponent in a race to preserve the secrets.

The foundation for the upcoming series of Michael Kirkland novels, Iron Dogs and Caesar’s Ruby blends historical fact with fiction to introduce a new genre of behind-the-headlines operative, the one many of the world’s wealthiest private art collectors and their insurance carriers routinely call on to do what no one else can.
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historical fiction, espionage, diamond heist, action adventure, art theft, stalin, cold war, combat, russian agents, romanov, soviet military, fiction thrillers, pilot adventure, mystery action, russian defector, wwii action drama, wwii espionage, spy adventure wwii, secrets exposed, crime action adventure, historical action adventure, history altered, airacobra, russian diamonds

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Review by: Cherime MacFarlane on Feb. 27, 2013 :
This is an entertaining read. Interesting premiss. Interesting characters. I enjoyed the book.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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