Death of the Red Rider: A Leningrad Confidential

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On the eve of the Great Purge, a horseman and horse mysteriously collapse in the middle of a race in Leningrad. Weary Detective Zaitsev, still raw from his last brush with the Party, is dispatched to the Soviet state cavalry school in Novocherkassk, southern Russia, to investigate. As he witnesses the horror of the Holodomor, and the impact of Soviet collectivisation, he struggles to penetrate the murky, secretive world of the cavalry school.Why has this particular murder attracted so much attention from Soviet officials Zaitsev needs to answer this question and solve the case before the increasingly paranoid authorities turn their attention towards him...

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'*** - Praise for Punishment of a Hunter' - ***

'Yulia Yakovleva's thrilling debut was a bestseller in her native Russia. It's not difficult to see why' - The Times, Best New Crime Fiction

'A masterclass in historical crime fiction set against the vividly-painted backdrop of 1930s Leningrad. It will pull you in and leave you breathless' - Chris Lloyd, author of The Unwanted Dead

'A serial killer is at work in 1930s Leningrad. Favourite line: "This is how we live, he thought. She's lying and so am I."' - Sunday Times Crime Club, Pick of the Week

'...a fascinating story... Beautifully translated... Punishment of a Hunter establishes Yulia Yakovleva as a talent to watch' - Irish Times

Author Bio

Yulia Yakovleva is a writer, theatre and ballet critic, and playwright. She is the author of a nonfiction title, ABC of Ballet (NLO, 2006) and a series of fiction books for children, Leningrad's Tales. The first book in the children's series, The Stolen City, was shortlisted for the Yasnaya Polyana Award and won the In Other Words Award 2017 from BookTrust, who supported the English translation of the book, published by Penguin. Yakovleva received her MA from School of Creative Arts of the University of Hertfordshire. She lives in Oslo, Norway, with her husband and son.