The holidays aren’t nearly as festive when a Russian Prince is murdered and robbed
Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes have been called to a gloomy flat off of Islington High Street. A seemingly ordinary elderly woman—who turns out to be Princess Olga Karukhin, an emigrant of Civil War Russia—lies dead on the bed. Not only does her death seem suspicious, but her trunk has been looted of its glittering treasure...
Out in the festive holiday chaos of London, a colorful cast of suspects abounds: the downtrodden grandson, a plutocratic jeweler, and Bolsheviks with unfinished business. Beddoes and Nightingale have their work cut out in this tightly paced, quirky, and highly enjoyable jewel of the mystery genre.
