Inspector Constantin Vadim swaps a Moscow of disease and post-civil war corruption for a Manhattan of political intrigue and murder. A series of killings, an unstable Russian wife and sexual scandal threaten an American presidential candidate. Vadim's task is to find the killer.
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"Head and shoulders above Thomas Harris, Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson." - Sunday Express
"The magic lies in the richness of James's vivid imagination, conjuring up a wholly believable social, political and urban landscape." - The Times
Praise for Monstrum:
"The best of Fatherland and Gorky Park with a dash of The Silence of the Lambs." - The Times
"An original. I read Monstrum at warp speed, and with real pleasure." - Richard North Patterson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2020: Russia has staggered from the ravages of civil war into a new era of mob corruption and despair. A tuberculosis epidemic has wiped out thousands and a mass emigration threatens the stability of the western world. In New York there is lawlessness and rioting. The only hope seems to be the forthcoming Presidential Election.
Chief Inspector Constantin Vadim is seconded to a pro-Russian candidate whose wife has been threatened. As Rushton's campaign gathers pace, so too do the threats. Conspiracy within and without threaten to derail the one remaining hope for Russia as the campaign headquarters are stunned by a sequence of killings. Someone has been paid to silence some of Rushton's closest supporters, but why? And why does the killer use the execution techniques of the previous century to eliminate his victims? --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Chief Inspector Constantin Vadim is seconded to a pro-Russian candidate whose wife has been threatened. As Rushton's campaign gathers pace, so too do the threats. Conspiracy within and without threaten to derail the one remaining hope for Russia as the campaign headquarters are stunned by a sequence of killings. Someone has been paid to silence some of Rushton's closest supporters, but why? And why does the killer use the execution techniques of the previous century to eliminate his victims? --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
a competent, intelligent thriller/murder mystery,
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This review is from: Vadim (Paperback)
A mixture of a thriller and murder mystery, taking place in America and Russia in the year 2020. The narrator is a Russian ex-cop. Circumstances make him an employee of a third-party candidate in that year's presidential campaign. The author is obviously an expert on Russia, and the novel presents a sympathetic, nuanced, though bleak picture of Russia. That said, I'm not really sure how deep into the Russian soul he has been able to dig for the narrator's characterisation.
In any case, an enjoyable, entertaining read, if not a deathless classic.
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