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"If I was required to select from betraying my country and betraying my pal, I hope I should have guts to betray my country."
—E. M. Forster Through seven prior books, Reggie Nadelson has generated one of the most memorable individuals in detective fiction: Artie Cohen, New York police force detective and first-generation American with complex ties to his Russian history, especially his close camaraderie with the enigmatic and flamboyant New York/London team owner Tolya Sverdloff. Now, in Londongrad, probably Nadelson's most ambitious novel to date, Artie is confronted with a murder that strikes at him in person and will finally place his best friends life in his hands as it issues his own commitment. In a very playground in Brooklyn, Artie is resulted in a dead young lady tied up in duct tape on a childrens swing action. He soon realizes the killer murdered the incorrect young lady - the expected victim was Valentina Sverdloff, Tolya's little princess, long adored by Artie. Artie flies to London to see Tolya and confirms himself enmeshed on his friend's behalf in a maelstrom of Russian money and crime. Like Berlin by the end of World Conflict II, somebody explains to Artie, Londongrad, as its known, is becoming an just offshore island for the new Russian underworld. Over his head, Artie is drawn further in, to Moscow, where, managing between the old KGB and the new FSB, between the dazzle and grimness of Russia today, he uncovers a painful truth about his history that sets Tolya's life in the balance.
