{"product_id":"the-matryoshka-murders-paperback","title":"The Matryoshka Murders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKay Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEileen Wyman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1991. Leningrad is starving, freezing, and ready to explode. Crime is rampant. Soldiers roam the streets. Rumors of a coup whisper through every hallway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDocumentary filmmaker \u003cstrong\u003eKate Hennessey\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives for an international festival - but instead of gathering footage for her NYC course, she records something she was never meant to see: an officer with a scarred face speaking with a baby-faced civilian in the hotel bar. Her guidebook warns her: \u003cem\u003eNo filming the military.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a terrified 17-year-old girl named \u003cstrong\u003eSveta\u003c\/strong\u003e confides that she fears she will be killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHours later, Kate and Sveta are abducted by a drunken cab driver and left to die in a frozen cemetery. Kate escapes. Sveta does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the attack random? Was Sveta the target? Or was Kate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Kate investigates, she uncovers a hidden world of LGBTQ+ persecution, underground cafés, psychiatric \"clinics,\" and a police force willing to silence anyone who threatens the state. A scar-faced KGB officer begins to follow her. A red-haired soldier appears everywhere she goes. And when her hotel burns, Kate realizes someone wants her dead - and her footage destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her videotapes strapped to her body, Kate flees Leningrad. But the danger she escaped has followed her home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping political thriller of surveillance, identity, and courage, \u003cem\u003eThe Matryoshka Murders\u003c\/em\u003e is perfect for fans of international suspense, Cold War intrigue, and female-driven mysteries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454488776941,"sku":"9780984779970","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-matryoshka-murders-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}