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The stolen heart / Andrey Kurkov ; translated by Boris Dralyuk.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Mystery Kurkov Kyiv 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurkov, Andreĭ, author.
- Series:
- Kurkov, Andreĭ. Kyiv mysteries ; bk.2.
- The Kyiv mysteries ; [2]
- Standardized Title:
- Serdce: ne mjaso. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Ukraine--Kyïv--Fiction.
- Police.
- Meat industry and trade--Fiction.
- Meat industry and trade.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Kidnapping--Fiction.
- Kidnapping.
- Corruption--Fiction.
- Corruption.
- Ukraine--History--1917-1921--Fiction.
- Ukraine.
- Kyïv (Ukraine)--Fiction.
- Kyïv (Ukraine).
- Russian fiction--Translations into English.
- Russian fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First HarperVia hardcover [edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Russian.
- Summary:
- "Samson Kolechko and his colleague have been dispatched to investigate the illegal sale of meat. How selling cuts of one's own livestock qualifies as a crime eludes the young investigator, but an order is an order, and, at the insistence of the secret police officer assigned to "reinforce" the Lybid police station, Samson vows to do his very best. But just as Samson is beginning to dig into the very meat of this case, his live-in fiancee Nadezhda is abducted by striking railway workers who object to the census she's carrying out. Complicating matters, the police station has been infiltrated by a mysterious thief, a deadly tram accident--which may have been premeditated--disrupts the city, and, to top it all, the culprit from Samson's"silver bone" investigation may have resurfaced. Against this backdrop, it's no wonder the "meat case" takes a backseat. Yet, despite the rising danger, the detective cannot let himself be distracted from his dogged pursuit of the seemingly mundane matter of the meat sellers, for ultimately his fate, and Nadezhda's too, rests on it."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published as Serdce: ne mjaso in Ukraine in 2021 by Folio."--Title page verso.
- "A novel"--Jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780063352339
- 0063352338
- OCLC:
- 1518581331
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