December 2001

 

Oleg kuznetsov, ruthless leader of the Londongrad Bratva, discovers that someone is embezzling large sums of money from the powerful Russian crime syndicate. Enraged by the betrayal, he demands that the traitor's head be delivered to him on a platter. There's only one slight problem - no one knows who the thief is.

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Crazy Ivan Solokov, once the Bratva's most feared executioner, was forced to flee the UK several years ago to avoid being arrested for murder. Now he's back, travelling on false papers. Is he merely there to celebrate his brother's birthday, as he claims, or is there a darker purpose for the visit?

 

When two bodies are found at a London hotel, DCI Tyler and his team are called in to investigate. On the face of it, the killings appear to be a robbery gone wrong, but when the deceased's links to the Bratva begin to surface, the investigation takes a sinister turn.

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