Icy wind of Suomi
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It is no wonder that the cashier of a large bank, a native of Finland, Rautapää, took advantage of such a convenient opportunity. It is only a short distance to the Finnish border. And there, in Helsingfors, blown by icy winds, the Russian police are powerless. And the local guardians of order are in charge of everything, for whom the orders of the imperial authorities are an empty phrase. Using forged documents, Mr. Rautapää stole almost three hundred thousand rubles and was gone...
One day in August 1913, State Councilor Lykov is sent to the cold and rainy Finnish capital. The order is to find, catch and return the thief along with the money. But the search for the criminal quickly reached a dead end. The cashier was found murdered, and the money he stole disappeared without a trace.
There was one small and almost hopeless clue left: a strange note lay near the body, which brought down all previous versions of Lykov and turned the case from criminal to political...
A gripping historical detective story from the winner of the Russian Detective Award Nikolay Svechin. The novel is part of a series of works about detective Alexey Lykov and is the 35th in a row.
One day in August 1913, State Councilor Lykov is sent to the cold and rainy Finnish capital. The order is to find, catch and return the thief along with the money. But the search for the criminal quickly reached a dead end. The cashier was found murdered, and the money he stole disappeared without a trace.
There was one small and almost hopeless clue left: a strange note lay near the body, which brought down all previous versions of Lykov and turned the case from criminal to political...
A gripping historical detective story from the winner of the Russian Detective Award Nikolay Svechin. The novel is part of a series of works about detective Alexey Lykov and is the 35th in a row.
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- All books in the series Historical detectives by Nikolay Svechin