Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oilpaint on one of his favorite paintings by Turner.Kirkus ReviewsLoversof British historic... » 

Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oilpaint on one of his favorite paintings by Turner.Kirkus ReviewsLoversof British historical mysteries will enjoy Powerscourts latest adventures.BooklistSplendid entertainment.Publishers WeeklyIn 1904Powerscourt comes out of retirement to go to Russia in one of the strangestcases of his career. A British diplomat has been discovered his throat cut onone of the bridges spanning the Nevskii Prospekt in St Petersburg. Ittranspires that the diplomat knew a secretand that secret killed him. AsPowerscourt strides through the halls of the Winter Palace and falls foul ofthe Okhrana the Russian secret police he has to attend to other matters.Russia is on the verge of revolution and he must solve the crime and escape toEngland before time runs out. «