A Times 'Best New Thriller' for May 2022'Enthralling ... Sharp dialogue and flashes of dry wit' Financial Times'Ben Creed has a genuine gift for conjuring up Stalin's Leningrad in all its beauty and misery' The Times'A cleverly constructed thriller' Sunday Times'A fantastically tense atmosphere ... A spine-tingling page-turner' The Sun ___________Leningrad, winter 1952. An invisible killer known as Koshche...

**** LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER **'Conjures up Stalinist Russia with evocative detail and the dread and menace that permeate everyday life' Financial Times'Utterly compelling, both in its propulsive plotting and the dark and dangerously relevant themes it explores' Jake Arnott**'You'll find yourself looking over your shoulder when you leave the house!' Trevor WoodWinter 1953. Beneath a pitch-black Leningrad ...

'Reminded me of Gorky Park, only I liked this tense, complex thriller even better' JAMES PATTERSON*Shortlisted for the 2021 CWA Gold Dagger and the John Creasey 'New Blood' Dagger*'Brilliantly orchestrated and totally engrossing' THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION______Leningrad, Russia, 1951.The shadow of war lingers. Revol Rossel – once a virtuoso violinist with a glittering future – is now a humble state militia cop, forced to investigate des...

Winter 1953. Beneath a pitch-black Leningrad sky, two bodies lie near the towering statue of Lenin outside the Finland Station. 'Nothing sinister, here, just a simple hit and run,' an officer in the MGB secret police assures militia detective Revol Rossel. Now he knows it's murder.Only recently released from a brutal Siberian labour camp and determined to find his missing sister at last, Rossel wants nothing to do with this new case. But his alcoholic, broken superior officer, Capt...

Winter, 1952: Leningrad's icy streets are haunted by a murderer. The name is whispered everywhere – Koshchei has returned, the people say, Koshchei the Immortal. Koshchei, named after a sinister figure from Slavic folklore, is an invisible killer who cuts out the tongue of his victims and replaces it with a scroll of paper containing a few lines of what seems to be Italian verse.Three thousand kilometres away in a labour colony above the Arctic Circle, threatened by the Thieves who...

The first in a trilogy, City of Ghosts is set in the Leningrad of 1951 where the shadows of the war and the threats of Stalinism loom large.Leningrad, 1951. The shadow of war lingers. Revol Rossel – once a virtuoso violinist with a glittering future – is now a humble state militia cop, forced to investigate desperate crimes in this desperate era. But when five frozen corpses are found neatly arranged between railway lines, Rossel is faced with the most puzzling – and most dangerous...

Kukaan ei ole turvassa Leningradin kaduillaBen Creedin 1950-luvulle sijoittuvan Revol Rossel -jännärisarjan toinen osa Petturin sydän hyytää lukijan sisimpään saakka.Leningradin talvi vuonna 1952. Paikalliset kuiskivat näkymättömissä vaanivan pedon nimeä: Koštšei. Slaavilaisen kansantaruston mukaan nimetty murhaaja leikkaa irti uhriensa kielen ja sijoittaa sen tilalle heidän suuhunsa paperikäärön, jolle on kirjoitettu italiankielisiä runosäkeitä.

Kukaan ei ole turvassa Leningradin kaduillaBen Creedin 1950-luvulle sijoittuvan Revol Rossel -jännärisarjan toinen osa Petturin sydän hyytää lukijan sisimpään saakka.Leningradin talvi vuonna 1952. Paikalliset kuiskivat näkymättömissä vaanivan pedon nimeä: Koštšei. Slaavilaisen kansantaruston mukaan nimetty murhaaja leikkaa irti uhriensa kielen ja sijoittaa sen tilalle heidän suuhunsa paperikäärön, jolle on kirjoitettu italiankielisiä runosäkeitä.

ECPA 2019 Book Award Finalist. Christian Book of the Year Award Finalist. You recite it. But do you understand it? The Apostles' Creed has become so familiar to us that we don't think about what we're saying. Christians from different times, places, and traditions have been united by its eternal truths. We believe them, we recite them, but do we build our lives on them? The fact that so many in the early church died for their faith means they were caught up in something greater than themse...

Visionary strategies from former NFL star to infuse your company's Culture with purpose and directionIn The Champion's Creed, NFL star and Chief Culture Officer Ben Utecht unveils the blueprint for forging unbeatable teams in any arena. Central to Utecht's methodology is the creation of a “Culture Creed”—a dynamic manifesto that transcends typical mission statements. This powerful tool becomes the compass guiding every decision, action, and interaction wit...

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality explores how steadily increasing inequality and the spectacular pace of urbanization frame daily life for city residents around the world. Ethnographic case studies from five continents highlight the impact of place, the tools of memory, and the power of collective action as communities interact with centralized processes of policy and capital. By focusing on situated experiences of displacement, belonging, and difference, the contributors to this coll...

Visionary strategies from former NFL star to infuse your company's culture with purpose and directionIn The Champion's Creed, NFL star and chief culture officer Ben Utecht unveils the blueprint for forging unbeatable teams in any arena. Central to Utecht's methodology is the creation of a "Culture Creed"—a dynamic manifesto that transcends typical mission statements. This powerful tool becomes the compass guiding every decision, action, and interaction wit...