Death on the Nevskii Prospekt by David Dickinson (2007 hardcover 1st) New Signed

Death on the Nevskii Prospekt(Lord Francis Powerscourt Mysteries)\nby David Dickinson\nThis hardback edition has been published in the UK in 2007 by Constable & Robinson Ltd and is a first edition, first impression which has been signed by the author.\n*\nTwo days before Christmas 1904, the body of English diplomatRoderick Martin is found on the Neveskii Prospekt in St.Petersburg. The dead man was on a top secret mission to theRussian capital, the details known only to the Prime Minister, so the investigation must be discreet. Lord Francis Powerscourtis sent for.\n\nHe treads carefully amidst beautiful Russian women and the vast bureaucracies that might know of Martin's mission. He meets the head of the Okhrana, the Tsar's secret police, in whose under-ground cells the mouths of suspects are taped up in case passers-by should hear them scream. Revolution stalks the streets of St Pe.