Ivan's Wolf (Detective Kazakov Mysteries, #4)

Despite the disturbing events of his last case, Detektiv Alexander Kazakov pursues his investigation into the threat posed by the shadowy figures behind his country's looming presidential election.When he is reassigned to investigate the murder of young woman found in the home of a New Moscow fortune teller, he enlists the help of two young detectives. The search for the murderer leads kazakov and his team to a daunting list of Fergana's who's who. And when the murder and the election intertwine, the case takes on a life of its own, threatening nor only Kazakov, but the two young detectives he has taken under his wing.Concerned about betrayal and unsure who to trust, Kazakov and his team must make unlikely allies to identify the killer and prevent more deaths. But Kazakov faces an even greater threat to his sense of justice and his own peculiar brand of honour--just how far will he go to keep his country safe?In an alternate world where the Russian Empire fell and modern Ottoman and Chinese Empires jockey for global supremacy, Ivan's Wolf returns readers to the gritty world of Alexander Kazakov as he navigates the tangled web of conspiracies and lies that menace his country.