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With the holy thief, william ryan joins martin cruz smith the arkady renko series and tom rob smith the child 44 trilogy, whose compelling crime novels have illuminated the dark recesses of the soviet union or, later, russia. Debut novelist ryan delivers a gritty mystery set in stalinist 1936 moscow. The holy thief carnegie library of pittsburgh overdrive. His first novel, the holy thief, was shortlisted for the theakstons crime novel of the year, the kerry group irish fiction award, the cwa john creasy new blood.
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