Alexander, Tasha
Death in St. Petersburg a Lady Emily mystery Tasha Alexander - First Minotaur books paperback edition. - New York Minotaur Books 2018 - 305 pages 21 cm. - A Lady Emily mystery 12 .
Includes an excerpt from the author's Uneasy lies the crown.
Includes bibliographical references.
"After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry -- 'Nemetseva is dead!' Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown. But it soon becomes clear that Colin isn't the only one with work to do. When the dead ballerina's aristocratic lover comes begging for justice, Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising star's murderer. Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia, from the opulence of the Winter Palace, to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas and the locked attics of political radicals. A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind, making waves through St. Petersburg with her surprise performances and trail of red scarves. Is it the sweet Katenka, Nemetseva's childhood friend and favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered etoile herself? Or, something even more sinister?" --
9781250146151 1250146151
2017021223
1801-1917
Women detectives--Russia--Fiction.
Ballerinas--Crimes against--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Russia--History--1801-1917--Fiction.
PS3601.L3565 / D43 2018
Ale 30
Death in St. Petersburg a Lady Emily mystery Tasha Alexander - First Minotaur books paperback edition. - New York Minotaur Books 2018 - 305 pages 21 cm. - A Lady Emily mystery 12 .
Includes an excerpt from the author's Uneasy lies the crown.
Includes bibliographical references.
"After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry -- 'Nemetseva is dead!' Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown. But it soon becomes clear that Colin isn't the only one with work to do. When the dead ballerina's aristocratic lover comes begging for justice, Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising star's murderer. Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia, from the opulence of the Winter Palace, to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas and the locked attics of political radicals. A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind, making waves through St. Petersburg with her surprise performances and trail of red scarves. Is it the sweet Katenka, Nemetseva's childhood friend and favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered etoile herself? Or, something even more sinister?" --
9781250146151 1250146151
2017021223
1801-1917
Women detectives--Russia--Fiction.
Ballerinas--Crimes against--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Russia--History--1801-1917--Fiction.
PS3601.L3565 / D43 2018
Ale 30