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The Red Moth (2013)

by Sam Eastland(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0571278450 (ISBN13: 9780571278459)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Faber and Faber

series

Inspector Pekkala

review 1: As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path, a lone German scout plane is forced down. Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential painting of a hyalophoria cecropia, otherwise known as a red moth. Military Intelligence dismisses the picture as insignificant, but in the state of emergency Stalin suspects a German plot. He summons his old adversary, Inspector Pekkala - the elusive Finn who was once Tsar Nicholas II's personal detective - to discover the real significance of this strange wartime cargo. As the storm gathers around them, Pekkala, together with his assistant from the shadowy Bureau of Special Operations, soon find themselves on the path of the most formidable art thieves in... more history. Those real target is a secret and prized possession of the Romanovs, once considered to be the eighth wonder of the world. But as the Soviet Union crumbles in the face of the advancing cataclysm, and the chaos of war is everywhere, Pekkala realizes that to protect the Tsar's treasure he must break through enemy lines. His desperate mission is to outfox the German invaders, or face the wrath of Stalin himself.Outstanding!
review 2: The Red Moth by Sam Eastland is the fourth book in the Inspector Pekkala series. Sadly, this book is not available in the U.S. at the current time and I ordered it from the Book Depository UK. The fifth book is also out but again not in this country. Books 1 through 3 in the series are here in the U. S. so why not the rest??? As I was reading reviews on Amazon, one reviewer stated this is a 6 book series so this reader wanted to finished what she considers an improving storyline with each edition. In Red Moth, a painting is intercepted from a German courier trying to make a delivery into Russian territory during WWII. Clues are provided leading to some of the prized treasures of Tsar Nicolas and his family. The current interest in Nazi stolen art plays into this novel along with the continuing saga of Pekkala and his entanglement with Stalin who recruited him after years of captivity in a Siberian gulag for having been a personal aide-de-camp to the Tsar.I think this series provides some fascinating historical fiction into the Stalin era, and Pekkala's story reveals some of the history of the Romanovs and the Russian revolution. Archive 17 was my favorite but I feel invested in this series and do not want to miss the conclusion. less

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