Murder and the Muse

KGB Chief Yuri Andropov himself has tapped Senior Detective Matyushkin to solve a brazen jewel heist from Picassos wife at the posh Metropole Hotel. But when the case bleeds over into murder machinations and international intrigue dredging up long-forgotten histories from the Civil War not everyone is eager to see where the clues might lead.Yet Matyushkin - as relentless and gut-driven as ever - wont be stopped even if it means taking on his partner the KGB and a ghost from decades past.In this third installment in the Matyushkin Case Files Bayer is in top form painting a vivid picture not just of life in 1960s Moscow but of connected events half a century before when the Soviet regime was being twisted and shaped by war and revolution. A page-turning mystery rich in historical detail and compelling characters.